Licence fee information

License information

CCSD licence fee information for organisations

Primary licence holders (e.g. private hospitals, NHS trusts and insurance organisations)

Each primary licence holder will annually be assigned to one of three licence categories. The licence fee is made up of a fixed and variable element. The licence fee model includes 3 tiers of payment. All licence holders pay the same core component and are placed into one of 3 categories for the variable element. The licence fee is paid on an annual basis.

Providers (e.g. private hospitals and NHS trusts)

Providers are categorised based on their private procedure, with the count of procedure episodes per provider used. This metric is from the Private Healthcare Information Network (PHIN) April 2023-March 2024 data. This metric covers inpatient, including daycase, activity only. Providers who offer only outpatient clinic activity require a licence but will not be charged a fee. Any new entrant to the market starts in category A and will be re-evaluated after twelve months of activity submissions to PHIN. The provider may then shift into another category or remain in category A depending on their activity.

Thresholds for activity categories

A – greater than 2,500

B – Between 400 and 2,499

C – Between 200 and 399

D – Under 199/outpatient activity only

Insurers

As there is no publicly available membership data for insurers, they will submit membership data to CCSD at the start of 2024. If membership data is not submitted, then the top licence fee will apply.

Others

Primary licence holders who do not fall into one of the categories above are charged £7,620 (+VAT) per annum