After the tussle of insurance companies over cashless mediclaim policy getting grave, the association of private hospitals have come to intervene in between. The association has many private hospital players under its association like Jaslok, Breach Candy, Hinduja and Hurkisondas. The association has raised the point that the demand of uniform rates for medical procedures is not appropriate.  

As the rates vary according to, different equipments and location of the hospitals. Besides this it also differs on classes of services within patients and the procedure carried out by for curing the same disease. Earlier the insurance companies had demanded of same costs for all medical procedures in the country to reinforce the cashless mediclaim policy.

For example Cancer can be treated through various methods. Either it can be through focused MRI or through Surgery which is dependent on the patients choice of treatment.

The officials of the association have demanded of government intervention in the entire matter. As the Petrol is made duty free, so the private players have to shed out huge bucks for custom duties on all imported equipments. Thus the costs for these costs have to be determined by all these factors.