Expected by insurers, not by law
The GebüH item number per line, the diagnosis when the patient claims from a private insurer or Beihilfe, your bank details and a payment term.
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Create a Heilpraktiker invoice online
Create a Heilpraktiker invoice in two minutes. Pick items from the fee schedule (GebüH), add products with the right VAT and print the invoice as a PDF. Every mandatory field is checked as you type. Your practice details stay in your browser, patient details are never stored.
Nothing you type leaves your browser. Practice details are remembered on this device only when you click Remember my details; patient details and lines are never stored.
Fields checked against § 14 UStG on 22 October 2026. Notes on the law, not tax or legal advice.
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0 lines€0.008 fields missingMissing: Practice name · Practice address · Patient name · Patient address · Tax number or VAT ID · Issue date · Invoice number · At least one lineNotes on the law, not tax or legal advice.
Checklist
Mandatory fields on a Heilpraktiker invoice
German VAT law (§ 14 Abs. 4 UStG) lists what an invoice must show, even when your treatment is VAT-exempt. The tool checks each field as you type.
- 1Your full name and practice address
- 2The patient's full name and address
- 3Your tax number or VAT ID
- 4The issue date
- 5A unique, sequential invoice number
- 6What you did, line by line
- 7The date of each service
- 8The amounts, split into VAT-exempt and taxed lines
- 9The VAT rate and amount, or the note why there is none
Small invoices up to €250
§ 33 UStDV allows a shorter invoice: no invoice number, no tax number, no patient address. The tool shows a hint when yours qualifies.
Billing by the GebüH fee schedule
Every GebüH item in the invoice tool comes with its official service text and the usual fee, ready to edit. Private insurers compare each line with the schedule, so the exact wording matters. To compare items first, use the GebüH calculator.
Good to know
Questions about the Heilpraktiker invoice
Short answers to what colleagues ask most.
Can patients deduct a Heilpraktiker invoice from tax?
Often yes, as medical costs in the income tax return, above a personal threshold based on income and family. The invoice is the proof, so it must name the treatment.
Is there free invoice software for Heilpraktiker?
This page. It runs in your browser, needs no account and prints a PDF. If you write many invoices a month, practice software with patient files and reminders pays off.
How do I word the invoice correctly?
One line per service, with the date, the GebüH item and its service text. Insurers check each line against the schedule, so keep its wording.
Does VAT go on the invoice?
Treatment is VAT-exempt under § 4 Nr. 14 a UStG, and the invoice says so. Products are not: supplements are usually 7 %, drinkable ones 19 %. Under the small-business rule (§ 19 UStG) you charge no VAT and print that note instead.
What about Heilpraktiker for psychotherapy?
The same rules apply. Use the psychotherapy items of the fee schedule (section 19) or a free service line with the fee you agreed.
Does the diagnosis belong on the invoice?
Only if the patient wants to claim it. Private insurers and Beihilfe need it to check the invoice. It is health data, so it is off by default and you switch it on per invoice.
Do I need an e-invoice?
Not for patients. E-invoices are required between businesses only. If you bill a company, for example for a workplace health day, a PDF is still allowed until the end of 2026, or 2027 for smaller practices.
How long do I keep invoices?
Eight years from the end of the year you issued them (§ 14b UStG). Patient records stay ten years after the treatment ends (§ 630f BGB).
How much does Beihilfe refund?
Up to a fixed cap per item (Anlage 2 BBhV), for example €12.50 for item 1 and €18.50 for item 4. Anything above is the patient's share.
Is anything I type stored?
Only your practice details, on this device, when you click "Remember my details". Patient details and invoice lines are never stored and never leave your browser.
Notes on the law, not tax or legal advice. Checked on 22 October 2026.
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