The commission varied from lab to lab but the median range of normal ‘cuts’/commission for doctors is 35% in case of MRI tests and 20% in case of CT scan and other LAB tests. The advance is again recouped on a fortnightly basis.In some cases, referral fees paid to doctors in cheque is disguised and shown in books as professional fees. In this kind of cases, an agreement with doctors is made by which they are taken as inhouse consultants. This payment is a disguised referral fee.There are even some revenue sharing agreements with some doctors by which referral fee is paid in cheques. It is seen that the doctors are very particular about the amounts: where they don’t get their “due” they return the envelope.

Source: Economic Times December 02, 2017 14:24 UTC