Patients will have to prove their nationality when registering for a GP following a fresh crackdown on migrants accessing the NHS.
The Department of Health plans to launch pilots of the scheme later this year, in an effort to help recover the costs of primary care for migrants from their home countries.
According to GPs' magazine Pulse, everyone enrolling at surgeries in the 10 areas involved in the pilots will be asked for a valid European Health Insurance Card, which entitles holders to state-provided healthcare in European Economic Area (EEA) countries.
A spokesperson for the DoH said: "We are absolutely committed to improving the way the NHS recovers costs from international visitors for primary care.
"We're now planning to pilot different ways of doing this effectively without burdening busy GPs."
Health tourism is estimated to cost the UK around £2bn each year despite the fact that only residents with "indefinite leave to remain" in the country are entitled to free healthcare.
Pulse reports that the General Practitioners Committee (GPC) is working with the DoH on the plans.
It adds that a GPC briefing paper under the heading of "charging for primary care" says the Government will launch two new consultations in the spring.
According to Pulse, the note says: "Two consultations will be launched in the Spring to look further at extensions to charging.
"There are plans to start an EHIC pilot in primary care, to encourage the collection of EHICs, increase identification of chargeable patients and increase the engagement of GPs with the cost-recovery programme generally.
"GPC will be involved with a view to starting the pilot as early as possible."
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt announced plans last year to charge 150% of the cost to patients from outside the EU who seek NHS treatment.
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