Fees / Billing

Effective from 1st April 2023

We are a mixed billing practice. We offer bulk billing to patients 15 years and below, DVA Gold card holders, DVA white card holders (only eligible conditions) and senior /age pension card holders.

As of the 4th of Jan 2023, patients who do not have a Age Pensioner Concession card or DVA Gold card or above 15 years of age will be privately billed.

Private billing patient fee : patient who has no Age Pensioner Concession card or DVA Gold card or above 15 years of age. NDIS holders are privately billed.
Skin Check Consultations-ONLY Bulk bill for Age Pensioner Concession cards or DVA Gold cards


Skin procedures and Annual skin checks and reviews

  • Bulk billing is available for Aged pensioners, Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA) Gold card holders or DVA white card holders with eligible conditions.
  • Non-Pensioners and others who has no concession cards: See below chart for depending on regular or long consult fee will be decided

Biopsies and Cryotherapy during consults

All the Biopsies are privately billed, Medicare item 30071 (No bulk billing available)

Please discuss with doctor or staff as fee will be varied depending on complexity of procedure, time, and circumstances.

Private billing patient fee, patient who has no pension, health care card or DVA Gold cards

Workcover consultation (no gap fee)

Until you obtain your claim number your will have to pay full fee. Once your claim number is obtained you are able get reimburse your previous payments (keep you receipts to forward to insurer). Once you provided claim number, you are not required to pay.

Usually, first consult is long consult and charged for the initial medical certificate.

Initial medical certificate: $51.00 +GST
Long consult AA030:  $180.00 
Hence, Initial consultation long consultation + Initial medical certificate: $236.10

Extended long consult AA040 $275.00 (40 min or more)

In general, subsequent consultations are short consult AA020:  $98.00 ( This may be varied depending on complexity )

Non Age Pensioners: See below chart for depending on regular or long consult fee will be decided

Short Consultation
Item #3

Time:
up to 5 minutes

Full Payable Fees:
$50

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$18.95

Gap Fees:
$31.05

Regular Consultation
Item #23

Time:
up to 20 minutes

Full Payable Fees:
$80

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$41.40

Gap Fees:
$38.60

Long Consultation
Item #36

Time:
More than 20 min, Up to 30 minutes

Full Payable Fees:
$130

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$80.10

Gap Fees:
$49.90

Extra Long Consultation
Item #44

Time:
40 minutes or more

Full Payable Fees:
$190

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$118.00

Gap Fees:
$72.00

Punch biopsy 
Item #30071

Please note excision biopsy price varies depending on sites / complexity

Full Payable Fees:
$90

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$48.90

Gap Fees:
$46.35

Cryotherapy
Item #30192

N/A

Full Payable Fees:
$60

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$37.00

Gap Fees:
$23.00

RMS Fitness for Driving- C Class license
All Patients

Time:
No Rebate. 
Rebate : Age patients and for patients-diseases

Full Payable Fees:
$80

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$41.20

Gap Fees:
$38.60

Commercial /Taxi Driving license

Time:
No standard time restriction

Full Payable Fees:
$250 +GST

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
No rebate, Tax Deductable

Gap Fees:
$250+GST

International
(no Medicare Card)
Item number 23
Item number 36

Time:
Up to 20 minutes.

More than 20 minutes, up to 30 minutes.

Full Payable Fees:
$100

Full Payable Fees:
$160

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
No

TELEPHONE CONSULTATIONS

(IF YOU DO NOT HAVE A PENSIONER CONCESSION CARD  OR DVA GOLD CARD OR ABOVE 15 YEARS)

 
 
 
 

Short Telephone Consultation
Item #91890

Time:
Lasting less than 6 minutes

Full Payable Fees:
$50

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$18.20

Gap Fees:
$31.80

Regular Telephone Consultation
Item #91891

Time:
Lasting at least 6 minutes

Full Payable Fees:
$90

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$41.40

Gap Fees:
$48.60

NO MEDICARE Regular Telephone Consultation 
Item #91891

Time:
Lasting at least 6 minutes

Full Payable Fees:
$110

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
Claim with insurance

Gap Fees:
$110

NO MEDICARE Long Telephone Consultation 
Item #91891

Time:
More than 20 minutes

Full Payable Fees:
$170

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
Claim with insurance

Gap Fees:
$170

Long Telephone Consultation
Item #91900

Time:
More than 20 minutes.
PLEASE NOTE: Only for the patients registered under MyMedicare with FirstGP

Full Payable Fees:
$140

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$80.10

Gap Fees:
$59.90

SKIN CHECKS

 
 
 
 

Regular Skin Check Consultation
Item #23

Time:
Up to 20 minutes

Full Payable Fees:
$90

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$41.40

Gap Fees:
$48.60

Long Skin Check Consultation
Item #36

Time:
More than 20 min, Up to 30 minutes

Full Payable Fees:
$140

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$80.10

Gap Fees:
$59.90

Regular Without Medicare Card Consultation
Item #23

Time:
Up to 20 minutes

Full Payable Fees:
$100

Claim with Insurance

Gap fees:
$100

Long Without Medicare Card Consultation
Item #23

Time:
More than 20 minutes, Up to 30 minutes

Full Payable Fees:
$160

Claim with Insurance

Gap fees:
$160

MENTAL HEALTH

 
 
 
 

Mental Health Care Plan
Item #2717

No Rebate if a Mental Health Care Plan has been done in the last 12 months

Full Payable Fees:
$250

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$147.65

Gap fees:
$102.35

Mental Health Care Plan review
Item #2712

 

Full Payable Fees:
$175

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$78.95

Gap fees:
$96.05

Mental Health Consultation
Item #2713

 

Full Payable Fees:
$145

Medicare/Insurance Rebate:
$78.95

Gap fees:
$66.05

 

However, certain items are bulk billed. These include:

  • Childhood Immunisations
  • GP Management Plans
  • 45 - 49-year-old Health Checks
  • Over 75-year-old Health Checks
  • Home Medication Reviews
  • Nursing Home Visits
 

WORKCOVER

 
 
 
 

Workcover Certificate
Item #WC0001

No rebate – speak with insurance regarding reimbursement

Full Payable Fees:
$51 +GST

 

Gap fees:
$51 +GST

Workcover
Level A
Face-to-face/ Telephone
Item #AA010

No rebate – speak with insurance regarding reimbursement

Full Payable Fees:
$48.50

 

Ga fees:
$48.50

Workcover
Level B
Face-to-face/ Telephone
Item #AA020

No rebate – speak with insurance regarding reimbursement

Full Payable Fees:
$98

 

Gap fees:
$98

Workcover
Level C
Face-to-face/ Telephone
Item #AA030

No rebate – speak with insurance regarding reimbursement

Full Payable Fees:
$180

 

Gap fees:
$180

Workcover
Level D
Face-to-face/ Telephone
Item #AA040

No rebate – speak with insurance regarding reimbursement

Full Payable Fees:
$275

 

Gap fees:
$275

Workcover Initial Consultation (Level C and Workcover Certificate)

No rebate – speak with insurance regarding reimbursement

Full Payable Fees:
$51.00 + GST
+$180.00
$236.10

 

Gap fees:
$236.10