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Primary total knee replacement — Belgium: Complete evidence

Ranking set only by published data — no clinic pays for placement

Official public tariff

Surgeon professional fee only — €782.34 (National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (Belgium), 2026-01-01): official public payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price; coverage and eligibility vary.

Source: National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (Belgium) · Source period: 2026-01-01 · Captured: 2026-10-15 · n=1 observations
What this figure covers

Scope: Belgium. Payer context: Public tariff. Surgeon professional fee only; printed INAMI Honoraires column. Source code: 290286.

n=1 eligible observations. n is not a patient count. Episode equivalence: unverified.

Official regulated surgeon fee, not a whole-episode hospital tariff or patient bill. AMB code 290275; HOS code 290286. Anaesthesia, facility/stay, implants, other practitioners and follow-up are not added. Cataract code allows lens implantation but does not establish monofocal lens material coverage. Primary arthroplasty codes are separate from revision/replacement-of-prosthesis codes.

USD equivalent: 876.85 USD. USD conversion: ECB/Frankfurter, 2026-10-15, 1 EUR = 1.1208 USD

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Methodology and exclusions

Official wait

No eligible waiting time in this subset.

Frequently asked questions

What price has been published? (290286; 2026-01-01)

Surgeon professional fee only — €782.34 (National Institute for Health and Disability Insurance (Belgium), 2026-01-01): official public payment benchmark, not a self-pay patient price; coverage and eligibility vary. Scope: Surgeon professional fee only; printed INAMI Honoraires column. Captured: 2026-10-15. n=1. Source: https://www.riziv.fgov.be/SiteCollectionDocuments/tarif_medecins_partie10_20260101_corr.pdf.

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@misc{carefare_health_index__index_knee_replacement_belgium,
  author = {{CareFare Global (SOFT DEV FZ LLC)}},
  title = {Primary total knee replacement — Belgium: Complete evidence},
  publisher = {CareFare Global Health Index},
  version = {1},
  date = {2026-10-15},
  url = {https://carefareglobal.com/index/knee-replacement/belgium},
  urldate = {YYYY-MM-DD},
  note = {Evidence capture cutoff: 2026-10-15. Fill in urldate before reuse; cite also the original source and source period.}
}

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