NHS patients
If you are an NHS patient, including Choose and Book, there will be nothing for you to pay.
Pay for yourself
If you are paying for your operation yourself and have paid the Grosvenor Nuffield Hospital in full, then you should not expect to receive a separate bill for anaesthesia services.
Private medical insurance
If you have private medical insurance, it is important to understand your policy. Not all insurance companies will cover the full cost of your anaesthetic care, so you may be left with an excess or shortfall to pay to us.
You can enter the procedure code or name of your operation into our search tool to look up an estimated anaesthetic fee.
If your operation changes or if you plan on having an additional procedure, then the anaesthetic fee is likely to change.
You will normally receive a quote from us for your anaesthetic fee before your surgery. We advise you to discuss the quote with your insurer, to check if you will have to pay a shortfall.
If any excess or shortfall payment is required, you will be contacted after your surgery by Medserv (our billing partner) who will explain how to make payment to us.
Chester Anaesthetics does not require you to make any payments directly to us before your surgery.
If you have not yet received a quote, please contact our Practice Manager immediately on 01244 267095 or at chester.anaes@btinternet.com.
Finding out the name of your anaesthetist
Your insurer may ask for the name of your anaesthetist to check that he or she is recognised by them.
All our anaesthetists work as consultant anaesthetists in the NHS and are recognised as specialists by the General Medical Council and the Royal College of Anaesthetists. As a result, there is no higher standard of consultant that your insurance company could request.
List allocations for individual consultants are usually confirmed the week before the date of surgery, so we may not be able to tell you which Chester Anaesthetics consultant will be treating you.