Fees and Charges

Charges for In-Hospital Surgery:

Patients with GapCover Private Health Insurance will have their account paid directly by the Health Fund and the patient will have no additional costs in relation to Dr Phillip’s medical fees.

All other patients (including Health Care Card and Veteran Affairs) will be billed at the same rate as the MBF Schedule Fee. You can claim 75% of the Medicare Schedule Fee from Medicare but nothing for your Private Hospital Costs. All fees are to be paid in advance.

Charges for Office Consultations:

For Consultations from 1st November,2007: The new fees will be $135 for Initial Referred Consultation and $70 for a follow up consultations.

Fees are to be paid at time of consultation by Cheque, Money Order or Cash (Correct Change Please). We do not have Credit Card or EFTPOS facilities.

No discount is given to Health Care Card and Veteran Affairs patients.

Charges for WorkCover Patients:

WorkCover patients will have all fees paid directly by WorkCover or similiar provider.

Medicare Item Numbers

Hospital and medical fees are all based on item numbers. All surgery is performed in private hospitals and each hospital that will have its own set of fees. In addition, the amount of out of pocket cost for the patient will depend on the type of private health insurance. If you want to know your out of pocket hospital costs, you will need to telephone the hospital you have chosen for your operation. Quote the item number of the operation and the type of Private Health Insurance you have and the hospital will detail your out of pocket expenses. Dr Phillips accepts GapCover payments from Private Health Funds as full payment.

Procedure	Item Number	Description
Inguinal or Femoral Hernia (Open)
Inguinal or Femoral Hernia (Laparoscopic)
Strangulated, Incarcerated or Obstructed Hernia	30615	Repair of a hernia which is strangulated, incarcerated or obstructed.
	30614	Open repair of one Inguinal or Femoral hernia. For bilateral (2) hernias: 2 x Item 30614
	30609	Laparoscopic repair of either an Inguinal or Femoral Hernia (one hernia only). For bi-laterarl (2) hernias: 2 x Item 30609
Umbilical or Epigastric Hernia	30621	Hernia in the Umbilical or Epigastric region.
Recurrent hernia with or without the repair of mesh	30403	Repair of previous hernia surgery.
Ventral or Incisional Hernia requiring muscle transposition or mesh hernioplasty	30405	Ventral and Incisional hernias which require mesh hernioplasy. These hernias are usually very large.