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Payment of lump-sum payment for childbirth and childcare

[People who have taken out Yokohama City National Health Insurance]

Last Updated March 17, 2023

When a National Health Insurance member gives birth, a lump-sum childcare lump sum is paid.

Payment amount: 500,000 yen (420,000 yen for births before March 31, 2023)
<Note 1> If you are pregnant for more than 12 weeks, you will be paid for stillbirths and miscarriages.
<Note 2> If you give birth to a company within six months after Retirement, you will receive a lump-sum payment for childbirth and childcare from the previously enrolled employee health insurance (only if you have been working for the company for at least one year). Depending on the employee health insurance, the amount paid may be higher than the National Health Insurance due to its own additional benefits. If you are eligible, please check with the employee health insurance you had previously subscribed to (if paid by employee health insurance, you will not be paid by the National Health Insurance).

How to apply for lump-sum childcare lump sum

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1.Direct payment system for lump-sum childcare lump-sum payment

This is a system in which the delivery facility on behalf of the householder performs the procedure for claiming and receiving the lump-sum payment for childbirth and childcare performed by the head of the household by contracting at the delivery facility where the child gives birth. Since the lump-sum payment for childbirth is paid directly to the delivery facility, payment of 500,000 yen (488,000 yen if not covered by the obstetric medical care compensation system) is not required at the time of discharge. .
If the childbirth cost is less than the lump-sum payment for childbirth (500,000 yen), or if you give birth at a delivery facility that is not covered by the Obstetrics and Medical Care Compensation System, you can apply to the ward office Insurance and Pension Division in your ward. The difference will be paid.

※¥ 420,000 for births before March 31, 2023 (¥ 408,000 if not covered by the Obstetrics and Medical Care Compensation System)

Please contact the delivery facility directly to see if the delivery facility you are planning to give birth supports the direct payment system.

Required for application at the time of payment of difference

  • Health insurance card
  • Maternal and Child Health Handbook
  • Deposit passbook or transfer destination can be confirmed
  • Documents (receipt / statement) proving delivery costs issued by the delivery facility
  • Agreement documents exchanged at the delivery facility (with the description of "using the direct payment system")

※If you want to transfer money to an account other than the head of household, you need private seal (the name of the head of household using vermilion).

2.Substitution system for receiving lump-sum childcare lump sums

If you are planning to give birth, prepare a nationally designated application form at a delivery facility that implements the agency system, and then apply to the ward office Insurance and Pension Division in your ward within two months before the expected birth date. This is a system in which you delegate the receipt of the lump-sum payment to the delivery facility.
Since the National Health Insurance will provide a lump-sum payment for childbirth and childcare directly to the delivery facility, 500,000 yen of the delivery cost (488,000 yen if not covered by the obstetric medical care compensation system) will be discharged from the hospital. Payment is not required.
If the childbirth cost is less than the lump-sum payment for childbirth (500,000 yen), or if the child is born at a delivery facility that is not covered by the obstetric medical care compensation system, the difference will be paid.

※¥ 420,000 for births before March 31, 2023 (¥ 408,000 if not covered by the Obstetrics and Medical Care Compensation System)

Please contact the delivery facility directly to see if the delivery facility you are planning to give birth supports the agency system.

What is required for application at the ward office

  • Health insurance card
  • Maternal and Child Health Handbook
  • Deposit passbook or transfer destination can be confirmed
  • Application for lump-sum payment for childbirth and childcare (created by the delivery facility)

※If you want to transfer money to an account other than the head of household, you need private seal (the name of the head of household using vermilion).

3.When applying directly to the ward office

Please note that the application for the lump-sum payment for childbirth will be effective from the day after the birth date, and the application for the payment of overseas medical expenses will be effective two years from the day after the full payment of the treatment fee, and you will not be able to apply for each.

In the case of childbirth in Japan

Please bring the following and apply to the ward office Insurance and Pension Division in your ward.

  • Health insurance card
  • Maternal and Child Health Handbook
  • Deposit passbook or transfer destination can be confirmed
  • Documents (receipt / statement) proving delivery costs issued by the delivery facility
  • Agreement documents exchanged at the delivery facility (with the statement "Do not use the direct payment system")

※If you want to transfer money to an account other than the head of household, you need private seal (the name of the head of household using vermilion).

In the case of birth overseas

The requirement for payment is that the person who gave birth has a Address in Yokohama City and has taken out Yokohama City National Health Insurance on the day of birth.
Please bring the following and apply to the ward office Insurance and Pension Division in your ward.

  • Health insurance card
  • Deposit passbook or transfer destination can be confirmed
  • Letter of consent (available at the ward office)
  • Documents certifying the fact of giving birth (such as a doctor's certificate). Please attach a Japanese translation. ※2
  • The original passport (passport) of the person who received treatment

※1 When transferring money to an account other than the head of household, private seal (the name of the head of household uses vermilion) is required.
※2 If you have already submitted a birth registration form and your child is already listed on resident certificate, you can omit it.

※Attention※
If you have stayed abroad for a long period of time, you may not be eligible for National Health Insurance and may lose your qualification retroactively. You will be eligible for births during temporary travel. If you give birth overseas, you may be asked to confirm the details of the application with your local medical institution, so please fill out the consent form of the person who gave birth. If you are currently applying for a lump-sum payment for childbirth and childcare from an insured overseas, please apply after returning to Japan. In addition, we do not send money from Yokohama to other countries.

Application for payment of overseas medical expenses

In the case of childbirth, normal delivery is not covered by insurance, so you will have to pay at your own expense. However, in the case of abnormal delivery such as cesarean section, some of the surgical expenses will be covered by insurance medical treatment, so you may be able to refund it as overseas medical expenses by applying to the ward office Insurance and Pension Division after returning to Japan.

For details on the documents and procedures required for applying for overseas medical expenses, please refer to the link “5. When receiving treatment at a medical institution due to illness or injury overseas” .

Announcement on Obstetrics and Medical Care Compensation System

This system is a compensation system for children with cerebral palsy who have occurred in connection with delivery of 22 weeks or more of pregnancy, and includes hospitals, clinics and midwives so that pregnant women can give birth with peace of mind.
Please refer to the Obstetrics Medical Compensation System website (outside site) for delivery facilities that have joined the Obstetrics Medical Compensation System.

Inquiries regarding procedures

Please contact Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section in your ward office.

List of contact information for each ward office Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section
Inquiries by e-mailPhone number
Tsurumi Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-510-1810
Kanagawa Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-411-7126
Nishi Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-320-8427、045-320-8428
Naka Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-224-8317、045-224-8318
Minami Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-341-1128
Konan Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-847-8423
Hodogaya Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-334-6338
Asahi Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-954-6138
Isogo Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-750-2428
Kanazawa Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-788-7838、045-788-7839
Kohoku Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-540-2351
Midori Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-930-2344
Aoba Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-978-2337
Tsuzuki Ward   Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-948-2336、045-948-2337
Totsuka Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-866-8450
Sakae Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-894-8426
Izumi Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-800-2425、045-800-2426、045-800-2427
Seya Ward Insurance and Pension Division National Health Insurance Section045-367-5727、045-367-5728

Inquiries to this page

Insurance and Pension Division, Health and Social Welfare Bureau Life and Welfare Department

Telephone: 045-671-2424

Telephone: 045-671-2424

Fax: 045-664-0403 (For inquiries regarding procedures, please contact the ward office above)

Email address: kf-hokennenkin@city.yokohama.jp

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