Korea certificate-fee cap calculator
Calculate the verified cap units and keep an overall total unknown when a USB item is included.
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Enter at least one quantity to see the item caps.
Caps are not a hospital price quote. Consultation, tests and translation are outside this sum. Check the certificate-copy rule for extra identical certificates issued together. Notice 2021-34, effective 5 February 2021; original checked 29 October 2026.
Inputs and selections are processed only on this screen. They are not sent to a server or saved in the address or browser storage. Do not enter names, identity numbers or medical-record files.
What does the certificate-fee calculator add?
It multiplies selected verified cap entries by the entered quantity and applies the written-record page tiers.
General and English general certificates each use the verified KRW 20,000 entry. Imaging CDs use KRW 10,000 per disc and DVDs KRW 20,000 per disc.
The certificate quantities concern separate certificates; identical extra copies issued together need the separate copy criterion.
The quantities for general and English general certificates mean separate original documents. For example, one general certificate and one imaging CD are two different capped items, with different units. Entering two identical certificates issued together as two separate originals can obscure the additional-copy rule. Confirm whether the request is new preparation or identical additional copies before choosing a quantity. The calculator supports selected common items from the 30-item notice; an unlisted input on this screen does not imply that every other legal certificate entry has disappeared.
| Item | Unit |
|---|---|
| General certificate | Separate document |
| Written records | Tiered pages |
| CD/DVD | Discs |
How does the certificate-fee calculator handle five and six pages?
The first five pages use KRW 1,000 each; only pages from the sixth use KRW 100 each.
Thirty pages are five at the first rate plus 25 at the later rate, giving KRW 7,500. Six pages are five first-tier pages plus one later-tier page. The input should be the actual written-record page count, not the number of imaging files.
The page tiers apply cumulatively. At five pages, the first tier is exhausted; at six pages, only one page enters the later tier. At thirty pages,25 pages enter that later tier. The distinction is between the first five pages and the excess, not between a small request priced one way and an entire large request repriced another way. A page count of zero adds no record-copy charge to the selected-item calculation. This arithmetic does not determine the clinical range or count pages in a patient file.
| Pages | Formula | Cap, KRW |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 5×1,000 | 5,000 |
| 6 | 5×1,000+1×100 | 5,100 |
| 30 | 5×1,000+25×100 | 7,500 |
Why can the certificate-fee calculator leave a total unknown?
The reviewed cap annex has no USB entry, so a USB quantity prevents an overall verified cap total.
A CD or DVD cap is not substituted, and unknown is not recorded as zero.
The price-publication classification is a different list from the legal cap annex. Ask the institution about its actual USB service and posted amount.
For a mixed request, the verified subtotal still has a defined meaning even if a USB amount is unknown. It covers only the supported capped items and their entered quantities. It must not be displayed as the complete request price. A blank USB field and a positive USB quantity therefore have different effects: the blank adds no selected USB item, while a positive quantity records an unresolved cap. A zero value also does not prove the institution offers USB free of charge; it is merely no selected quantity in this calculation.
What quantities can the certificate-fee calculator accept?
Use whole numbers from zero to 100,000; blank fields contribute no quantity and invalid values are identified.
The limit is a calculator input boundary, not a legal maximum request size. Enter only the known quantities.
The tool neither reads a record to infer pages nor collects a patient identifier.
An empty field and an invalid quantity are intentionally different states. Leaving a field empty does not require the user to enter a zero. A negative number, fraction, non-numeric notation or value above the input limit prevents calculation until corrected. The relevant field is linked to the error explanation. Entering only zero quantities leaves no selected amount to total. These input conditions are mathematical boundaries of the screen and do not define whether a person may legally request a record or how many documents an institution must issue.
What is outside the certificate-fee calculator total?
It is a selected-item cap comparison, excluding consultation, tests, translation and unselected services.
A result does not establish an institution’s quote, an insurance payment or a requester’s approval. Inputs are processed locally on this screen without URL persistence, browser storage or network submission.
For example, a visit bill may include examination charges and a separately named certificate item. Compare the certificate line and unit rather than the undivided visit total with a certificate cap. A written report and an imaging disc can also be separate selected services. The resulting sum does not establish that a hospital has quoted it, that a payer will reimburse it or that a document will be ready by a particular day. The source notice and issuer’s item description remain necessary to interpret what the calculation covers.
Different document criteria remain separate even where amounts happen to match. Align the item name, contents and unit before interpreting the sum.
What are the limits of this tool?
- Preparation information only; check the issuing institution’s actual procedure.
- No patient files or identity details are needed.
Original scope, dates and limits remain attached to each source. Missing evidence is not replaced by assumptions.
What basis are these numbers on?
| Snapshot | Source | Reference date | Retrieved | Site calculation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Ministry certificate-fee cap notice | Ministry of Health and Welfare / National Law Information Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare / National Law Information Center, Ministry of Health and Welfare / National Law Information Center, Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service | February 5, 2021 | October 29, 2026 | Copied record pages: the first five at KRW 1,000 each, then KRW 100 for each later page. Other items use their stated document or medium unit. |
What else do people ask about certificate-fee calculator?
What does the certificate-fee calculator add?
It multiplies selected verified cap entries by the entered quantity and applies the written-record page tiers.
How does the certificate-fee calculator handle five and six pages?
The first five pages use KRW 1,000 each; only pages from the sixth use KRW 100 each.
Why can the certificate-fee calculator leave a total unknown?
The reviewed cap annex has no USB entry, so a USB quantity prevents an overall verified cap total.
What quantities can the certificate-fee calculator accept?
Use whole numbers from zero to 100,000; blank fields contribute no quantity and invalid values are identified.
What is outside the certificate-fee calculator total?
It is a selected-item cap comparison, excluding consultation, tests, translation and unselected services.
Where do these numbers come from?
- Medical Service Act, Article 45-3: certificate-fee standards Original provision checked 29 October 2026. The stated conditions, exceptions and related current forms apply.
- Standards for medical-institution certificate-fee items and amounts Notice 2021-34, issued and effective 5 February 2021. Read the full operative notice and annex; original checked 29 October 2026.
- Annex: certificate-fee items, criteria and upper amounts All 30 items, criteria and upper amounts were checked in the original HWP and the Law Center’s two annex images. The annex has no USB cap.
- April 2026 questions and answers on published non-covered charges April 2026 HIRA questions and answers, officially distributed by the Korean Hospital Association. Read printed pages 25–26 (PDF pages 27–28) for certificate and copy units.