Coming! The average price reduction is 55%! Dental implants "million dollar era" completely end?

Yesterday (11th), the oral implant system centralized volume purchasing in Chengdu, Sichuan Province, completed the enterprise on-site submission of the declaration materials and opening of the bidding, to produce the results of the proposed selection. The reporter learned that, under the guidance and coordination of the State Medical Insurance Bureau, the average winning price of the proposed winning products fell to more than 900 yuan, compared with the median purchase price before the centralized purchasing, an average reduction of 55%.

It is reported that the oral implant system centralized volume purchasing products to implants, restorative abutments, accessories packages each one, composed of implant product system, and according to the implant material is divided into four levels of pure titanium implant product system, and titanium alloy implant product system two categories. The relevant person in charge said, the collection **** there are 55 enterprises to participate, all the mainstream enterprises have participated. Among them 39 to be selected, the selection rate of 71%. The average winning price of the proposed selected products fell to more than 900 yuan, compared with the median procurement price before the collection, an average reduction of 55%. It is expected to save patients about 4 billion yuan annually.

Sichuan Pharmaceutical Bidding and Procurement Service Center Director Zhao Yingcheng: The pre-collection price of the higher several companies implant system from the original median procurement price of 5,000 yuan down to about 1,850 yuan, the market demand for the two companies with the largest implant system from the original median procurement price of 1,500 yuan down to about 770 yuan, the selected products are rich, can effectively The selected products are abundant and can effectively meet the clinical needs.

The cost of oral implants is roughly divided into three parts: implants, crowns and medical services. Previously, the National Health Insurance Bureau has issued a "notice" to make it clear that the price control target for dental implant medical services is about 4,500 yuan for a three-tier public hospital. Experts said: there are nearly 14,000 private medical institutions actively participate in the collection, accounting for about 80% of the total number of participating medical institutions. The extensive participation of private medical institutions will greatly facilitate the public to enjoy the appropriate price dental implant services.

The next step, the medical insurance department will do a good job in the collection of selected results before the implementation of the implementation of the preparatory work for the process of dental implants supporting the use of crowns in the process of bidding on the network, the synchronization of the implementation of the whole process of oral implantation of medical services price control. Through a number of measures synergistic efforts, expected by the end of March to mid-April 2023, the results of the comprehensive governance of dental implant costs landing implementation, the patient will fully enjoy the reduced price of dental implant services .

Dental implants "10,000 yuan era" end?

Jiang Changsong, assistant director of the National Institute for Health Care Research at Capital Medical University: According to the plan, after the completion of the price of dental implant medical services, implant collection, the recent dental implant process will also be supporting the use of dental crowns in the process of carrying out the bidding on the net, Sichuan first, other provinces in March will follow up on the linkage. We expect that the fastest province will be at the end of March, there are some provinces in April, the latest should be in May, we can fully enjoy the dental implants below 10,000 yuan . Currently, in big cities and big hospitals, a dental implant may cost 15,000 to 20,000 yuan, after the collection has landed, it will be a thousand dollars. But each place will be some differences, for example, in Beijing, Shanghai, a dental implant may be seven or eight thousand dollars, in some relatively less economically developed places, may be four or five thousand dollars can also do.