Fees
The fees billing & payment is included in this page. All information about the cost, price and charges can be found here.
Practice Fee's
Read Street Medical & Skin Centre is a Fully Private Billing practice. All fees are payable at the time of consultation. Fees can be paid by cash, EFTPOS and credit card (Visa and Mastercard).
Age Pension Card Holders will be offered Bulk Billing Services after 3 (Three) Private Standard Consults have been paid per calendar year.
Commonwealth Seniors Health Card Holders will be offered Bulk Billing Services after 5 (Five) Private Standard Consults have been paid per calendar year.
Health Care Card Holders will be offered a reduced concession fee.
Children Under 16 with Medicare Cards will be offered Bulk Billing Services after 2 (Two) Private Standard Consults have been paid per calendar year.
DVA Gold Card patients are Bulked Billed at all times.
DVA White Card patients are Bulked Billed for their approved conditions only.
The fees billing & payment is included in this page. All information about the cost, price and charges can be found here.
| Type | $ | $ | $ |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short (<5 minutes) | |||
| Standard (10 minutes) | |||
| Long (20 minutes) | |||
| Prolonged (40 minutes) |
| Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Short (<5 minutes) | |||
| Standard (10 minutes) | |||
| Long (20 minutes) | |||
| Prolonged (40 minutes) |
| Private patients | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Head to Toe Skin Check (20min) | |||
| Spot Checks (up to 3spots) / Rash check / GP Dermatology Consult (10mins) | |||
| Total Body Photography Mole tracking + Full Skin Check (50mins) |
| Aged Pensioners / Commonwealth Seniors Card Holders | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full Head to Toe Skin Check (20min) | |||
| Spot Checks (up to 3spots) / Rash check / GP Dermatology Consult (10mins) | |||
| Total Body Photography Mole tracking + Full Skin Check (50mins) |
* From 1st July 2025, private full head to toe skin checks will be at $150 ($82.90 Medicare rebate and $67.10 Out-of Pocket)
** Bulk Billed if have completed x3 private fees a year as per practice policy
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Standard Consultation |
* Not Medicare Rebatable & any travel vaccines administered will incur additional fees.
| Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | |||
| Long |
To comply with Medicare Rules, we are unable to Bulk Bill any procedures. Please ask your doctor for a quote prior to a procedure.
Skin Cancer Excisions will be charged according to the appropriate Medicare Item Number after the biopsy results comes back. There will be an out-of-pocket charge on top of the Medicare item number rebate. Ask your Clinician for an estimate.
In general, your out-of-pocket PER billing item are as follows:
| Type | $ |
|---|---|
| All Patients |
All Surgical Procedures attract a Procedural Consumable Fee of $70, which is not Medicare rebatable.
Where confirmation of the claim number cannot be supplied at the time of consultation, consultation charges for work cover or those covered by insurance will need to be paid by the patient.
For claims which have been confirmed as accepted along with a claim number, consultation charges will be invoiced directly.
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Aviation Medical | |
| ECG for Aviation Medical |
* Please note that CASA medicals and ECGs are not medicare rebateable and are purely private fees.
| Type | |
|---|---|
| Iron Infusion Suitability Consult – Standard | |
| Iron Infusion Suitability Consult – Long | |
| Iron Infusion Procedure |
* Iron Infusion Procedures are Not Medicare Rebatable. However, your Suitability Consults are Medicare Rebateable.
All Non Government vaccinations and consumable items will have fee’s applied as appropriate.
Non aged pensioner health care card holders will be offered a reduced billing fee. Please contact reception for details.
Concession card holders (i.e. Health care cards, pension cards & etc) are billed at a reduced rate.
The fees billing & payment is included in this page. All information about the cost, price and charges can be found here.
Bulk Billing Policy
Clinicians practicing here offer bulk billing services to ONLY the following category of patient:
| Category | |
|---|---|
| Age pension card holders | |
| Veteran affairs patient | |
| Children under 16 years old |
The first 2 (TWO) standard consults will be privately billed. Following that, all other consults will be bulk billed for the year until the next new year cycle.
All Aged Pension Card holders:
The first 3 (three) standard consults for the year will be privately billed. Following that, all other consults will be bulk billed for the year until the next new year cycle (Starts on the 1st of January every year).
All Commonwealth Seniors Card Holders:
The first 5 (five) standard consults for the year will be privately billed. Following that, all other consults will be bulk billed for the year until the next new year cycle (Starts on the 1st of January every year)
All GP Management Plans (Care Plans), Team Care Arrangements and Health Assessments (eg. Over 75 Health Assessments) are Bulked Billed.
Note: GP Mental Health Plans are Privately Billed.
Veteran with gold card are bulk billed. Veterans with white card are bulk billed only for specific areas.
The payments are based on a calendar year and fees will be collected at the first few visits for the year.
* The practice does not bulk bill patients seen after 5pm on weekdays and on Saturdays.
Telehealth Consultation
All Telehealth consultations via telephone or video are subjected to the same billing policy as our face-to-face consults.
Please note: Medicare Rules only allows rebates for patients seen who had been seen by a tenant GP (or another tenant GP servicing from this location) in the last 12 months. If you are new to the practice, and telehealth is your first visit, you will not be able to claim a Medicare rebate and will be privately billed. Please be aware.