Public Healthcare Fees and Charges Reform

Introduction

The public healthcare services of Hospital Authority (HA) are highly subsidised by the Government. The HA will implement the fees and charges reform starting from 1 January 2026. Reforming the subsidisation structure of the public healthcare service aims to guide the public to make optimal use of healthcare resources, reduce wastage and abuse, and enhance healthcare protection for “poor, acute, serious, critical” patients on all fronts, thereby enhancing the sustainability of the healthcare system. The high level of subsidisation for healthcare services will be maintained.

Fee Schedule

• Eligible Persons
• Non-eligible Persons
• Non-subsidised Services

Please refer to the webpage on Fees and Charges for details on the prevailing fees and charges of public hospital services provided by HA effective from 1 January 2026.

Items

• Accident & Emergency Services
• Out-patient Service and Medication
• Non-urgent Radiology Services
• Pathology Services
• Enhanced Medical Fee Assistance Measures
• Annual Spending Cap

Frequently Asked Questions

Multi-media Resources

• Videos
• Posters and Lazy Packs
• Become HA Go Member

Press Releases

• Hospital Authority Appeals to Community Service Organisations and Public Not to Abuse Accident and Emergency Departments and Family Medicine Clinics for Medical Fee Waiver Applications (1 February 2026)
• Semi-urgent and non-urgent cases drop significantly by 20%
  Accident and Emergency Departments focus resources on critical and emergency care (20 January 2026)
• Hospital Authority Proactively Assists Patients
  Majority of Medical Fee Waiver Applications Approved on Same Day (10 January 2026)
• Public Healthcare Fees and Charges Reform Strengthens Protection for Poor, Acute, Serious and Critical Patients
  Number of Waiver Recipients is 3.5 times Annual Total of Previous Year (9 January 2026)
• Public healthcare fees and charges reform shows initial success
  Accident and Emergency Departments focus resources on critical care (8 January 2026)
• Public hospitals experience smooth operations on second day of public healthcare fees and charges reform (2 January 2026)
• Hospital Authority successfully implements public healthcare fees and charges reform as public hospitals experience smooth operations on first day (1 January 2026)
• Public healthcare fees and charges reform has officially taken effect, unveiling new chapter in Hospital Authority's sustainable development (1 January 2026)
• HA fully prepared to implement public healthcare fees and charges reform enhancing patient protection, rationalising healthcare services and promoting sustainable development (29 December 2025)
• Hospital Authority enhanced mortuary charge arrangement free storage period extended to 28 days (8 November 2025)
• HA announces application arrangements under enhanced Enhanced Medical Fee Assistance Measures mechanism (31 October 2025)
• Hospital Authority Implements Fees and Charges Reform Rationalising Healthcare Services and Enhancing Patient Protection (25 March 2025)