• Hospital Classification
• Professional Classification
• Fee Schedules and Codes

The three hospital levels, from least to most expensive, are:

• level 1 - usually district hospitals where there are limited specialist services, for example, Hermanus and Mossel Bay hospitals
• level 2 - usually regional hospitals which have at least two specialist services, for example, Conradie and Karl Bremer hospitals
• level 3 - usually academic hospitals which have most specialist services all the time, such as Groote Schuur, Red Cross and Tygerberg hospitals.

You can find out the classification of all hospitals in the Western Cape in this document.

The different professional categories are, from least to most expensive:

• nursing practitioner (NP)
• allied health practitioner (AP)
• general practitioner (GP)
• specialist medical practitioner (SP).

• UPFS Fee Schedule for subsidised Patients
• UPFS Billing Procedure Schedule for full-paying patients
• Schedule for orthotic aids
• Procedures Code Book
• Oral Health Code Book