How much do I pay for dental costs with a HC3 certificate?

Conrad3000

Hi all.

I've a HC3 certificate which gives me limited help for dental costs.

The maximum I have to pay would be £161.58 per course of treatment or prescribed item.

If I was to get a filling which is £73.50 on the NHS, would I have to pay that full amount?

Thanks.

KxMx

Yes you would. 
Anything over £161.58 the NHS pays.
Anything under £161.58 you pay. 

Conrad3000

I see. Thanks.

Not happy though. £73.50 for a small filling which takes less than 5 mins??

KxMx

NHS dentistry is extremely hard to access so I'd count yourself lucky that you can. 

The NHS cap work into 3 price bands which usually doesn't pay the dentist enough, hence the chronic shortage of NHS dentists.

The same work in private dentistry would likely be more.