Insurance and billing
Dental fee guide
Also called provincial fee guide, suggested fee guide
A published list of suggested fees and service codes used by Canadian dental offices and insurers.
In Canada, provincial and territorial dental associations publish fee guides that list suggested fees and procedure codes. Offices often base their prices on a guide's current year, and insurers often reimburse relative to a guide, which may be an older year or a different province. Because guides differ by province and by year, check which guide a patient's plan uses when estimating coverage.
Example at the front desk
Her plan pays on last year's fee guide, so the claim will come back a bit short.
US and Canada
Fee guides are a Canadian practice. In the US, offices set their own fees and use plan fee schedules.