Costs and funding
Treatment can be paid for in several ways. We help you prepare supporting information. The payer – you, your insurer, your Swedish region or your home country’s health insurance body – always makes the decision.
What does it cost?
| Part of treatment | Cost |
|---|---|
| Review of supporting information | [PRICE] |
| Examination and measurements in Malmö | [PRICE] |
| Arm surgery including clinic stay | [ARM PRICE] |
| Leg surgery including clinic stay | [LEG PRICE] |
| Follow-up in the first year | [PRICE/INCLUDED?] |
| Compression garments in the first year | [PRICE/INCLUDED?] |
You always receive a written cost estimate after assessment. Travel, accommodation and (special garments that apply even pressure and help keep swelling down) after the first year are not included: [TO CONFIRM]. The written estimate must clearly state what is included.
are needed for life.23 Allow provisionally for about 4 sets per year in the published arm method.31 Your needs and prescriptions at INTCLS: [TO CONFIRM]. In Sweden, garments can often be prescribed through the region, but rules vary: [TO CONFIRM].
Ways to pay
Paying yourself
For Swedish and international patients paying privately.
How it works
- We review your information and prepare a written cost estimate.
- You check what the fixed price covers and accept the estimate.
- Payment follows [PAYMENT TERMS].
Insurance
Swedish private medical insurance or international insurance may be an option. Terms vary.
How it works
- Contact your insurer before treatment and ask for (approval from an insurer before treatment).
- Check whether the policy covers conditions present before you took it out. Some policies do not.
- At your request, we send medical information and a cost estimate to the insurer.
- Wait for the insurer’s written decision before booking treatment.
[LIST OF PARTNER INSURERS]
Public funding – a Swedish region
If your region approves treatment, this usually involves a referral and a (a written promise from the payer to pay for care). Approval is not guaranteed.
How it works
- Ask your doctor for a referral.
- We help with medical information and a cost estimate for the region.
- Wait for the region’s decision and written .
- If the region declines, you can explore paying yourself or using insurance.
[CONFIRM REGIONAL AGREEMENTS]
Patients from another EU/EEA country
There are two different routes. Check your home country’s terms before booking. Neither guarantees reimbursement at INTCLS.
How it works
- Prior authorisation with (a form for your home country’s prior approval for planned care within another country’s public healthcare system) under Regulation 883/2004: apply to your home country’s health insurance body before treatment. This route covers care within the public system, not ordinary private treatment. Whether it can be used at INTCLS: [TO CONFIRM]. If approved, your home country pays under Swedish rules and you normally pay the patient fee. Authorisation may be refused if care can be provided at home within a medically reasonable time.
- Cross-border healthcare under Directive 2011/24/EU: you pay first and apply for reimbursement afterwards. Reimbursement is limited to what treatment would have cost at home and never exceeds your actual cost. Some countries require prior authorisation for care involving an overnight stay. Travel and accommodation are normally not reimbursed.
- Contact your home country’s national contact point for cross-border healthcare. Ask about providers, prior authorisation, reimbursement levels and paperwork before booking.
Patients outside the EU/EEA pay themselves or through insurance.
We help with the paperwork
We prepare a medical certificate, treatment plan and cost estimate for the payer. We can help with paperwork but cannot promise that funding will be approved.
This is general information and does not replace advice from your insurer, region or health insurance body. Rules and terms may change.