jaffas21 Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 If you are a non Thai citizen and needed a test how much would it cost do you think? Injections, blood tests, 14 days of isolation if your positive. Just wondered as no one seems to have posted on the topic? It hasn't currently spread to the Europeans here, but I presume it wouldn't be free has anyone inquired yet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tifino Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 oh well... just make like you are going to cough over them if they don't attend to you! and they'd probably anyhow be too scared to take cash from your 'infected' hands... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puchaiyank Posted March 1, 2020 Share Posted March 1, 2020 As much as they think they can milk you for...sky is the limit... 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fairfield Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 A friend of mine was charged 15k for a coronavirus test at a private hospital in Hua Hin. This was about a month ago. He'd recently returned from China (he's Chinese) and got a test as a precaution. The test came back negative but yes, 15k it cost him. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post PPMMUU Posted March 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2020 should be free of charge if you met the criteria 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Sheryl Posted March 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2020 42 minutes ago, PPMMUU said: should be free of charge if you met the criteria At a government hospital, perhaps. Not at a private one. People should be aware that very, very few private hospitals have the capacity to test for COVID-19 (and none in Hua Hin that I know of). Some private hospitals are apparently cashing in on fears by offering Respiratory Pathogen profiles which test for influenza and some other viruses including older types of coronoaviruses. I am not sure if there is enough similiarity to the cornonaviruses in the RPP that COVID would show up in which case they could then proceed to actual testing for COVUD-19 or if these hospitals are just misleading people. A hospital without capacity to test for COVID-19 can of course send a specimen onward to the few hospitals which can do it but I don't think the government hospitals (which is mainly where the capacity exists) will run the test on demand for patients who do not meet the criteria. They cannot afford to, they are being overwhelmed as it is and need to conserve resources for where they are most needed. If you should test positive for COVID-19 in most cases you will not need any treatment other than self-isolation. If you are in the unlucky minority who develop the more severe form then antivirals may be given (orally, not injection). If you are really unlucky and have severe pneumonia with respiratory failure then of course it is a whole other matter and expensive hospitalization will be needed. The odds of this happening to you are extremely low especially if in generally good health. 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ExpatOilWorker Posted March 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) From an earlier thread..... Edited March 2, 2020 by ExpatOilWorker 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
legend49 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 In USA its free testing, but thats a long walk. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justin case Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 what if you fly back and have a SIMPLE cold and off course you have some FEVER as this is how the body actually fight a VIRUS ! but off course most people don't know this simple fact and anything above 38 and they start popping tylenol, which stops your liver from working correctly. -> cannot detox the by-products of virus xyz... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeeMak9 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Just get a chest X ray. ~1500 baht without doctor fees in a private hospital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tchooptip Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 Road traffic would become a totally insoluble problem! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedrogaz Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 I saw the prices in Japan today; it is about 15000 yen (or 5000 baht). If you have insurance as most do it costs 30% of the cost ie 4500 yen (about 1500 baht). Patients often require multiple tests....so to confirm the disease and to confirm you have cleared it when you are discharged. But I would imagine that for foreigners to biggest bill will be for 14 plus days of accommodation on top of any treatment you receive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DogNo1 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) A test in Tokyo would cost me 1,500 yen. I am guessing that in Japan any outpatient clinic could send it on to a lab or large hospital Although transportation of the samples from the Diamond Princess seemed to be a big problem. Being over 70 in Japan confers a huge advantage . My co-pay is 10% but cannot exceed 8,000 yen per month. Too bad that it's such a wet and humid place to live where you can expect rain at least twice a week. Edited March 2, 2020 by DogNo1 spelling error Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post chilli42 Posted March 2, 2020 Popular Post Share Posted March 2, 2020 I did the Corona test last Friday and Saturday. I have no recall of what it cost but left me with a massive headache by Sunday morning 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombat Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 1 hour ago, chilli42 said: I did the Corona test last Friday and Saturday. I have no recall of what it cost but left me with a massive headache by Sunday morning A Corona tester...you'd need a work permit? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
from the home of CC Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 10 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: A friend of mine was charged 15k for a coronavirus test at a private hospital in Hua Hin. This was about a month ago. He'd recently returned from China (he's Chinese) and got a test as a precaution. The test came back negative but yes, 15k it cost him. so what, it's a private hospital and they can charge what they want - up to you if you're dumb enough to pay it.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puccini Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 3 hours ago, chilli42 said: I did the Corona test last Friday and Saturday. I have no recall of what it cost but left me with a massive headache by Sunday morning What specimen was taken for the test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 (edited) 13 hours ago, Jonathan Fairfield said: A friend of mine was charged 15k for a coronavirus test at a private hospital in Hua Hin. This was about a month ago. He'd recently returned from China (he's Chinese) and got a test as a precaution. The test came back negative but yes, 15k it cost him. He was overcharged. But hey, capitalism, whatever the market will bear. Edited March 2, 2020 by wwest5829 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wwest5829 Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 7 hours ago, legend49 said: In USA its free testing, but thats a long walk. Read reports of $3200 but all of this is antidotal. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianthainess Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 5 hours ago, chilli42 said: I did the Corona test last Friday and Saturday. I have no recall of what it cost but left me with a massive headache by Sunday morning Do you get any bells ringing in your ears? if so the cost could have been extortionate.???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emptypockets Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 2 hours ago, wwest5829 said: Read reports of $3200 but all of this is antidotal. I see what you did there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Tongue Posted March 2, 2020 Share Posted March 2, 2020 12 hours ago, legend49 said: In USA its free testing, but thats a long walk. Nothing is free in the US, especially medical care. I have also read about covid-19 test costing US$3,200 -after insurance co-pay, but the individual was just paranoid and not in a high-risk group. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandyf Posted March 3, 2020 Share Posted March 3, 2020 23 hours ago, PPMMUU said: should be free of charge if you met the criteria Not necessarily, but that may have changed. My niece is an intern at a government hospital in BKK and mid Jan they had a Chinese patient referred from outpatients with a suspected case of the virus. He refused the test, said he couldn't afford it and left. My niece was involved as she did her degree at Sun Yat Sen and speaks Chinese. One can only assume he would have tested negative, at that point in time there was little being done regarding precautions and no staff have become ill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpatOilWorker Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maestro Posted March 4, 2020 Share Posted March 4, 2020 I see from the test report that a nasopharyngeal swab was used. That's the same I saw being done in Switzerland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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