# How do you read a Korean medical receipt?

> A Korean medical receipt lists covered charges split into the insurer’s and patient’s shares, and non-covered charges paid in full by the patient.

Ask for an itemised statement if you need to see which items were non-covered.

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

## What are the main columns on the receipt?

Covered charges (patient share and insurer share) and non-covered charges.

## How do I see which items were non-covered?

Ask the institution for an itemised statement of charges.

## What should I check before paying?

Whether the non-covered items and prices were explained to you in advance.

## What if I think a charge is wrong?

HIRA runs a service to check whether non-covered charges were appropriate.

## What do I keep for insurance claims abroad?

The receipt, the itemised statement and, if required, a medical certificate.

## What should you read next?

- [What is “non-covered” in Korea’s insurance system?](https://kmedprice.org/articles/what-is-non-covered)
- [Why do we show price ranges, not hospital names?](https://kmedprice.org/articles/why-ranges-not-names)
- [Medical Certificate prices in Korea](https://kmedprice.org/statistics/medical-certificate)
- [Covered or non-covered self-check](https://kmedprice.org/tools/coverage-check)

## Where do these numbers come from?

- [National Health Insurance Act](https://www.law.go.kr/법령/국민건강보험법) - 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)
- [Medical Service Act (Articles 27, 45, 56)](https://www.law.go.kr/법령/의료법) - Korea Law Information Center