If you are not eligible for Medicare you will be required to pay for the cost of your care.
A patient who is ineligible for Medicare is someone who:
- does not hold a valid Medicare Card
- is not an asylum seeker
- is not a visitor from a country who has a reciprocal healthcare agreement with Australia.
Please see below our fees for ineligible non-Australian residents.
Emergency
- $670 per attendance
Outpatients
- $470 per attendance
- $130 subsequent attendance same day – on site
Outpatients Telehealth
- $305 video consultation
- $85 subsequent video consultation
- $180 phone consultation
- $50 subsequent phone consultation
Interpreting service
- Included in bed and outpatient fee
Medical
- Same day: $1,845
- Overnight: $2,370 per night
Maternity
- Same day: $1,915
- Overnight: $3,450 per night
Gynaecology/Surgery
- Same day: $1,915
- Overnight: $3,115 per night
Surgical
- Same day: $1,915
- Overnight: $3,115 per night
Psychological services
- Same day: $1,845
- Overnight: $1,845 per night
Palliative Care
- Overnight: $1,795 per night
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- $6,320 per night
High Dependency Unit
- $6,320 per night
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- $4,475 per night
Special Care Nursery (SCN)
- $2,800 per night
Management of labour and birth
- Low risk: $790
- Complex: $1,856
Theatre procedures
- Full cost
Prostheses
- Full cost
Childbirth education classes
- Mercy Hospital for Women $200 per series
- Werribee Mercy Hospital $130 per series
Domiciliary visit
- $350 per visit for the mother
- $350 per visit for the baby
Hospital in the Home (HITH)
- $660 per visit
Ultrasounds/Radiology services for inpatients and outpatients
- 100% of the Medicare Benefits Schedule item’s number fee
Health Independence Program attendance
- $470 per attendance
Medical services including anaesthetics, Doctor consults, pathology for inpatients and outpatients
- 100% of the Medicare Benefits Schedule item’s number fee
Allied Health Services, aids and appliances
- Full cost