Appointments
A standard appointment is 15 mins, extra time is required for multiple issues, medicals, mental health, chronic disease management, excision and skin work and emergent care.
At Withcott Medical Centre, our team are committed to providing quality healthcare and for a long time we have absorbed the rising costs of providing such a service to Withcott and the surrounding communities.
Unfortunately, with successive governments not providing adequate increases to medicare rebates and continued rising costs this has become challenging and we must now make some changes.
From Monday 13 November 2023 our bulk billing and private fee structure will change.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to discuss with our reception team.
Routine Consultation Fees from 13 November 2023
Weekdays | Fee | Medicare Rebate | Out of Pocket |
16 years and older (no concession) | |||
Standard | 83.00 | 41.40 | 41.60 |
Long | 127.00 | 80.10 | 46.90 |
Children under 16 years | Bulk billed | ||
Concession Card Holders | Bulk Billed | ||
Aged Pension Card Holders | Bulk Billed |
Saturday Consultation Fees from 13 November 2023
Saturdays | Fee | Medicare Rebate | Out of Pocket |
16 years & older (no concession)* | |||
Standard | 93.00 | 41.20 | 51.60 |
Long | 137.00 | 79.70 | 56.90 |
16 to 65 years (With HCC or Pension Card) | |||
Standard | 83.00 | 41.20 | 41.60 |
Long | 127.00 | 80.10 | 46.90 |
All Children under 16 years | Bulk Billed | ||
Pension Card Holders over 65 | Bulk Billed | ||
- Private fees apply for all antenatal consultations.
- Certain procedures, consultations and treatments may involve further out of pocket expenses, please discuss this when booking your appointment. The Doctor will advise if any other costs will arise from your consultation.
- Telehealth consultations – fees apply for patients WITHOUT concession cards.
- Mental Health consultations – fees apply for patients WITHOUT concession cards. (Out of pocket $40)
- Follow up/recall appointments are no longer bulk billed for patients without a concession card.
- Did not attend fee of $40, if failure to cancel an appointment within 2 hours of appointment.
- Fees are payable at the time of consultation.
Standard consultation fees are displayed at the practice and all fees are available from reception upon request.