O2 Hyperbaric Center
PrivateDieppe, NB
Cities with HBOT Access in New Brunswick
Detailed local guides for each city with HBOT facilities. Each page covers facility contacts, costs, referral steps, and emergency access.
No hospital HBOT chamber. Medicare NB does not cover private clinic treatment.
Quick Answer
Is HBOT covered in New Brunswick? New Brunswick has no publicly funded hospital hyperbaric chamber. Medically necessary HBOT for the 14 Health Canada-recognised conditions is accessed through interprovincial referral to the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with chronic and elective cases facing 12 to 18 month wait times. One private hyperbaric clinic, O2 Hyperbaric Center in Dieppe, operates in the province on a self-pay basis and is not covered by Medicare NB. Patients with diving emergencies on the Bay of Fundy or Northumberland Strait should call 911 immediately for emergency department coordination.
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Hospital Programmes
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Private Clinic
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Total Facility
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Recognised Conditions
Insurance Program
Medicare NB
Coverage Type
No hospital HBOT chamber. Medicare NB does not cover private clinic treatment.
Wait Times
Interprovincial referrals to QEII Halifax: 12 to 18 months for chronic/elective cases; emergencies treated immediately. Private-pay at O2 Hyperbaric Center is typically available within one to two weeks.
Detailed local guides for each city with HBOT facilities. Each page covers facility contacts, costs, referral steps, and emergency access.
Private Clinics
Dieppe, NB
No publicly funded in-province option. Patients may be referred interprovincially to QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, NS (12-18 month wait).
Speak with your family physician or specialist about whether HBOT is appropriate for your condition (one of the 14 Health Canada-recognised indications).
For publicly funded treatment, your physician initiates an interprovincial referral to the QEII Health Sciences Centre hyperbaric medicine programme in Halifax, Nova Scotia, through Medicare NB and the receiving facility.
Emergency indications can be transferred immediately through emergency department coordination; chronic and elective cases face a wait of 12 to 18 months.
For private-pay treatment, patients can contact O2 Hyperbaric Center in Dieppe directly. Treatment at this facility is entirely out of pocket; Medicare NB does not cover private clinic HBOT.
Some private extended health plans cover HBOT when delivered by a regulated healthcare provider for specific indications. Confirm with your plan administrator before booking.
Nearest Alternative
QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, NS (interprovincial referral, 12-18 month wait for elective cases).
Hyperbaric emergencies in New Brunswick (suspected carbon monoxide poisoning, arterial gas embolism, decompression sickness from diving in the Bay of Fundy or offshore, severe necrotising soft-tissue infection) require interprovincial transport, as the province has no hospital hyperbaric chamber.
Emergency Routing
Call 911 first for any acute medical emergency. The receiving emergency department physician coordinates urgent interprovincial transfer, most commonly to the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia (approximately 270 km from Moncton, 470 km from Saint John, 600 km from Fredericton). For diving-related emergencies, the Divers Alert Network (DAN) emergency hotline is 1-919-684-9111 and can advise on the nearest active recompression chamber. For severe carbon monoxide poisoning, the receiving emergency department initiates the transfer to QEII or, where transfer time is prohibitive, may provide hyperbaric-equivalent management on site.
New Brunswick patients are most commonly routed to the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia (approximately 270 km from Moncton, 470 km from Saint John, 600 km from Fredericton). Wait times for elective and chronic cases at the QEII are commonly 12 to 18 months due to capacity constraints. Some patients with northern or western New Brunswick addresses may be referred to Quebec hospital programmes (Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur de Montréal or Hôtel-Dieu de Lévis) depending on clinical urgency and bed availability; cross-provincial RAMQ/Medicare NB billing is arranged physician-to-physician.
New Brunswick has two regional health authorities: Horizon Health Network (English-language services across most of the province) and Vitalité Health Network (primarily Francophone services in northern and eastern New Brunswick). Neither network operates a hospital hyperbaric chamber. Interprovincial referrals for HBOT are coordinated by your physician through Medicare NB.
New Brunswick patients accessing HBOT through the interprovincial referral pathway are treated for the 14 conditions identified by Health Canada as accepted indications for hyperbaric oxygen therapy. These include emergency indications (carbon monoxide poisoning, gas embolism, decompression sickness, gas gangrene, necrotising soft-tissue infections, crush injury and acute traumatic ischaemia, severe blood loss anaemia, intracranial abscess, central retinal artery occlusion, sudden sensorineural hearing loss) and chronic/elective indications (problem wounds including diabetic foot ulcers, late effects of radiation, compromised grafts and flaps, refractory osteomyelitis, thermal burns).
Important Note
O2 Hyperbaric Center in Dieppe operates as a private hyperbaric facility; treatment is entirely out of pocket and is not covered by Medicare NB. Canada Hyperbarics has no commercial relationship with O2 Hyperbaric Center, the QEII, or with Medicare NB.
Yes, but with limitations. There is no hospital HBOT programme in New Brunswick. One private hyperbaric clinic, O2 Hyperbaric Center in Dieppe, offers self-pay treatment, but this is not covered by Medicare NB. For publicly funded HBOT, patients are referred interprovincially to the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Medicare NB does not cover HBOT delivered at private clinics in New Brunswick. For medically necessary treatment of the 14 Health Canada-recognised conditions, your physician can arrange an interprovincial referral to the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax through Medicare NB; treatment costs at the receiving facility are coordinated between provincial plans.
Most New Brunswick patients are referred to the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia (approximately 270 km from Moncton). Wait times for elective and chronic cases at the QEII are commonly 12 to 18 months due to capacity constraints. Some patients in northern New Brunswick may be referred to Quebec hospital programmes depending on urgency.
Private-pay HBOT at O2 Hyperbaric Center in Dieppe typically ranges from approximately $175 to $350 per session depending on chamber type and clinical complexity. A full course of 20 to 40 sessions for a chronic indication can total $7,000 to $14,000. Confirm current pricing with the clinic directly.
New Brunswick patients accessing HBOT through interprovincial referral are treated for the 14 Health Canada-recognised conditions, which include carbon monoxide poisoning, decompression sickness, gas embolism, gas gangrene, necrotising soft-tissue infections, crush injury, severe anaemia, intracranial abscess, central retinal artery occlusion, sudden sensorineural hearing loss, problem wounds, late effects of radiation, compromised grafts and flaps, refractory osteomyelitis, and thermal burns.
Most chronic indications require a course of 20 to 40 daily sessions, with some radiation indications requiring up to 60 sessions. Each session typically lasts 90 to 120 minutes. Acute emergencies may require only one or a few treatments.
Call 911. The receiving emergency department coordinates urgent interprovincial transfer, most commonly to the QEII Health Sciences Centre in Halifax. For diving-related emergencies on the Bay of Fundy or offshore, the Divers Alert Network (DAN) hotline at 1-919-684-9111 can advise on the nearest active recompression chamber.
No public timeline has been announced for a hospital hyperbaric chamber in New Brunswick. Patients and physicians have raised the issue with provincial health planners over the years; as of April 2026, interprovincial referral to Nova Scotia remains the standard pathway for publicly funded HBOT.
Last reviewed: 2026-04-23