Fee Schedule

Fee Changes from 1 December 2024

General Practice Billing Policy

Vitality Healthcare Medical Centre is a mixed billing general practice. We are committed to provide our patients with the highest quality medical care and service in a professional and caring environment. The fees charged reflect the time you spend with the doctors, the complexity of your issues, and any procedures performed during your consultation.

Private fees apply to all face-to-face & telehealth consultation, except for Medicare Card Holders who meet the following Bulk Billing eligibility criteria:

    • Kids under 16 year-old
    • Centrelink Health Care Card, Pensioner Concession Card & Commonwealth Senior Health Card holders
    • DVA card holders (only if consult relates to DVA)

*Bulk billing does not apply to Saturday appointments and new patients of Dr Anthony Lau.
*Health Assessment, GP Management Plan & Mental Health Care Plan are bulk billed for all patients.

  1. FULL PAYMENT is required on the day of consultation. Medicare rebate will be processed and automatically transferred to your Medicare linked bank account.
  2. FULL DEPOSIT is required prior to any telehealth. Patients will be contacted in advance on the appointment day to pay the deposit over the phone.
  3. If you have a private health insurance, such as Overseas Students Health Cover, Work Cover, etc. You are required to pay upfront and send the receipt to those parties after to claim your repayment.
  4. For International students with OSHC cover, please bring along your valid OSHC member card and photo ID to appointment.
  5. We offer onsite HICAPS claiming services for foreign visitors & overseas students with valid private health insurance membership cards (eg Bupa, Medibank, NIB & etc)
  6. Bulk billing is at the doctor’s discretion. Your usual GP may choose to discount or bulk bill your consult fee as a once off, this does not set a precedent, nor should you expect another GP to do so.
  7. Please note that this price list is a reference, the price may vary depends on changes. Please check with receptionists before you make any bookings or accept any services.

Non-Attendance Fee
A non-attendance fee of $35 for GP consultations or 50% of consultation fee for non GP consultations will be applied if you:

      • do not attend,
      • reschedule within 3 hours for GP consultations or 24 hours for non-GP consultations prior to your scheduled appointment time,
      • cancel within 3 hours for GP consultations or 24 hours for non-GP consultations prior to your scheduled appointment time.

This fee will need to be paid prior to your next consultation.

Late Payment Fee
A late payment fee of $15 plus GST applies to any consultations not paid within 48 hours or agreed timeframe. Any accounts that exceeds 7 days will be followed up by our staff via telephone or email in way of reminder. Failure to pay the account after contact has been made will result in no further appointments will be offered until the debt has been clear.

Effective 1 December 2024

Fee Table (Monday to Friday)

Please see the Fee Table below for the upfront fee and Medicare rebate for short, standard, long GP & prolong consultations.
A $5 incl. GST Admin Fee is included in the price list below.

Monday to Friday
Consultation
Service Fees For Medicare Card Holder
(CHILDREN UNDER 16 Y/O & Concession Card Holders)
Service Fees For Medicare Card Holder Service Fees For
Non-Medicare Card Holder
GP Consultation - Short (# 3) Bulk-billed $49.60 (Medicare Rebate $19.60, Gap $30) $54.60 (Insurance Rebate $19.60, Gap $35)
GP Consultation - Standard (# 23) Bulk-billed $77.85 (Medicare Rebate $42.85, Gap $35) $82.85 (Insurance Rebate $42.85, Gap $40)
GP Consultation - Long (# 36) Bulk-billed $122.90 (Medicare Rebate $82.90, Gap $40) $127.90 (Insurance Rebate $82.90, Gap $45)
GP Consultation - Prolonged (# 44) Bulk-billed $167.15 (Medicare Rebate $122.15, Gap $45) $172.15 (Insurance Rebate $122.15, Gap $50)

Fee Table (Saturday) After 1pm

All appointments on Saturday incur a gap, except Health Assessment, GP Management Plan & Mental Health Care Plan are bulk billed.
Additional upfront fee incurs for appointment after 1pm. A $5 incl. GST Admin Fee is included in the price list below.

Saturday after 1pm
Consultation
Service Fees For Medicare Card Holder
(INCLUDING CONCESSION CARD HOLDERS & KIDS UNDER 16 Y/O)
Service Fees For
Non-Medicare Card Holder
GP Consultation - Short (# 5000) $63 (Medicare Rebate $33, Gap $30) $68 (Insurance Rebate $33, Gap $35)
GP Consultation - Standard (# 5020) $90.80 (Medicare Rebate $55.80, Gap $35) $95.80 (Insurance Rebate $55.80, Gap $40)
GP Consultation - Long (# 5040) $135.70 (Medicare Rebate $95.70, Gap $40) $140.70 (Insurance Rebate $95.70, Gap $45)
GP Consultation - Prolonged (# 5060) $179.20 (Medicare Rebate $134.20, Gap $45) $184.20 (Insurance Rebate $134.20, Gap $50)

Procedure & Other Services Fees

Private fee applies to all procedures. Please see our link below.

Payment by Visa, EFPOTS, Hicaps Available

Welcome
Change of Billing Policy:

Effective
1 December 2024, a $35 out-of-pocket fee incurs to all private GP consultations due to the SA Government applying payroll tax on private GP billings from July 2024.
Please be noted that a $5 incl. GST Administration Fee will be added to your invoice as part of your out-of-pocket fee.
We continue to bulk-bill kids under 16y/o (Medicare card holders) and concession card holders for Weekdays appointments. Gap fee applies on all Saturday appointments.

Why is the administration fee being applied?
SA Government & Revenue SA have decided to impose payroll tax liability to independent GP private billings. However this payroll tax falls on the practice, not the practitioner. As a result of this imposition, our practice has been forced to revise the billing policy to cover the additional operating cost.

We encourage all patients to sign the petition raised by RACGP to object the payroll tax so that we can continue to deliver an affordable service to patients.
Scan the QR code or click link to sign the petition. 
Welcome

Change of Billing Policy:

Effective
 1 December 2024, a $35 out-of-pocket fee incurs to all private GP consultations due to the SA Government applying payroll tax on private GP billings from July 2024.
Please be noted that a $5 incl. GST Administration Fee will be added to your invoice as part of your out-of-pocket fee.
We continue to bulk-bill kids under 16y/o (Medicare card holders) and concession card holders for Weekdays appointments. Gap fee applies on all Saturday appointments.

Why is the administration fee being applied?
SA Government & Revenue SA have decided to impose payroll tax liability to independent GP private billings. However this payroll tax falls on the practice, not the practitioner. As a result of this imposition, our practice has been forced to revise the billing policy to cover the additional operating cost.

We encourage all patients to sign the petition raised by RACGP to object the payroll tax so that we can continue to deliver an affordable service to patients.
Scan the QR code or click link to sign the petition.