Kernrechtsfrage
Whether intensive-care treatment of a private patient may be billed at the private-patient tariff rather than the general-ward KVG tariff.
Extrahierter Entscheid
Yes. For hospital treatment in the private ward, the KVG tariff is not binding; the private-patient tariff may apply if the hospitalization and contract so provide.
Extrahierte Begründung
The statutory tariff protection under Art. 44 KVG does not prevent separate billing of lawful supplementary services. In stationäre Behandlung auf der Privatabteilung, 'leistungen nach diesem Gesetz' means a monetary entitlement, not a fixed package of medical acts. The insured was treated as a private patient, and the contract/admission circumstances supported private billing.