Physiotherapy fees 2026: the full overview

Physiotherapy fees rose by 2.72 percent in 2026. Since 1 January 2026, a standard session for a common condition with a contracted (conventionné) physiotherapist costs €31.64 at the practice and €34.81 for a home visit. The first session of a treatment adds a one-off intake supplement of €7.38. Below you will find all official 2026 fees set by RIZIV-INAMI, the Belgian health insurance institute, and the matching patient co-payments (ticket modérateur) in one place.

What does a physiotherapy session cost in 2026?

On 20 October 2025, the INAMI General Council approved the 2026 healthcare budget, which included a health index of 2.72 percent. The physiotherapists and insurers agreement committee then decided to index all fees across the board by that percentage from 1 January 2026. The full list is in the official INAMI fee schedule for physiotherapists (in Dutch).

For a contracted physio, this means in practice: an individual session for common conditions, lasting 30 minutes on average, costs €31.64 at the practice and €34.81 at the patient's home. At the practice you certify these sessions with codes 567011 and 560011, and for a home visit with 567136 and 560313. At the first session of a new treatment, the physiotherapist also charges a one-off intake supplement of €7.38 (code 567033 or 567151). A first session including intake therefore comes to €39.02 at the practice and €42.19 at home.

Nollie makes software for physiotherapists itself. All amounts in this article come straight from the INAMI fee document and were checked on 13 August 2026.

Physiotherapy fees from 1 January 2026

Which fees apply to Fa, Fb and severe conditions?

The fee for a standard 30-minute session is the same in every condition group. Whether you treat a common condition, a condition on the Fa or Fb list or a severe condition on the E list, the session costs €31.64 at the practice and €34.81 at home. The groups differ in the number of reimbursed sessions and in the patient co-payment, not in the fee for the session itself.

As a reminder: common conditions are the everyday complaints that are not on any specific list. The Fa list covers acute and subacute conditions, such as rehabilitation after surgery, the Fb list covers chronic conditions, and the E list covers severe conditions that require long, intensive treatment. For that last group, there is also a long session of at least 60 minutes alongside the standard one: it costs €61.70 at the practice and €64.87 at home. For palliative patients treated at home, a separate fee of €28.48 per session applies, fully reimbursed and therefore without a co-payment.

How much does your patient pay in 2026?

The patient co-payment for physiotherapy is a fixed amount per session, not a percentage of the fee. With a contracted physiotherapist, a standard insured patient pays €6.25 per session for a common condition; a patient entitled to increased reimbursement (intervention majorée) pays €2.50. The more severe the condition, the lower the co-payment. The amounts below are the difference between the official fee and the insurance reimbursement in the INAMI fee schedule; the patient pays no co-payment on the intake supplement.

Patient co-payment per session from 1 January 2026 (contracted)

What does contracted or non-contracted mean for your fees?

All amounts in this overview are the fees for contracted physiotherapists: by signing up to the national agreement (convention), you commit to charging these fees. A non-contracted (déconventionné) physio sets their own fees and may therefore charge more than the INAMI rate.

The flip side is that the insurance reimbursement for standard insured patients is 25 percent lower with a non-contracted provider; only patients entitled to increased reimbursement keep the same refund. Professional association AXXON summarised the impact of the 2026 agreement for both statuses (in Dutch). Choosing between being contracted and non-contracted deserves an article of its own; the key point here is that the tables above show the agreement fees.

How do you apply the new fees in your practice?

1. Check that your software uses the indexed fees of 1 January 2026: a modern electronic patient record has the current INAMI fees loaded for each nomenclature code.
2. Review your patients' status, because increased reimbursement determines the co-payment. Through MyCareNet and the other eHealth services, you check insurability automatically.
3. Choose per patient how you bill: directly with a certificate or through the third-party payment scheme (tiers payant). We already explained the difference between eAttest, eFact and eAgreement.
4. Communicate your fees clearly at your practice and on your website, especially if you are non-contracted and charge your own fees.
5. Schedule a fee check every January: the amounts usually change every year because of indexation, and we update this overview accordingly.

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Contracted or non-contracted: what does it mean?

Being contracted means charging the fixed INAMI fees in exchange for, among other things, the social status allowance of up to €3,853.04 a year. Being non-contracted means setting your own fees, but your regular insured patients get 25 percent less reimbursed.

Fees and agreement · 12 August 2026