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Fees & Appointments

Northside Clinic is a mixed billing clinic (both private billing and bulk billing) aiming to offer the same standard of healthcare to all. Unless you hold a valid Pension or Concession Card, you should expect a charge for your appointment. Knowing what the fees are is the patient responsibility and this information is available to you. Please ensure you are aware of the potential fees before your appointment.

Bulking billing is available for holders of valid Aged Pension Cards, Disability Pension Cards and children whose parent/carer holds a valid health care card.

Bulk Billing is at the discretion of your Doctor and is something that needs to be discussed with them at the time of your appointment, not afterwards. If one doctor has been bulk billing you on a regular basis, it should not be assumed that another doctor will also bulk bill you.

Private fees 2025

Consult type	Consultation fee	Medicare rebate	Out of pocket cost
Standard consult (6-19 mins)	$99	$43.90	$55.10
Long consult (20-40 mins)	$181	$84.90	$96.10
Extra long consult (40-59 mins)	$264	$125.10	$138.90
Mental health consult (no MHCP)	$151	$83.65	$67.35
Mental health care plan	$199	$123.15	$75.85
Mental health care plan (long)	$271	$156.45	$114.55
Mental health care plan review	$141	$83.65	$57.35
Skin check	$200	$84.90	$102.10

Treatment Room Fees: Treatment room fees apply to all patients regardless of concession or pension entitlements. This cost covers the nurses time and the cost of consumables used during the procedure. Please speak with your doctor BEFORE any procedure to ensure you are awarae of the fees expected to be paid on the day of your procedure.

Skin Excisions: Sometimes the billing for an excision is placed on hold. This is done to await the return of the pathology of the excision, as required by Medicare. When this happens, you will not pay on the day of the procedure. Instead, on your return appointment for wound check and/or removal of sutures, your doctor will discuss with you the results and will process the billing. It is at this return appointment you will be required to pay for the excision and the treatment room fee.

Concession fees 2025

Consult type	Consultation fee	Medicare rebate	Out of pocket cost
Standard consult (6-19 mins)	$71	$43.90	$27.10
Long consult (20-40 mins)	$123	$84.90	$38.10
Extra long consult (40-59 mins)	$169	$125.10	$43.90
Mental health consult (no MHCP)	$122	$83.65	$38.35
Mental health care plan	$162	$123.15	$38.85
Mental health care plan (long)	$202	$156.45	$45.55
Mental health care plan review	$122	$83.65	$38.35

Concession type	Bulk bill	Concession fee
Age care card
Disability pension card
Health care card
Commonwealth seniors card
All other concession types

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Procedure fees

These are charged by the doctor and apply to all patients regardless of bulk billing or concessional status (Medicare rebate available).

Treatment room fees

Apply to all patients regardless of concession or pension entitlements. This cost covers the nurses time and the cost of the consumables used during the procedure.

‍Please speak with your doctor BEFORE any procedure to ensure you are aware of the fees expected to be paid on the day of your procedure.

Skin excisions

Sometimes the billing for an excision is placed on hold. This is done to await the return of the pathology of the excision, as required by Medicare. When this happens, you will not pay on the day of the procedure. Instead, on your return appointment for wound check and/or removal of sutures, your doctor will discuss with you the results and will process the billing. It isat this return appointment you will be required to pay for the excision and the treatment room fee.

Nursing fees

There will be a fee for some nurse led treatments that are not covered by Medicare.

TAC or Workcover claims

We do not invoice third parties or employers directly. Patients are required to settled accounts on the day and claim back via Workcover or TAC.

Reports for life insurance or superannuation

These are not covered by Medicare. A private fee will be charged for the completion of these reports in an appointment. Please note that a 30 minute appointment is required and you may be requested by your GP to return for subsequent appointments to complete the report.

TAC or Workcover claims

These are not completed in an appointment. The request can be provided to the clinic via our email address (admin@nothsideclinic.net.au). The clinic will liaise directly with the 3rd party (Workcover Agent/TAC/Lawyer) to ensure completion of the request and ensure required consent from the patient has been provided. We invoice for the doctor’s time a as per WorkCover and TAC fee schedules where they apply. Please be aware that we often experience delays in the payment of these invoices. The request will be completed once the invoice has been paid by the 3rd party. We are happy to answer any questions you may have when going through this process.

If you have further questions related to billing our billing policies, you can call our reception on (03) 9485 7700

Fees & Appointments

Private fees 2025

Concession fees 2025

Billing information

Patients' fees and outstanding debt