At least three Member States have adopted reimbursement practices for cross-border healthcare whereby the reimbursement tariff for patients is based on the costs that would be borne by the Member State of affiliation for care received from a private or non-contracted provider (which is considerably lower than the rate for public or contracted providers) had this healthcare been provided in its territory.
Vismaz trīs dalībvalstis pārrobežu veselības aprūpē ir pieņēmušas tādu atmaksāšanas praksi, kur pacientiem pienākošās atmaksāšanas tarifs balstās uz izmaksām, kādas piederības dalībvalsts savā teritorijā segtu par privāta vai bezlīguma aprūpes sniedzēja sniegtu aprūpi (šādas likmes ir krietni zemākas par valsts aprūpes sniedzēja vai līgumaprūpes sniedzēja likmi).