The Centre on Tuesday announced revised prices of Covid-19 vaccines for private hospitals, fixing Covishield shot at Rs 780, Covaxin jab at Rs 1,410 and Rs 1145 per Sputnik V dose. The new price is according to the revised guidelines issued by the Health Ministry.
The statement also showed the 5 percent GST rates imposed on the vaccine doses: Rs 30 for Covishield, Rs 60 for Covaxin and Rs 47.40-47 for Sputnik V.
“The price of vaccine doses for private hospitals would be declared by each vaccine manufacturer, and any subsequent changes would be notified in advance. The private hospitals may charge up to a maximum of Rs 150 per dose as service charges. State governments may monitor the price being so charged,” it said.
CoWin website will be showing the validations to ensure that the private COVID vaccination centres (CVCs) do not exceed the maximum price declared by the government. The website will reset the prices declared by the private CVCs to the maximum value. It may be noted that the maximum rices indicated above have been worked out on the basis of the prices per dose declared by the manufacturers and can suitably modified in future in case any manufacturer declared changed prices,” the statement said.