BILLING POLICY
(Affective from 5th September 2025)
Fees & Charges
- Bedford Family
Practice is a Private Billing Practice. Consultation fees for each type of
appointment are outlined below. Fees are payable at the time of
consultation by either cash, EFTPOS, Visa or MasterCard. This pratice
generally does not bulk bill.
Individual doctors reserve the right
to charge a reduced fee or bulk bill at their discretion.
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Consultation Fees
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Our Fee
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Medicare Rebate
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Out of Pocket
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Standard Consultation
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$90.00
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$43.90
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$46.10
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Long Consultation
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$165.00
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$84.90
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$80.10
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Extended Consultation
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$250.00
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$125.10
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$1124.90
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Initial Standard Consult
$90.00 apply to all New Patients(NOT accept any WCA related). Except Saturday $95.00.
Aged Pensioners (Over
65) and Healthcare Card Holders
$10.00 Discounted Fee Monday to Friday only, are required
to present their current cards to qualify for a discount. We cannot accept expired Healthcare Cards or Pension Cards.
All Children under
13
Bulk bills Monday to Thursday
only.
Veteran Affairs
Bulk bills Monday to Thursday only.
Telehealth Service
Telehealth is a health appointment by
phone call, connecting you with your GP is available to all patients that
have attended the practice in the past 12 months and will be billed as per standard
appointment rates.
Failure to Attend Appointment – incur a fee of $30.00-$50.00
Saturday Fees have an additional $5 loading
on all item numbers.
ALL WORKER’S COMPENSATION and MOTOR VEHICLE INSURANCE RELATED
SERVICES REQUIRE UPFRONT PAYMENT from ALL PATIENTS.
Cancellation fee = $30-$50 (if NOT
cancel within 24 hours)
Why do I have to pay Out of Pocket?
To meet rising costs of running a
modern doctor surgery, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) has
calculated a fair and reasonable costing model as above. Your Medicare
(i.e. Free Government Health Insurance for all Australians) does not pay
YOU the full amount as recommended by the AMA, hence there is a “GAP” or a
difference between what is being paid to you by Medicare and the TRUE cost
of providing you with expert & quality medical services. It is your
responsibility to pay this “GAP” when there is one.
Like most GP practices, Bedford Family
Practice has adopted to subsidize your true cost by charging you less than
the recommended AMA fee.
Payment Methods
For your convenience, we accept Cash, EFTPOS, Mastercard or Visa. Administrative charges will be levied on
overdue accounts.
Payment Options
Pay the FULL amount on
the day and claim back your Medicare rebate.
With
our Tyro's integrated Easyclaim patient
can swipe their EFTPOS card through our EFTPOS machine and receive their
Medicare rebate back within 3 mins.
Services NOT Covered by Medicare
Private fee will apply to:
- Employment and Diving Medicals
- Fitness to Drive Medicals (except for Aged or Medical condition)
- All Insurance Reports
- Cosmetic Procedures
- Telephone Consultations
- Letters of advice by GPs
- Issue of Death Certificate (except when doctor present to certify death)
- Cremation Certificate
- Group Attendances – group counselling, health education, weight reduction
or fitness classes
- Health Screening Services: testing fitness to undergo physical training
programs; vocational activities or weight reduction programs, examination
and tests to obtain a flying, commercial diving, or other license, entrance
to schools and other educational facilities, for travel requirements and
for the purposes of legal proceedings
- Routine check-up with an extensive battery of diagnostic investigations
are NOT Medicare rebatable
- Please ask your
Doctor if there is any extra out of pocket expenses when you are being
referred for blood test, radiology, private specialist and allied health
provider.
Please refer to MEDICARE AUSTRALIA if
you have queries about these laws –Medicare
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