# About Korea Non-covered Medical Price Statistics

> Korea Non-covered Medical Price Statistics is an independent site that republishes HIRA’s non-covered price disclosure as distributions in English and Korean.

It has no commercial relationship with any medical institution.

Written by the Korea Non-covered Medical Price Statistics editorial team on October 21, 2026. Canonical address: https://kmedprice.org/about.

## What does this site do?

It aggregates disclosed non-covered prices into ranges by item, region and hospital type, with sources and dates.

## What does this site never do?

It never names institutions next to prices, recommends hospitals or links price to results.

- No tables that put institution names next to prices; snapshots do not store institution names (Medical Service Act, Article 56).
- No hospital introductions, bookings or consultation links (Medical Service Act, Article 27).
- No sentences linking price to treatment results; the relationship cannot be judged from this data.
- Questions about the cheapest hospital are answered only with the steps for HIRA’s official lookup.

## How are prices aggregated?

Only item, region, hospital type and price are read; groups under five institutions are hidden; the script is published.

## Which sources does the site use?

Primary public sources first; research institute reports are used only as background and labelled as secondary.

## Does the site collect any personal data?

No. There are no forms, and self-check answers are not stored.

## Under what terms is the data reused?

Public data is reused under each publisher’s terms, such as Korea Open Government License Type 1, with the source and reference date.

## Where do these numbers come from?

- [Medical Service Act (Articles 27, 45, 56)](https://www.law.go.kr/법령/의료법) - Korea Law Information Center
- [Non-covered medical fee disclosure (by item and institution)](https://www.hira.or.kr/npay/index.do) - Health Insurance Review & Assessment Service (HIRA)
- [Standards for reporting and disclosure of non-covered medical fees (notice)](https://www.law.go.kr/행정규칙/비급여진료비용등의보고및공개에관한기준) - Ministry of Health and Welfare (Korea Law Information Center)