Fee Structure
Note: Current as of March 2025
Gracemere Medical Centre is a private billing practice and we ask you to pay in full at the time of consultation.
The Medicare rebate, bulk billing, only covers a small portion of the costs of providing high-quality healthcare. Community General Practice is not subsidised by State or Federal Governments, unlike the hospital system. We are a locally owned small business, like many other General practices.
Payment of fees is expected on the day of the consultation. For specialized services a consultation fee is usually required as well as the service.
For services not covered in this website, please ask about the fee.
If you are worried about paying, please speak with our practice manager before your appointment. Our receptionists are unable to make cost decisions on behalf of the doctors.
We also encourage you to voice your concerns to your Federal Member of Parliament, as the Federal Government dictates the level of your Medicare rebates.
What is the Out of Pocket Fee?
The out of pocket fee is the amount of money that you will have to pay on top of any consult fee that may occur with the procedure or service.
Non-Attendance
Non Attendance may incur a fee.
We ask everyone to let us know if you are unable to attend your appointment to allow others to be seen.
All doctors continue to bulk bill:
- Health Assessments and Chronic Disease Care Plans
- DVA Gold Card Holders
Selected doctors are continuing to bulk bill:
- First Nations Peoples for standard Medicare visits.
Making a payment:
You can pay your account any way you like (cash, credit card or debit card), however you can only collect your Medicare rebate using our TYRO machine by using a debit card (savings or cheque account – Medicare will not pay onto credit cards). Surcharge fees from the EFT POS company are applied at the time of the transaction by the EFT POS company – Tyro.
Short Consultation – 3-5 minutes
Medicare Rebate $18.85
| Cost | Out of Pocket | |
| Standard | $70.00 | $XX |
| Discount | $60.00 | $XX |
Standard Consultation – 10-12 minutes
Medicare Rebate $41.20
| Cost | Out of Pocket | |
| Standard | $100.00 | $XX |
| Discount | $80.00 | $XX |
Long Consultation – over 20 minutes
Medicare Rebate $79.70
| Cost | Out of Pocket | |
| Standard | $170.00 | $XX |
| Discount | $140.00 | $XX |
Skin Services/Proceedures
| Full Skin Check | Cost | Out of Pocket |
| Standard | $80-120 | – |
| Skin Biopsy | Cost | Out of Pocket |
| Standard | $50.00 | – |
| Skin Excision | Cost | Out of Pocket |
| Standard | $100.00 – $200.00 | – |
| Skin Excision + Flap | Cost | Out of Pocket |
| Standard | $150.00 – $250.00 | – |
Specialised Services
| Standard Drivers Licence | Cost | Out of Pocket |
| Standard | $95.00 | – |
| Commercial Drivers Licence | Cost | Out of Pocket |
| Standard | $170.00 | – |
| Mental Helath Care Plan | Cost | Out of Pocket |
| Standard | $140.00 – $250.00 | – |
| Iron Infusion | Cost | Out of Pocket |
| Standard | $100.00 | – |
| Discount | $75.00 | – |
| 24hr Ambulatory BP Monitoring |
Cost | Out of Pocket |
| Standard | $145.90 | $95.90 |
| ECCG | Cost | Out of Pocket |
| Standard | $54.00 | – |
| Discount | $44.00 | – |
| Pregnancy Test | Cost | Out of Pocket |
| Standard | $46.00 | – |
Saturday mornings
On Saturdays, ALL patients are charged a fee for consultations. Standard Consult is $100 and long consult is $170.
Family Discounts
Family discounts may be available for family members seen on the same day.
Dressings and Wound Care
There is a separate fee for dressing / wound care. For chronic ongoing wounds, dressing fee packages can be arranged.
Telephone / Telehealth Consultations
Telephone or Telehealth consultations are billed the same as a consultation in person. A receptionist will call you after your telehealth consultation to take payment.
Work Injury related consultations
Consultations that are Work Related are charged to the patient for claiming from the relevant body – Workcover, employer, insurer etc