Giving Birth at SLMC: The Maternity Packages, Estimated Costs and Room Rates

As promised, today I'm going to write about the Maternity Package we availed at St. Luke's Medical Center-Global City.

For NSD here's the sample agreement:

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NORMAL SPONTANEOUS DELIVERY (NSD) PACKAGE AGREEMENT

This Maternity Care Package is designed for those who have had previously uncomplicated delivery. 

1. INCLUSIONS
    a) Use of Labor Room for 24 hours
    b) Delivery Room services:
        - Surgical and Medical Supplies
        - Equipment
            = Fetal Monitor
            = Doppler
            = Pulse Oximeter
        - Anaesthesia service (Epidural)
    c) Post-operative care
        - Use of recovery room
    d) Room and Board accommodation for two (2) days
        - Room type
            = 4-bed Standard Room
            = 2-bed Standard Room
        - Admission kit
        - Nursery kit ( includes blanket, mittens, socks, bonnet)
        - Standard nursing service
        * Newborns are roomed-in with the mother.
    e) Post-delivery medicines and medical supplies
        - Antibiotic Medicines
        - Analgesic Medicine (pain reliever)
    f) Medicines and medical supplies for the baby including vaccines such as:
          -  Vitamin K
        - BCG
        - Hepatitis B
        - Eye ointment
    g) Ancillary services for the baby such as:
        - Newborn screening
        - Hearing test ( Otoacoustic Emission)
    h) Professional Fees
        - Obstetrician
        - Anaesthesiologist
        - Pediatrician

2. PACKAGE RATES
    a) 4-bed Standard (2 days) ............................ Php 56,000.00
    b) 2-bed Standard (2 days) ............................ Php 58,000.00

Note: The above package rate must be paid before expected delivery date and at least thirty six (36) weeks into pregnancy.

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For CS here's the sample agreement:

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CESAREAN SECTION DELIVERY (CSD) PACKAGE AGREEMENT

This Maternity We Care Medical Package is designed for uncomplicated repeat Cesarean Section Delivery (CSD) and uncomplicated primary CSD.

INCLUSIONS 

Use of delivery room

Surgical and Medical Supplies

Equipment

- Infusion pump

- Cardiac monitor

- Fetal monitor

- Doppler

- Pipeline suction

- Spinal set

Anaesthesia Service and Supplies

Standard medical supplies for CSD

Post-operative care

Use of recovery room

Room and Board accommodation for four (4) days

Room type (please tick one)

□ 4-Bed Standard Room

□ 2-Bed Standard Room

Admission Kit

Nursery Kit (includes blanket, mittens, socks, bonnet)

Standard nursing service

Note: Newborns are roomed-in with the mother.       

Post-delivery medicines and medical supplies

Antibiotic Medicines

Analgesic Medicine (pain reliever)

Medicines and medical supplies for the baby including vaccines such as:

Vitamin K

BCG

Hepatitis B

Eye ointment

 

Ancillary services for the baby such as:

Newborn screening

Hearing test (Otoacoustic Emission)

Professional Fees

Obstetrician

Anaesthesiologist

Pediatrician

PACKAGE RATES

                 □ 4-Bed Standard (4 Days)……………………..Php 94,000.

                 □ 2-Bed Standard (4 Days)……………………..Php 98,000.

Note: The above package rate must be paid before expected delivery date and at least thirty six (36) weeks into pregnancy

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For Payment Scheme, Refund Policy, Exclusions and PhilHealth see the images below(you may click the images to enlarge them):

Now for those who want to use a private room, of course you can't avail the packages if that's your choice, for uncomplicated NSD and CS deliveries the estimated costs would be as follows(this is a part of an email I received from SLMC Customer Relations as of June 02, 2011 so you better call SLMC or email them for updated rates):

NSD = Php40,000-Php75,000.00(2-3 days hospitalization)
CS   = Php70,000-Php100,000.00(4-5 days hospitalization)

These rates includes: approximate delivery, recovery, and nursery room charges, basic medicines and supplies used in the delivery room and room charges for a Regular Private Room.

As professional fees (OB-Gyne, Pedia, Anesthesiologist) vary, it would be best to discuss this directly with your attending physician.

Roughly, for NSD, the OB-Gyne will charge anywhere from 25-50 thousand pesos depending on the circumstances. The Anesthesiologist will charge around 40% of the OB's bill and the Pediatrician will charge around 5-10 thousand. For CS, the OB will charge around 70-120 thousand, the Anesthesiologist will charge around 40% of the OB's bill, and the Pedia charges around 10-20 thousand.

Here are some of the possible rooms you can avail from SLMC-GC:

Room Rates and Amenities as of January 1, 2012

Here are some of the rooms available at the 8th Floor (Maternity Unit):

Regular Private

Regular Private rooms has:

• 4ft refrigerator
• wall mounted flat screen TV
• daybed
• overbed table
• patient controlled bed
• wall mounted BP apparatus
• bedside table
• telephone
• closet
• safety deposit box

Regular Private Room (Php3,500.00)

Toilet and Bath is clean and pretty spacious for me (my wild guest it's around 6'x8'), with cold and hot water, non-skid mat, bidet sprayer.

Regular Private Room - T&B

Deluxe Private

This is the cheapest birthing room in SLMC-GC. Amenities here are much like the Regular Private room except that it's bigger and fancier and it has a pantry area, a couple of chairs, birthing equipments, and an infant radiant warmer (lower right-hand side pic beside the patient bed).

Birthing Room: Deluxe Private (Php8,000.00)

Birthing Room: Deluxe Private - T&B

Executive Private

This birthing room is a bit bigger (and fancier ^_^) than the Deluxe Private. I forgot if this one has a microwave oven provided in the pantry but surely this room has a Lazy Boy chair. The room's window overlooks a Chinese Garden.

Birthing Room: Executive Private (Php9,000.00)

Deluxe Suite



This is the biggest of the birthing rooms available in SLMC-GC. The pantry and receiving area are separated from the patient's room. This has a microwave oven, a refrigerator, a flat screen TV and a set of desktop computer (I wasn't able to take a pic of the PC but it's located inside the patient's room). The best thing in this room is that the T&B is spacious and it has a birthing pool (which is very useful for those who prefer natural childbirth). The window at the patient's room overlooks a Chinese Garden.

Birthing Room: Deluxe Suite (Php12,000.00)

At the 8th floor Maternity Unit there is also a common pantry, located near the Nurse Station, where there's a microwave oven and a hot/cold water dispenser.

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