The cost of conducting a COVID-19 test in private lab has been fixed at Rs 2,200 and the fee for treatment of the infection in private hospitals is Rs 4,000 per day. The charge for treatment of patients in ICU without ventilator support has been fixed at Rs 7,500 per day, while it would be Rs 9,000 per day for those who are on such support, he said.
Since the cost of some anti-viral injections is in the range of Rs 40,000 Rs 50,000, such treatment can be charged separately, as declared by Telangana Health Minister Eatela Rajender. The private diagnostic agencies should not indulge in malpractice to test many people, he said.
Here is the list of Telangana labs permitted to conduct COVID 19 tests.
1. Apollo Hospitals, Jubilee Hills
2. Vijaya Diagnostic Centre, Himayath Nagar
3. Vimta Labs, Cherlapally
4. Apollo Health, Bowenpally
5. Dr. Remedies Labs, Punjagutta
6. American Institute Of Pathology, Serilingampally
7. Medcis Pathlabs New Bowenpally
8. Yashoda Hospital, Secunderabad
9. Biognosys Technologies, Medchal
10. Tenet Diagnostics, Banjara Hills
11. Mapmygenome India Ltd, Madhapur
12. Virinchi Hospital, Banjara Hills
13. Krishna Institute, Secunderabad
14. LEPRA Society- Blue Peter Public Health Centre, Cherlapally
15. Lucid Medical Diagnostics, Secunderabad
16. AIG Hospitals, Gachibowli
17. Pathcare Labs Pvt Ltd, Medchal