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Private hospitals can charge a maximum of 780 for Covishield, 1,410 for Covaxin, 1,145 for Sputnik V

By | Written by Shankhyaneel Sarkar | Edited by Avik Roy, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
Jun 08, 2021 09:02 PM IST

Private hospitals can charge a maximum of ₹780 for Covishield, ₹1,410 for Covaxin, ₹1,145 for Sputnik V

The Centre on Tuesday instructed private vaccination centers to not charge more than 780 for Covishield, 1,410 for Covaxin and 1,145 for Sputnik V jabs. The Centre said that private hospitals can charge up to 150 on service charges and the state governments will monitor the prices being charged.

Govt caps prices for vaccination for private centres. (Rep. Photo/Reuters)
Govt caps prices for vaccination for private centres. (Rep. Photo/Reuters)

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The Centre also said that steps are being taken to put the required validations by the CoWIN portal to make sure that prices declared by several private Covid-19 vaccination centres do not exceed that mandated by the government.

In its order, the Centre also highlighted that the prices declared by private Covid-19 vaccination centres needs to be reset to the maximum value instructed by the government. "The Co-WIN system will also reset the prices declared by private CVCs to the maximum value indicated, for respective vaccines, wherever the price declared by a CVC exceeds the maximum value," the order said.

The government asked the state governments to take strict action against private CVCs wherever instances of over-charging arise.

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Covishield, manufactured by Pune-based Serum Institute of India, cost 600 per dose as declared by the company. The GST on Covishield is 30 and with a service charge of 150, a beneficiary will not pay more than 780 for a jab of the Oxford-AstraZeneca-developed vaccine.

Sputnik, which is manufactured by several manufacturers like Gland Pharma, Hetero Biopharma, Panacea Biotec, Stelis Biopharma and Virchow Biotech in partnership with the the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF), has set the price at 948. With a GST of 47.40~Rs47 and a service charge of 150, a beneficiary will be charged 1,145.

Covaxin, manufactured by Bharat Biotech, costs 1,200 per dose as declared by the Hyderabad-based pharma giant. The GST on Covaxin is 70 and with 150 service charge levied by private centers it will cost the beneficiary 1,410.


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