On March 23, according to the "Heihe Today" public account, the price of the new coronavirus nucleic acid determination project in public medical institutions in Heihe City, Heilongjiang Will be adjusted and will be implemented from March 25. The price of single test of nucleic acid of the new coronavirus in public medical institutions in the city is adjusted to 28 yuan per person, and the mixed examination of 5-10 people is 8 yuan per person.
On March 21, Heilongjiang Province issued the "Notice on Adjusting the Price of Nucleic Acid Determination Items for Novel Coronavirus in Our Province", and the price of single test was reduced to a maximum of 28 yuan per person.
Recently, Heilongjiang also announced that it will once again reduce the price of nucleic acid testing. On March 22, the Information Office of the People's Government of Shandong Province held a press conference to further reduce the price of nucleic acid testing, the price of single testing is not more than 28 yuan / time, and the price of mixed inspection of 5 samples (that is, 5 people) and 10 samples (that is, 10 people) is not more than 6 yuan / person.
At the beginning of the epidemic, the price of nucleic acid testing was as high as 260 yuan per person. On January 28, 2021, the medical insurance departments of Sichuan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Tibet, Guizhou, Inner Mongolia and other provinces focused on reducing the price of nucleic acid testing for the new crown virus in local public hospitals from the original 120 yuan to 200 yuan to 80 yuan or even lower.
In mid-November 2021, the National Medical Insurance Bureau launched the third round of national joint investigation, and more than 30 provinces have successively reduced the price of single testing for nucleic acid testing of the new coronavirus to less than 40 yuan per person (including 40 yuan), and the price of mixed testing to less than 10 yuan per person (including 10 yuan).
Recently, Shandong and Heilongjiang provinces have reduced the price of nucleic acid testing to 28 yuan for single testing, why can the price of nucleic acid testing drop again and again? What exactly are the components included in the price of nucleic acid testing?
Ding Yilei, director of the Department of Pharmaceutical Pricing and Bidding and Procurement of the National Medical Security Bureau, said in an interview with CCTV Finance and Economics in December 2021 that the price of nucleic acid testing includes the cost of medical services and consumables. The price of nucleic acids has dropped again and again, and the first is to reduce the price of nucleic acid detection consumables, including nucleic acid detection kits, extraction reagents and sampling equipment. The second aspect is the cost of medical services, after two years of normalization of epidemic prevention and control, the health department, including medical institutions, is also constantly improving internal processes, improving work efficiency, and reducing the cost of labor. From the third aspect, it is mainly some testing instruments, which also dilute the cost after large-scale detection. With the increase of test kit manufacturers, the supply situation has slowed down, and various localities have successively included special kits for nucleic acid detection of the new crown virus into the scope of platform procurement, open hanging net, sunshine procurement, and the price has dropped from nearly 200 yuan each to about 10 yuan at present.
Editor-in-charge: Qiao Jingfang
