Patient Info

As of January 2021,

• Consultation fees
  • Initial consultation is charged at $195 dollars ($185 if you have a Government issued Pension or Healthcare Card). Medicare will reimburse $134.30 on all consultation costs. The medicare claim will be submitted by us, at the time of your consultation. The rebate will be paid directly into your bank account, usually within 24-48 hours of your appointment.
  • There is NO OUT OF POCKET expense for subsequent consultation(s) if required.
• Procedures
  • Private procedures
    • If you have private health insurance, I participate in the NO GAP Schemes of all Health Funds.
      • This means I will bill your health insurance directly and there is NO OUT-OF POCKET EXPENSE, outside of your insurance excess (if applicable to your policy) that is paid to your insurer.
    • If you do not have private health insurance, but have elected to go private there is a one-off facility fee charged by the private hospital. This charge is nothing to do with me, and I have no control over it.
      • This covers the costs of staff and equipment for the chosen private hospital/day surgery unit you attend.
      • This is not covered by Medicare, but it will be the only out of pocket expense for your procedure.
      • Facility fees (set by private hospitals) for colonoscopy and gastroscopy approximate 350-400 dollars and 150 dollars respectively.
  • Public hospital procedures will not incur any costs. However, waiting list times apply, and for non-urgent procedures, can be up to 1-year.

• Anaesthetist
  • All our doctors work with anaesthetists that also participate in NO GAP arrangements with private health insurers.
• Pathology charges
  • Most pathology investigations are bulk-billed for my patients. It is recommended that you attend Sullivan Nicholades for your pathology to ensure this billing arrangement is followed. Some patients are surprised when they get a pathology invoice, but this is generally because they have attended a different facility.
  • Occasionally, extra pathology testing is required on samples collected at the time of your procedure, and this may leave a small gap.
  • Should you be sent a bill please notify the GastrocareGC rooms prior to making payment.

• Notification
  • Where possible please notify reception staff that a medical/carer certificate will be required. Certificates can then be delivered or emailed on the day of your procedure.
  • Please inform staff of full name required on certificate(s), date of birth and dates required away from work/school.
    • Certificates can be requested via email.
• Patients
  • We are happy to provide medical certificates according to the following:
    • Gastroscopy – day of procedure.
    • Colonoscopy – day of preparation, day of procedure and day after procedure.
      NB: in most instances people will be fine to return to work/school the day after procedure.
    • Endoscopic ultrasound – day of procedure.
    • Capsule endoscopy – day of procedure only.
  • If you require anything different to this, please contact our rooms.

• Carers
  • All our doctors are happy to provide carer certificates for the day of procedures only, unless special circumstances exist.

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