STANDARD FEES 
OF TMF. 
flGe&tcal association ot the district ot 
Columbia. 
ADOPTED JANUARY 12, 1897. First visit $2 to $10 
Each subsequent visit 2 “ 10 
Office consultation ' . . . 2 “ 10 
Each consultation visit 5 “ 25 
The attending physician is entitled for each meeting to 5 “ 25 
Visit at night (night is understood to commence at 8 
p. m. and end at 8 a. m.) 5 “ 25 
Passing catheter or bougie 5 “ 15 
Advice at night at physician’s house 5 “ 10 
Visiting at an hour specified by the patient, the usuul 
consultation fee. 
Visiting out of the city, at the discretion of the phy- 
sician. 
For services to distant patients, in addition to ex- 
penses of travel, per day 50 “ 500 
Detention in any case at patient’s house 5 “ 100 
All eases of small-pox, diphtheria and scarlet fever, for 
each visit 3 “ 10 
Case of gonorrhoea, each consultation (Cash) .... 5 “ 15 
Case of syphilis, each consultation (Cash) 5 “ 25 
Venesection 10 “ 25 
Microscopic examination 5 “ 100 
Examination of urine . 5 “ 25 
Cases of obstetrics 25 “ 500 
Operations for Caesarean Section, Symphyscotomy-Ex- 
tra-uterine pregnancy, High forceps,’ Version, In- 
duction of premature labor 100 “ 1,000 
All obstetrical services (Cash). 
Operation for lacerated perineum 50 “ 300 
Operation for lacerated cervix uteri 50 “ 300 
Operation for removal of uterine tumors 100 “ 1,000 
Operation for vesico-vaginal or recto-vaginal fistula . 100 “ 500 
Ovariotomy or Hysterectomy 100 “ 1,000 
Dilating or curetting uterus 50 “ 100 
Operation for appendicitis 100 “ 1,000 
Capital operation, as, for example, amputating large 
limbs, lithotomy, trepanning) excision of large 
tumors, operation for radical cure of hernia, for 
aneurism, extirpation of cancerous breast, ligation 
of large arteries, etc 100 “ 1,000 
Abdominal Section, for relief of wounded viscera, such 
as bladder, spleen, intestines, kidney, liver or other 
organs 100 “ 3,000 
Extirpation of tumors of minor importance 10 " 100 
Opening an abscess 5 “ 25 
Paracentesis abdominis 15 “ 100 
Dressing recent wounds, etc 5 “ 25 
For each assistant in surgical operations 10 “ 100 
Adjustment of fracture of long bones 50 “ 500 
Subsequent attendance at the ordinary rates, but each 
renewal of bandages or apparatus 5 “ 15 Reduction of dislocation }'25 to ?.5<ki 
Amputation of fingers or toes 25 “ 50 
Amputation through tarsal or metatarsal bones .... SO " 100 
Operation for sub-cutnncous tenotomy 25 “ 100 
Operation for Imre-lip or cleft palate 50 ” 500 
Each subsequent dressing, at usual rate for dressing 
wounds. 
Operation for hemorrhoids 50 ” 500 
Operation for fistula In ano 50 “ 500 
Operation for fissure of anus 10 “ 50 
Each subsequent dressing, at usual rate for dressing 
wounds. 
Operation for hydrocele 25 " 50 
“ “ “ radical cure 50 “ 300 
Reduction of strangulated hernia 50 “ 300 
Special physical examination of chest 10 “ 100 
Removing foreign bodies lodged In larynx or 
(esophagus 25 “ 500 
Tracheotomy or Intubation 50 “ 500 
Major operations on ear, as mastoid, etc .50 ” 500 
Major operations on nose and accessory sinuses ... 50 “ 500 
Major operations on larynx, as removal of growth . . 50 “ 500 
Kxamluatlon of eye hy opthalmoseope 5 “ 50 
Major operations on the eye 50 1,000 
Minor o|>eratlons on the eye, nose, throat, or ear ... 5 “ 50 
Administration of anaesthetic 10 “ 100 
For letter of advice or written opinion ft “ 500 
All certificates of life Insurance, insanity, etc 5 “ 25 
For attendance upon court, in civil cases, per day . . 50 “ 300 
For a jiost mortem examination, when ordered . . . 10 “ 100 
For a |Mcst mortem examination in a case of legal in- 
vestigation 25 “ 500 
For an examination involving a question of law in a 
ease in which the physician mav besubpoenaed, and 
In all eases in which the physician Is required to 
give a medical opinion before a Committee of Con- 
gress 50 “ 500 
Otllee Instructions, 1100 per annum ; f 50 semi-annually 
in advance. 
W. P. CARR, M. D., 
President. 
J. R. WELLINGTON, M. D., 
Secretary. 
Regulation of the Medical Association. 
“ It is reoommcnded to the Members of the Assoc iation to pre- 
sent their aeeounls for professional services at the close of the 
attendance: and it shall be the duty of each Member to obtain a 
settlement from all his families at least once in three months, 
vis., tiie first of January, the first of April, the first of July, and 
the first of October.”