Hospital administrators, however, questioned the comparison. Beyond room rents, the panel, headed by SP MP Ram Gopal Yadav, proposed standardised package rates for common medical and surgical procedures. Join conversation View All Comments → Share your thoughts in the comments Insightful Agree Disagree Skeptical Concerning Promising Worth Reading Big Development Post Comment Be respectful · TOI community guidelinesNEW DELHI: A patient’s hospital room in a private hospital could soon cost no more than a room in a nearby three-star hotel if a key recommendation of the parliamentary standing committee on health and family welfare is accepted. For childbirth alone, the average out-of-pocket expenditure was Rs 37,630 in private hospitals against Rs 2,299 in govt facilities.Hospital administrators, however, questioned the comparison. “Hotel room tariffs should not be the yardstick for hospital room rents because medical infra, staffing and support services are different,” said Dr Vinoy Kumar Upadhyay, CMD of Hope Hospital in Greater Noida.Noting the sharp difference in treatment costs, the panel said reducing out-of-pocket expenditure should be a key priority.