Fees
Below is the billing policy of the tenant GPs servicing the OSMC. It is at the discretion of the individual doctors on how patients will be billed.
New billing policy from 1st November 2023:
GPs bulk billing eligible patients
- Dr John Holmes
- Dr Michele Coker (not seeing new patients)
- Dr Hilda Steele
- Dr Brad Woodford
- Dr Ineka Booth
- Dr James Bowes
- Dr Ayesha Abdullah
Eligible for Bulk billing
- Children (up 18 yrs. and still in high school)
- DVA
- Pensioners Over 65 yrs – All GPs
- Concession Card Holder – bulk billing GP only
- Chronic Disease Management Review – eligible to be bulk billed only when review is due (once every 3 months).*
- Mental Health Care Plans – eligible to be bulk billed only when review is due (once every 3 months).*
*Ask your GP if you are due for a review of your chronic disease or mental health care plan to be eligible for a bulk billed consult. If you are not due for a review of a care plan standard fees apply.
Concession card holders <65yrs – seeing Private Billing GP
Type | Full Fee | Rebate | Out of Pocket |
Standard | $70 | $41.40 | $28.60 |
Long Consult | $110 | $80.10 | $29.90 |
Prolonged Consult | $150 | $118.00 | $32.00 |
Non-Concession
Type | Full Fee | Rebate | Out of Pocket |
Standard | $85 | $41.40 | $43.60 |
Long Consult | $130 | $80.10 | $49.90 |
Prolonged Consult | $170 | $118.00 | $52.00 |
Telephone Consults
Please be advised there is a private fee for telephone consults for all patients. Standard consult is less than 10 minutes. Do not book a telephone consult if you do not have good mobile reception. If the GP is unable to contact you it will be considered as a no show and a fee of $30 will apply.
MyMedicare – Patients that register with MyMedicare one of the OSMC servicing GPs as their preferred GP will be eligible to receive higher rebates for telehealth consults.
Type | Full Fee | Rebate | Out of Pocket |
Standard <10mins | $85 | $41.40 | $43.60 |
Long Phone Consult >10mins Preferred GP registered with MyMedicare | $130 | $41.40 $80.10 | $88.60 $49.90 |
Prolonged Phone Consult >20mins Preferred GP registered with MyMedicare | $170 | $41.20 $118.00 | $128.60 $52.00 |
- New Patients are not eligible for Medicare rebate for phone consultations.
- All patients must have a face to face consult at least once every 12 months to be eligible for telehealth Medicare rebate.
- It is at the doctors discretion if they choose to offer telephone consults and how they are billed.
Cancellation Policy
If you do not cancel your appointment within 60mins of the appointment time and fail to attend, a fee of $30 will be applied for standard consults and $60 for longer consults.
Third Party Fees Disclaimer:
The practice is not able to predict and is not responsible in any way (including omission) for third party costs (e.g. radiology, pathology and specialists).
