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#SFHS2609227VRegulation on Pricing of BAHA 7 Bone-Conducting Hearing Aids

🇫🇷France··Other·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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This regulation sets the maximum selling prices for BAHA 7 bone-conducting hearing aids in France. It establishes the prices that distributors can charge when selling directly to social insurance beneficiaries, as well as public retail prices for the products. The regulation includes specified prices for the years 2027 and 2028 as well, ensuring price stability and transparency in the market for these medical devices.

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Key Changes

  • Maximum selling prices established for BAHA 7 hearing aids.
  • Prices specified for the years 2027 and 2028.
  • Prices set for both distributors and public retail.

Obligations

What this law requires

high

Distributors must not exceed the maximum selling price of €2,962.05 TTC for BAHA 7 bone-conducting hearing aid processors (code 2384447) when selling directly to social insurance beneficiaries, effective from the regulation's implementation date.

Distributors of BAHA 7 hearing aids
operational
high

Distributors must charge a maximum cession price of €2,134.98 HT (excluding tax) for BAHA 7 processors when reselling directly to social insurance beneficiaries.

Distributors reselling to social insurance beneficiaries
operational
high

From January 2, 2027, distributors must reduce the maximum public retail price (PLV) for BAHA 7 processors to €2,939.19 TTC and the cession price to €2,113.31 HT.

Distributors of BAHA 7 hearing aids
operational
high

From January 2, 2028, distributors must further reduce the maximum public retail price (PLV) for BAHA 7 processors to €2,927.76 TTC and the cession price to €2,102.48 HT.

Distributors of BAHA 7 hearing aids
operational
medium

Pricing must maintain compliance with the economic convention established between the health products economic committee and authorized signatories (COCHLEAR France, SDA, SYNAM, and SYNEA).

Distributors and retailers of BAHA 7 hearing aids
disclosure

Affected Parties

Distributors of hearing aidsSocial insurance beneficiaries

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