Pricing
All pricing information displayed on Cleanbill is the amount Cleanbill expects you to be charged for the stated service as an adult with a Medicare card and no concessions. Practices may deduct the Medicare rebate from your fee at the point of payment. Practices may also individually discount particular services for certain groups (e.g students, pensioners, concession card holders etc.). Cleanbill does not include information about any of these discounts on its listings. If you belong to one of these groups, Cleanbill recommends calling your chosen practice before making a booking to determine whether they can offer you discounted pricing.
Pricing Tags
Cleanbill organises all practices that provide a quote into one of seven pricing categories, based on the aggregate pricing statistics for their relevant Commonwealth Electoral Division:
1. Bulk Billing – means the practice does not charge an out-of-pocket fee for the listed service(s) if you show a Medicare card on attendance.
2. Way Below Average – means the practice charges a fee at least a full standard deviation below the average for the listed service(s), when compared with other practices in its area.
3. Below Average – means the practice charges a fee at least half a standard deviation below the average for the listed service(s), when compared with other practices in its area.
4. Average – means the practice charges a fee between half a standard deviation above and below the average for the listed service(s), when compared with other practices in its area.
5. Above Average – means the practice charges a fee at least half a standard deviation above the average for the listed service(s), when compared with other practices in its area.
6. Way Above Average – means the practice charges a fee at least a full standard deviation above the average for the listed service(s), when compared with other practices in its area.
7. No Quote Provided – means the practice either refused to provide a quote when contacted, has not been contactable during its listed business hours, or is not accepting new patients at this time.
Pricing Table
Every Cleanbill listing will contain a pricing table detailing the out-of-pocket cost associated with its key services. Pricing tables will contain either:
1. A dollar amount ($x) – for practices that have provided a quote when contacted.
2. No quote provided (NQP) – for practices that either refused to provide a quote when contacted or have not been contactable during their listed business hours.
3. No new patients (NNP) – for practices that are not currently taking on new patients.
4. Included (INC) – indicates that the service fee is included in the fee charged for another service outlined in the pricing table (dentists only).
Services
General Practitioner
General practitioners have the following services listed on Cleanbill:
Standard Consultation – MBS Item 23 (Level B)*
Professional attendance by a general practitioner at consulting rooms lasting less than 20 minutes.
Medicare Rebate: $42.85
Long Consultation – MBS Item 36 (Level C)*
Professional attendance by a general practitioner at consulting rooms lasting at least 20 minutes and not more than 40 minutes.
Medicare Rebate: $82.90
*Full item descriptions and further information can be found in the Medicare MBS here.
Dentist
Dentists have the following services listed on Cleanbill:
Standard Check-up and Clean*
A Standard Check-up and Clean includes:
- Comprehensive oral examination (ADA Item 011)
- Removal of calculus – first appointment (ADA Item 114)
- Topical application of remineralisation agents, one treatment (ADA Item 121)
Bitewing X-rays*
Bitewing X-rays include two instances of:
- Intraoral radiograph – per exposure (ADA Item 022)
*Full item descriptions and further information can be found in the Australian Schedule of Dental Services and Glossary here.
Dermatologist
Dermatologists have the following services listed on Cleanbill:
Initial Consultation – MBS Item 104*
Professional attendance at consulting rooms by a specialist in their speciality after referral for each attendance, other than a second or subsequent attendance in a single course of treatment.
Medicare Rebate: $84.15
Follow-up Consultation – MBS Item 105*
Professional attendance at consulting rooms by a specialist in their speciality after referral for each attendance, after the first, in a single course of treatment.
Medicare Rebate: $42.30
*Full item descriptions and further information can be found in the Medicare MBS here.
Endorsements
Cleanbill partners with organisations that assist patients in finding practitioners who specialise in a particular area of practice. If you see one of the below logos on a clinic’s listing, it means that they’ve been endorsed by that organisation to provide care in a specific area of practice.
Get Papped is a Brisbane-based health movement aimed at making a positive change on the uptake of cervical screenings nationally. Get Papped maintains a practitioner directory of clinics that their users have recommended for women’s health appointments. Clicking on the Get Papped logo on a clinic’s listing will take you to the Get Papped Practitioner Directory.