Our Fee Schedule

Fees are payable at the time of consultation by cash, credit card or EFTPOS.  If you will find it difficult to make payment, please discuss this with the Practice Manager prior to your consultation with the doctor.  Receptionists cannot make decisions on behalf of doctors in relation to fees.

This is a summary of our standard fees, effective from 1st January 2020

Weekday Consultations

Where procedures are involved, there are additional costs, which your doctor will discuss with you at the time of consultation.

CONCESSION CARD HOLDERS STANDARD CONSULTATION

$50.00
Medicare Rebate $38.20, Gap $11.80

CONCESSION CARD HOLDERS LONG CONSULTATION

$85.00
Medicare Rebate $73.95, Gap $11.05

Standard Consultation

$88.00
Medicare Rebate $38.20, Gap $49.80

Long Consultation

$140.00
Medicare Rebate $73.95, Gap $66.05

EXTENDED Consultation

$200.00
Medicare Rebate $108.85, Gap $91.15

Saturday Consultations

Bulk Billing is not available on Saturdays. Full fees apply to all patients, including concession card holders and patients 18 years and under.

Standard Consultation

$90.00
Medicare Rebate $38.20, Gap $51.80

Long Consultation

$145.00
Medicare Rebate $73.95, Gap $71.05

ACCEPTING THE MEDICARE REBATE AS PAYMENT

Our doctors will generally accept a reduced payment by bulk billing local residents who hold a pension card and patients who are 18 years and under, providing a Medicare Card is held. This is not guaranteed, and should be discussed at the time of the consultation. 

Please note that a Seniors Card is not a concessional card, and does not guarantee bulk billing.

Work Cover

Patients wishing to have work injury visits charged to a third party must provide a written authority or proof of claim.   i.e. Work Cover claim number, or a letter from your employer.

Successive governments have failed to regularly increase Medicare rebates.  This means that rebates have not kept pace with the cost of living, and have never covered the true cost to practices of delivering quality medical care.  To ensure we can continue to provide you with quality healthcare, and cover our operational costs, we are required to set fees at this level, and reduce the amount of bulk billing we have traditionally offered to our patients.  Thank you for your understanding.

Should you wish to address the eroding of the Medicare rebate, please direct your enquiries to your Federal Member of Parliament:

Llew O’Brien MP Member for Wide Bay, Ph. 4121 2936

Ted O’Brien MP Member for Fairfax, Ph. 5479 2800