Japan: fee for dental treatments per day by disease 2022

As of June 2022, the average health care fee for the general dental treatment of a neoplasm (tumor) amounted to around two thousand points, which equals 19.9 thousand Japanese yen. In terms of dental therapy for the elderly generation over 75 years old, neoplasm treatment recorded the highest price of over two thousand points.
Medical fees in Japan are scored in points and distributed to patients at the cashier as a receipt. The ministry of health designates the score points of medical treatments according to the services and required techniques. Each point can be calculated as 10 yen and is used to determine the amount of money covered by health insurance available in the country.

Average medical care prices of dental and intraoral practices per day in Japan in 2022, by injury and disease (in points)

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Release date

June 2023

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Region

Japan

Survey time period

2022; as of June

Supplementary notes

*Including 'not specified.'
**Treatment for advanced elderly refers to treatment for those over 75 years old and is based on a different arrangement than the general health care system in Japan.

The points were calculated based on about 18.1 million receipts for dental practices.
Each point equals 10 Japanese yen.
100 Japanese yen equal 0.68 U.S. dollars or 0.63 euros as of February 2024.

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