Fees

eperra Family Practice is a private billing practice, however we endeavour to keep our fees affordable to ensure all patients have access to essential healthcare.

We accept EFTPOS, credit cards and cash for your convenience. Patients will receive a rebate from Medicare for privately billed consultations. Surcharges apply to all credit, debit and Eftpos payments.

We use Tyro which is a quick, secure and convenient way to claim your rebate on the spot.

We are unable to offer bulk billing to our patients apart from:

• Childhood immunisations.
• DVA Gold Card holders and DVA White Card holders for specific conditions.
• Yearly Health Assessments for patients 75 years and over, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders and those with Intellectual Disability.
• GP Management Care Plans and three-monthly reviews. These are aimed to improve and manage a chronic health condition over the 12-month period. The plans are a specific type of appointment available to all patients with certain chronic health conditions.

A reduced fee is offered to children 15 years old and under, full-time students under the age of 25 and Commonwealth Concession Card holders. Commonwealth Concession cards include: Aged pension card, Senior card, Health Care card and Disability Pension card.

All consultations are required to be paid in full on the day of the appointment and the Medicare rebate will be processed immediately.

Reduced fees are not applicable on Sundays.

Existing patients may request a repeat script online or via the phone.

The request will be forwarded to their regular GP for approval and there may be a 48 business hour wait. Please note the issuing of the repeat script will be entirely under the discretion of the practitioner and they may request an appointment if a review is needed before providing a script.

This service is only available to current existing patients of the practice and the fee is $ 20.00 and there is no Medicare rebate.

Please note this service is only available for repeat scripts, and not for new scripts and not for medications deemed addictive such as sleeping tablets, benzodiazepines, opiates or narcotics.

Credit cards details are required during the request process however payment will only be effected on issued scripts.

Below are our standard fees for both face-to-face and telehealth consultations current from 09.10.2023:

All skin cancer consultations will be privately charged. Standard fee will be $ 100.00 with a Medicare rebate of $ 41.40. Children 15 years old and under, full time students under the age of 25 and Commonwealth Concession Card holders will be charged a reduced standard fee of $ 75.00 with a Medicare rebate of $ 41.40. Any extra procedures such as freezing, biopsies or excisions will incur an extra fee.

If patients need to see a doctor or get tests regularly, they could end up with high medical costs. Medicare Safety Nets can help to lower the out-of-pocket costs. When patients spend certain amounts in gap and out of pocket costs, they will reach the thresholds, which means they will start getting higher Medicare benefits and more money back for certain services.

Patients enrolled in Medicare are eligible for Medicare Safety Nets and if they are part of a family or couple they can combine the costs by registering as a family.

Please visit the Medicare website to find out more: Medicare Safety Nets - Services Australia