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
- $511 per attendance
Outpatients
- $399 per attendance
- $112 subsequent attendance same day – on site
Outpatients Telehealth
- $256 video consultation
- $72 subsequent video consultation
- $153 phone consultation
- $43 subsequent phone consultation
Interpreting service
- Included in bed and outpatient fee
Medical
- Same day: $1,574
- Overnight: $2,024 per night
Maternity
- Same day: $1,635
- Overnight: $2,657 per night
Gynaecology/Surgery
- Same day: $1,635
- Overnight: $2,657 per night
SurgicalĀ
- Same day: $1,635
- Overnight: $2,657 per night
Psychological services
- Same day: $1,574
- Overnight: $1,574 per night
Palliative Care
- Overnight: $1,533 per night
Intensive Care Unit (ICU)
- $5,396 per night
High Dependency Unit
- $5,396 per night
Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU)
- $3,822 per night
Special Care Nursery (SCN)
- $2,391 per night
Management of labour and birth
- Low risk: $716
- Complex: $1,680
Theatre procedures
- Full cost
Prostheses
- Full cost
Childbirth education classes
- Evening class: $194
- Day class: $112
- Weekend class: $225
Domiciliary visit
- $296 per visit for the mother
- $296 per visit for the baby
Hospital in the Home (HITH)
- $562 per visit
Ultrasounds/Radiology services for inpatients and outpatients
- 100% of the Medicare Benefits Schedule item’s number fee
Health Independence Program
- $399 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 appliancesĀ
- Full cost
Last reviewed September 27, 2017.