Most private hospitals raise rates by 15%

With the rising costs of medical supplies, a majority of the country's private hospitals have begun implementing a 15-percent increase in hospitalization rates.

- By RHODINA VILLANUEVA

This was according to Dr. Jose Rene de Grano, president of the Private Hospitals Association of the Philippines Inc. (PHAPI), who explained that hospitals have to raise rates so they can maintain normal operations.

"Almost all of them have implemented an increase in hospital charges by at least 10 to 15 percent compared to their 2024 rates. Otherwise, they would not have sustained their present status," De Grano said.

Some 1,200 hospitals across the country are members of PHAPI.

De Grano revealed that around five percent of private hospitals have adjusted rates by as much as 20 percent.

"However, these are the Level 2 and 3 hospitals," he said.