Fees

Privately Insured Patients

Your Anaesthetic fees are calculated according to a number of factors. While an exact quote cannot be given, a close estimate can be obtained by contacting our rooms.

Factors that impact the fee include:

• your age
• your health
• the type of surgery being performed
• the duration of surgery
• the need for pain-relieving nerve blocks or complex invasive monitoring
• whether the procedure is an emergency or after-hours.

Sometimes all of the fee will be covered by Medicare and your Private Health fund.  However, for some procedures there will still be a gap to pay above this.

A more accurate estimate of the size of the gap can be provided by contacting our office after your surgery has been booked by your surgeon.

Self-Insured Patients

If you do not have Private Health fund cover and you are paying to be treated as a Private patient, you need to contact our rooms one week prior to your procedure so we can provide you with a quote for the “gap” payment you will incur above the Medicare rebate for your Anaesthetic fee.

This “gap” will need to be paid prior to your Anaesthetic. Failure to make these arrangements may mean your procedure will be deferred to a later date.