GPs and specialists: List of new fees starting December 2024 in France
Fees will rise for consultations, firstly later this month, and again in July 2025
Consultation fees will rise twice, once in December and again in July next year
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Several fees for GPs and specialist doctors in France are set to increase from December 22 this year, including the increase of a normal GP consultation fee to €30.
The new fees will come into force after an agreement signed between medical professionals and the government on June 4. The new fees are set to remain unchanged, after June, for the next five years.
GP consultations
From December 22, the consultation fee for a GP will rise from the current €26.50 to €30. This is aimed at providing GP practices with better cash flow in light of rising costs and inflation, but also to make the profession more attractive to young doctors.
Remote consultations will remain at €25, confirms official government page Service Public, which also lists all the other changes.
The rise follows a long-running dispute between unions and state health agency Assurance maladie.
In return for the improved pay, doctors agreed to reduce prescriptions, examinations (including MRI scans and laboratory tests) and distribution of sick notes where possible and safe to do so.
The increased charges will not directly affect patients covered by French social security and who have mutuelle cover / top-up health insurance (note that mutuelle / top-up health insurance cover is optional) as they will still be reimbursed.
For children under the age of six, the consultation fee will rise from €31.50 to €35.
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Specialists
Specialist fee increases will come into effect in two stages, the first on December 22, and the second in July 2025.
These include:
Paediatricians
The 3 compulsory consultations with a certificate for children (up to the eighth day after birth, during the ninth month, and 24th or 25th month) will rise from €47.50 to €54, and again to €60 from July 1, 2025).
The other compulsory examinations up to the age of two will rise from €38.50 to €45, and to €50 from July 1, 2025.
Routine follow-up consultations will also be increased, depending on the child's age.
For children under the age of two, they will be valued at €39 from December 22, and €40 from July 2025.
For children aged two to under six, routine consultations and compulsory examinations will be increased to €35.
For children aged six and over, these will cost €31.50 from December 22.
Psychiatrists
Consultations by self-employed psychiatrists will rise to €55 on 22 December 2024, compared with €51.70 today. They will then rise to €57 in July 2025.
Consultations with ‘child’ psychiatrists (patients up to the age of 25) will rise from €54.70 to €67 on December 22. They will then rise to €75 in July 2025.
Gynaecologists
Dermatology
Geriatrics
Endocrinology
Neurology
Physical and rehabilitation medicine
Consultations will rise from €31.50 today to €36 from December 22, then to €40 in July 2025.
The fee for a one-off consultant's opinion (APC) will rise from €56.50 to €60 on December 22.
“The aim of these measures is both to restore the attractiveness of these clinical specialities, whose incomes are among the lowest, and to help improve the response to major public health issues, particularly in the care of children and young people, the elderly, women and patients suffering from psychological problems,” said the Caisse nationale d'assurance maladie (Cnam) in a press release.
