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Medicare Benefits Schedule Expenditure

Explore Australian Government Medicare benefits paid by financial year, quarter, service type and patient location.

Based on official quarterly Medicare statistics published by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing.

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Expenditure trends

Benefits By Financial Year
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Benefits By Financial Year — underlying chart data
Financial YearBenefits DollarsServices
FY2009-10$15,413,724,461307,966,183
FY2010-11$16,317,613,308318,741,838
FY2011-12$17,639,224,818332,228,657
FY2012-13$18,565,612,025343,585,542
FY2013-14$19,122,555,807356,119,113
FY2014-15$20,188,930,934368,470,849
FY2015-16$21,107,789,068384,024,318
FY2016-17$22,002,575,716394,256,280
FY2017-18$23,196,401,404414,312,581
FY2018-19$24,071,446,217424,193,963
FY2019-20$24,688,411,519428,289,342
FY2020-21$27,477,859,459465,866,621
FY2021-22$28,780,243,163506,839,371
FY2022-23$27,320,413,878454,388,195
FY2023-24$29,571,018,531459,487,912
FY2024-25$32,391,033,048475,211,313
FY2025-26$35,012,508,052482,482,833
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