Will my health care insurance cover costs of a groin hernia operation?
Your operation is performed at MEOCLINIC, a state-of-the-art private clinic/hotel complex located close to checkpoint Charlie, in the Berlin city centre. Some health insurance companies do not allow their policyholders to be treated at private clinics. As a general rule, insurance covers the costs of treatment as follows:
- 100% for all private patients and most German civil servants;
- around 50% for contributors to the German national insurance scheme with supplementary insurance for special medical services and consultation by supervising doctors;
- 0% for contributors to the German national insurance scheme without supplementary insurance.