How much does it cost to treat neonatal jaundice?

How much does it cost to treat neonatal jaundice? Most babies will have jaundice in the neonatal period. Like all newborns, Xiao Chenchen, who was just 2 days old, also began to turn yellow, which made his mother particularly worried. Blue light is a simple and effective way to treat and reduce serum indirect bilirubin, mainly acting on the superficial tissue of the skin.

The blue light treatment for neonatal jaundice costs 2 yuan per hour (the standard of a tertiary hospital). There are other costs for hospitalization. If the newborn is within 10 days of birth and only has jaundice without other special circumstances, the cost of hospitalization for one week is generally around 1,500-2,000 yuan.

Specifically, the fees include the following two parts:

First, the examination and diagnosis fee

The cost of jaundice examination depends on the specific situation of the patient, and the corresponding examination items are selected. The examinations for first-time treatment and recurrent patients are different during the treatment process. Therefore, the cost of jaundice examination cannot be generalized. The examination and diagnosis fees of regular hospitals are formulated in accordance with the relevant regulations of the National Price Bureau, and the unified charging standards formulated by the Ministry of Health are strictly implemented to avoid the occurrence of random charging.

Second, the specific treatment costs

The cost of treating jaundice is not a fixed number. It is affected by many factors, such as the severity of the jaundice patient's illness, the treatment method, the choice of hospital to visit, and the individual's sensitivity to the treatment. It generally ranges from a few hundred to a few thousand yuan, and patients with particularly serious conditions may spend tens of thousands of yuan. Traditional drug treatments are often cheap, but the effect is poor and prone to recurrence, so patients should adopt advanced scientific treatment plans.