Payment Options

Payment In Rooms

Following medicare changes on 1 August 2020, NOT all tests can be bulk billed or medicare rebated. If you meet medicare criteria, you are eligible for bulk billing (if a pensioner) or a substantial medicare rebate (non pensioner, health care card holder).

Follow up visits immediately after tests are only rebatable through medicare if management decisions or changes are made at the time of that consultation. Visits that are only to relay results or address concerns are no longer rebatable through medicare.

Please contact the office for specific costs and rebates for medicare rebatable testing. 

Procedural Payment

I charge a GAP ($500 for non-pensioners and $250 for pensioners) for most inpatient hospital procedures that are covered by your health fund. This means most work performed in hospital will be covered by your health fund with a small out of pocket expense (provided your policy includes cover for cardiac care).

The very best private hospital care.

Certain procedures may not be covered by your health fund for the following reasons:

1. Your level of cover is inadequate for the service. Cardiac care requires at least a silver policy or higher.
2. Your policy has been upgraded to silver or higher BUT this was done after the diagnosis and you are still within the 12-month waiting period.
3. There is no Medicare reimbursement for the procedure you require.