Practice Fees, Bunbury Family Doctors

Welcome to Bunbury Family Doctors! We are excited to see you in our new purpose-built building.

Upon your initial consultation, we can request your medical record from your previous clinic to ensure the continuation of care is maintained. Please note we are a private billing clinic. Fees are expected to be paid in full at the end of your consultation (including Telehealth consults).

All patients will be charged a private fee except:

  • Children 0 - 12 years old
  • DVA Gold card holders
  • Nursing Home patients

Some consultations require booking a long consultation such as driver’s license medicals, mental health care plans, complex health issues,second opinions or patients wanting a review of multiple issues at the one consultation.

Patients are responsible for payment of their workers compensation/motor vehicle injury consultations and can claim directly back with the insurance agency.

Service
Fee
Medicare Rebate
Out of Pocket (GAP)
Standard Consultation
$92
$42.85
$49.15
Discount Consultation
$80
$42.85
$37.15
Long Consultation *
$170
$82.90
$87.10
Extended Consultation **
$240
$122.15
$117.85
Telehealth - short
$50
$19.60
$30.40
Telehealth - long
$92
$42.85
$49.15
Mental Health Care plan
$190
$103.70
$86.30
Chronic Disease Care Plan
bulk billed
$0
Health Assessment
bulk billed
$0
Iron Infusions ***
$220
$82.90
$137.10

* GP Long Consultation (>20 mins)
** GP Extended Consultation (>40 mins)
*** Iron Infusions, $170 plus $50 Treatment Room fee

Fees also apply for:

  • *ECG’S
  • Spirometry

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Treatment Rooms Fees

At Bunbury Family Doctors we are committed to providing quality care to all our patients. In order to keep doing so, we will be introducing a Treatment Room fee from the 11th November 2024 to cover the expense of consumables for certain procedures.

Service
Fee
Dressing standard
$20
Dressing complex
$35
Ear syringing
$20
Iron infusion
$50
Excision
$50
Implanon Insertion/Removal
$50

Treatment room fees are payable on the day.

‍For more information please speak with our nursing staff.

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Workcover / Motor Vehicle Injury

These are services provided by Bunbury Family Doctors for the management of work related or traffic accident injuries and illnesses. All consultations require full payment on the day unless the Western Australia Workcover authority or Motor Vehicle Insurer has accepted full
liability and all excess payments have been met.

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International Visitors

International visitors without Medicare cards are welcome.  Standard fees apply and a receipt will be provided for use with your travel insurance.

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Late Cancellation and Missed Appointment Policy

Should you not attend your appointment or provide less than 2 hours’ notice to cancel a fee may apply. If you have a legitimate reason, please contact us to discuss further.  
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Current pricing as of July 2024: The Federal Government determines the rebate you will receive from Medicare and every attempt has been made to keep Gap payments as low as possible. Some patients may receive discounted rates at the Doctor’s discretion.

What is bulk billing?

Bulk billing means you don’t have to pay for your medical services from a health professional. For example, after a visit to your doctor, your doctor bills Medicare directly and accepts the Medicare benefit as full payment for service. This means you don’t have any out of pocket expense. It is called bulk billing because the GP practice bills Medicare in ‘bulk, that is, a collection of consultation services are billed to Medicare at the same time.

Unfortunately, the amount set by the Government for a consultation is insufficient to cover the costs of providing a high-quality medical service and has not kept up with inflation. The fee set by Medicare for a standard consultation provides the patient with a 50% discount. The costs of opening and running a practice make universal bulk billing of all patients and all practice services unsustainable.

Bulk billing also impacts on the quality of service.

There are a number of bulk billing only clinics in Bunbury. These clinics can only survive by providing what is essentially ‘conveyor belt medicine’ – meaning getting the patient in and out as quickly as possible. They need to do this so they can see enough patients per hour in order to get enough income to run the clinic. It is not uncommon for those Doctors to see >60 patients per day.

Why would I choose to pay a private fee rather than go to a bulk billing clinic?

At Bunbury Family Doctors, we feel our fees reflect the quality of care our patients will receive. Our GPs are

  • highly skilled
  • locally trained
  • all achieved fellowship with the Royal Australian College of General Practioners.

This means they are specialists of General Practice.

  • regularly engage in Professional Development and continue to up skill in different areas of medicine.
  • committed to their profession
  • committed to living and working in Bunbury and will be able to provide continuation or care for their patients.

At Bunbury Family Doctors you can rest assured that your health is in the best hands.