A real case, in Central Africa

How much does oxygen cost in cylinders?

A hospital with 144 beds, 2 operating theatres and intensive care. The cylinder use and price are the hospital’s own; the plant has an indicative value. This is the calculation, step by step.

  • 40 years
  • 80+ countries
  • ISO 13485
  • CE 1639

The calculation, with the hospital’s figures

in savings over 10 years, with an ULTRAOX plant on lease

Consumption and cylinder price: the hospital’s own figures, November 2026. Plant: indicative value.

01 · What you pay today

rental and transport

02 · What you pay with the plant

With leasing, you pay less from month one.

Today, on cylinders

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On cylinders
Plant on lease
Saving

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04 · Two ways to get oxygen

Pay for every cylinder, or make it in the hospital.

Today

Every cylinder is an invoice.

  1. 01
  2. 02The gas left in it, paid all the same
  3. 03The wait for the next delivery

And at the end of the month, nothing is left.

With an ULTRAOX plant

The hospital makes its own oxygen.

  1. 01From the air, on site, 24/7
  2. 02
  3. 03After that, electricity and maintenance

And the plant stays in the hospital.

05 · Investment

An investment that stays in the hospital.

ULTRAOX medical oxygen plant: tanks, ULTRACECO compressor, air treatment, two-column ULTRACON generator and backup cylinder bank
20+years of service life

Built for 150,000 operating hours.

24/7Automatic

It produces when the hospital uses oxygen. It can be connected to the diesel generator.

CE1639

The whole ULTRAOX plant, certified as one single medical device.

93%oxygen

Plus or minus 3%, in line with the European Pharmacopoeia and the USP.

Ultra Controlo: Portuguese manufacturer of medical gas plants, in Abrunheira.

  • 40 years
  • 80+ countries
  • ISO 13485

Next step: a site visit or a meeting with our engineers.

  • 40 years
  • 80+ countries
  • ISO 13485
  • CE 1639