PCR Price Drops To IDR 275 Thousand In Java-Bali, Ministry Of Health Reminds Sanctions Of Revocation Of Violating Laboratory Permits

ILLUSTRA TION / VOI

JAKARTA - The Director-General of Health Services at the Ministry of Health, Abdul Kadir, emphasized that all RT-PCR inspection service laboratories must comply with the new rules regarding the maximum RT-PCR tariff limit set by the government.

Starting today, the government has officially reduced the maximum cost of RT-PCR to IDR 275,000 for Java and Bali, and IDR 300 thousand for outside Java and Bali.

If there is a COVID-19 testing laboratory that does not comply with this rule, Kadir emphasized that sanctions will be applied, ranging from warnings to revocation of operational permits.

"Of course, the final sanction is to close the lab and revoke the operational permit. Thus, verbal warnings, written up to the sanctions for closing the laboratory can be carried out by the district/city health office", said Kadir in a virtual press conference, Wednesday, October 27.

Kadir said the Financial and Development Supervisory Agency (BPKP) had investigated the availability of tools, the availability of consumables, which are currently on the Indonesian market.

As a result, the availability of these tools is sufficient and still within reasonable limits for the application of the new PCR tariff, through the calculation of the cost of RT-PCR collection and examination.

The calculation consists of components, namely services or human resources, reagents and consumables (DHP), administrative costs, overheating, and other costs that are adjusted to current conditions.

"We can guarantee that the tools and consumables are available. Thus, there is no reason for hospitals and health laboratories not to carry out PCR tests", said Kadir.

Kadir asked the provincial health office and the district/city health office to provide guidance and supervision of the implementation of the highest tariff limit for RT-PCR examinations according to their respective authorities.