Pines City Doctors' Hospital Room Rates

It’s important that you are aware of the room rates at the Pines City Doctors Hospital if you have a family member who is going to be confined there. For a lot of patients in the hospital, a sizable amount of their expenses goes to room rent. Room rates at the hospital depend on the type of room and where it’s located. Below is a quick guide on these room rates. There’s the possibility that these rates may have changed or increased so it’s still advisable that you inquire at the nurse’s station.

Ward – 700 (in Philippine pesos)
Private rooms – range from 1,450 to 1,500
Deluxe rooms – range from 1,650 to 1,850
Suite rooms – 2,100
Intensive care unit (ICU) – 1,700
Surgical intensive care unit (SICU) – 1,700
Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU) – 1,700
Isolation rooms – range from 1,050 to 1,400
Mother-child room – 650
Nursery – 400
Neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) – 1,000
Recovery room – 1st hour is 250and 150 for each succeeding hour
Orthopedic room – 1,400
Chemo room – range from 1,000 to 1,400

Here are a few reminders from the hospital when it comes to the settlement of your account:
1. For SSS, GSIS, OWWA, Sponsored, and Lifetime members and beneficiaries, kindly secure your PhilHealth insurance forms at windows 4 and 5 of the Hospital’s Business Office twenty four (24) hours upon admission. Prior to discharge, properly accomplished PHIC forms with complete required supporting documents must already be submitted to the PhilHealth clerks. Unaccomplished PHIC forms and incomplete supporting documents could lead to forfeiture of PhilHealth Inpatient Benefits.
2. For card-bearing members of private health insurance and or companies duly accredited by PCDH, present your Letter of Authorization (LOA) within twenty-four (24) hours from admission to date at window 1 of our Business Office.
3. For Senior Citizens covered by RA 9257, present appropriate ID to window 3 of Business Office before discharge date. Claim for discount after discharge date shall not be entertained.
4. As an SOP of the Hospital, please be informed that our collection staff conducts daily room visits to furnish you with your updated account and for appropriate action. Should you have additional inquiries or clarifications regarding your bill, kindly see our billing clerk at the Business Office.

Here are your rights as a patient inside the Pines City Doctors Hospital with regards to your treatment:
1. To receive treatment that is available and medically indicated regardless of race, religion or any other discrimination prohibited by law
2. To expect reasonable continuity of care and to be informed of available, realistic care and options when hospital care is no longer appropriate.
3. To be free from the use of restraints and or seclusion unless clinically necessary.
4. To receive emergency treatment regardless of ability to pay.
5. To have your needs for pain management addressed and treated.
6. To examine and receive an explanation of your bill regardless of source of payment.
7. To have information regarding your medical treatment explained to your family member or other appropriate individual when you are unable to participate in decisions about your care.

Pines City Doctors’ Hospital Visiting Hours

This is a quick guide for those who want to visit a patient confined within the Pines City Doctors Hospital that is located along Magsaysay Avenue in Baguio City. Just like other hospitals in the city and nearby towns like La Trinidad in Benguet, Pines Hospital strictly enforces hospital rules and regulations with regards to visitors and guests who want to see confined patients.

Here are the visiting hours for the wards, private rooms, and intensive care units:
1. Wards – 10:00 am to 11:30 am and 4:00 pm to 9:00 pm
2. Private rooms – 9:00 am to 9:00 pm
3. Intensive care units – 9:00 am to 8:00 pm

Here are the rules with regards to visitors:
1. Official visiting hours shall be strictly observed. Maximum of two (2) visitors at a time are allowed during visiting hours.
2. Children below seven (7) years old are not allowed to visit the patient.
3. Visitors are requested to strictly observe the visiting hours so the patient can rest comfortably and recover quickly.
4. Identification (ID) given to visitors must be worn within the hospital premises. If you don’t wear your ID properly, you won’t be allowed entry.
5. Parking inside the hospital premises is free as long as there is enough space. Also, don’t park your car too long so that other visitors can use the very limited parking space.

How to get to Pines City Doctors’ Hospital:
The hospital is just a few minutes away from the Baguio City central business district (CBD). You have two options on how to get there if you don’t have your own service car. One, you can take a taxi and tell the driver to take you to Pines Hospital. If there’s no vehicular traffic, you should be at the hospital in under thirty (30) minutes. Depending on where you came from, taxi fare can range from the minimum to 60 pesos.

Your other option is to take a public jeepney. There are two jeepney stations in Baguio City where you can ride a jeep that passes by Pines Hospital. These are jeeps that ply the Baguio City-La Trinidad route. The first station is located along Magsaysay Avenue and near the Baguio Center Mall. The station is right beside the intersection between Magsaysay Avenue and Bonifacio Street. The second jeepney station is located below the Baguio City Hall and just above Rizal Park. Just board any of the La Trinidad-bound jeeps there and tell the driver to let you get off at the entrance of the Pines City Doctors’ Hospital. Travel time is between ten (10) to twenty (20) minutes depending on the flow of vehicular traffic. Jeepney fare is the minimum of eight pesos and fifty cents (8.50).

If you’re coming from La Trinidad, Benguet:
You just have to board any of the Baguio City-bound jeepneys and tell the driver to let you out near the Pines Hospital. The hospital is right across the New Lucban Elementary School in Camdas, Baguio City. When you cross the street using the overpass, you will run smack into the very entrance of the hospital.