Room Options

If you stay as an inpatient at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, you can request your preference of one of three types of patient rooms:  

• Ward (three or more beds in the room) – Free of charge for OHIP patients  
• Semi-private (two beds in the room) – $325 per day 
• Private (one bed in the room) – $475 per day ($475 on Obstetrical Unit) 

 
All OHIP-insured patients are provided with a ward room free of charge. Private and semi-private room accommodation is optional for patients who wish to have more privacy during their stay.

You will be asked about your room preference during pre-admission or during admission by one of our accommodation coordinators. We will need you to complete the Responsibility for Payment Form with your preferred request which can be completed with our accommodation coordinators. You may adjust your request at any point during your stay by contacting a member of the accommodation team by email at accommodation@sunnybrook.ca. 

For Maternity patient admissions in our birthing unit please complete the online request form, prior to your delivery date. 

If you have private insurance coverage, as long as you provide the information to us during your stay, we are able to attempt to bill insurances directly. If your insurance only covers a portion of the room cost, you will receive an invoice by mail after your stay. 

Please note that while we try our best to work with insurance companies, if they are not responsive to our invoices or contact attempts, we will be required to seek payment directly from you. 

If you are an obstetrical patient, we do not bill insurance directly. Please see our FAQ for obstetrical patients for more details. 

It is your responsibility to contact your insurance provider to verify your coverage. Please note that your coverage may change from year to year. If your insurance covers only part of your accommodation request, then you will be responsible for paying the remainder of the bill. You will be invoiced for this amount. 

If at any point during your hospital stay you no longer want a private or semi-private room, it is your responsibility to contact a Preferred Accommodation Coordinator and sign a new form. You will be responsible for any charges up to that date. 

We will try our best to give you the room you have requested. Rooms are assigned on a first-come, first-served basis. However, sometimes the room you request may not be available due to medical or infection control needs. 

OHIP patients requesting ward rooms will not be charged no matter what room type they are placed in. 

If you no not have OHIP (Ontario Health Insurance Plan) and have questions regarding your stay, please visit our Non-OHIP information page.

For the majority of patient stays we wait until after discharge to mail out invoices. If your stay is longer, then an interim bill may be sent while you are still in the hospital. 

If you provided insurance information during your stay, we will first attempt to send all invoices to your supplementary insurance provider(s). Once we have received payment from the insurance provider(s) or the insurance provider(s) are refusing payment/ignoring our contact attempts, we will mail an invoice to you for the remaining balance if there is one. 

All information regarding how you can pay your bill can be found on our Pay a Bill page. 

If you have a valid Ontario Health Card there is a standard co-payment charge of $45.00 for ambulance services rendered in the province of Ontario. 

If you do not have a valid Ontario Health Card this co-payment charge is $240.00. 

For more information regarding why you are being charged for an Ambulance visit the Ministry of Health Ambulance Services Billing website. 

If you are in the Emergency Department awaiting placement into a room you will be placed into the first available bed regardless of the room type you requested. While we attempt to place you directly into yourdesired room it is not always possible. Patients are first placed into rooms for medical requirements. If you are not directly placed into a private or semi-private room and you have requested one the nursing staff on the unit you are on will look move you into your preferred room once one becomes available. 

We’re happy to answer any other questions you may have. Please contact our Preferred Accommodation Coordinator team by email at accommodation@sunnybrook.ca. 

Complete the obstetrical preferred accommodation form any time prior to your hospital admission. If you choose private or semi-private room accommodation, a $0.10 non-refundable payment will be charged to your credit card to confirm your choice. Applications completed without payment of the $0.10 deposit will not be considered.

Within one week of your discharge, the credit card provided during sign-up (the same one used for the $0.10 non-refundable payment) will be automatically charged for the full amount of any outstanding preferred accommodation charges. 

Sunnybrook no longer bills third party insurance companies for maternity patients. However, a detailed invoice and receipt containing all the information required to file your insurance claim will be emailed to you at the same time as your credit card payment is processed. 

No – all patients are provided with a private room while they are in labour. Charges only begin once you have delivered your baby. 

You will be billed starting and including the day that you deliver your baby regardless of the delivery time. All subsequent days you spend in the hospital will also be billed except for your date of discharge. 

If you are admitted to the High-Risk Obstetrics Unit a representative will visit you to discuss your room request. Billing for high-risk units is separate from the process described above.