For Medicare card holders, the standard out-of-pocket fee for all patients aged 17 and over is $300. The presentation fee is payable on all attendances (except Workcover or DVA patients) whether you are admitted to a hospital, discharged from us or transferred to another facility and it applies to all patients (including Medicare card and private health insurance holders). Some private health fund policies include rebates for private emergency department services, so contact your health insurer to check your entitlements.
Non-Medicare entitled patients (e.g. international visitors) are liable for the full cost of all the services provided, with an out-of-pocket fee of $625, plus the full cost of all the services provided.
The fee does not include pharmacy products such as splints, crutches and discharge drugs or the fee of any specialist called by the ED doctor. Charges for these services are determined by the provider, without consultation with the ED.
Radiology (Medical Imaging) services are provided by a third party (I-MED Radiology Network). Any additional charges relating to that service are directly issued to you by I-MED Radiology Network and should be paid directly to them.