COVID-19 treatment charges. According to a state government order, charges for a COVID-19 patient in the general isolation ward cannot exceed ₹4,000 a day, the maximum charge for an Intensive Care Unit (ICU) is capped at ₹7,500 a day, and for ventilators it is ₹9,000 a day.BMC had last month appointed auditors for various private hospitals after receiving complaints of overcharging by some facilities for coronavirus treatment.
Since then, the auditors have settled 134 complaints pertaining to 26 private hospitals and bill amounts have been collectively reduced by ₹23.42 lakh, the BMC said in a statement.The total amount charged from all the complainants was ₹1,61,88,819.