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Medicare MBS FY2009-10 Annual Summary

July 2009 to June 2010

Benefits paid for Medicare Benefits Schedule claims processed during the financial year. These figures do not represent the complete cost of Australian health care.
Benefits By Service Type
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Benefits By Service Type — underlying chart data
Service TypeBenefits DollarsServices
Total GP Non-Referred Attendances$4,880,769,389116,646,416
Diagnostic Imaging$2,150,680,67318,153,146
Total Pathology$2,012,688,617103,718,115
Specialist Attendances$1,632,843,38323,834,254
Total Operations$1,335,897,5638,290,231
Other MBS Services$1,219,717,5157,697,452
Other Allied Health$1,002,766,7239,934,200
Anaesthetics$329,254,1762,571,364
Optometry$299,547,2786,397,276
Obstetrics$238,870,9661,659,371
Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine$222,598,2451,432,771
Practice Nurse$88,089,9347,631,587
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Benefits By State
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Benefits By State — underlying chart data
StateBenefits DollarsServices
New South Wales$5,622,775,653108,884,150
Victoria$3,896,259,47277,304,371
Queensland$2,898,013,04859,714,815
Western Australia$1,255,838,96826,394,972
South Australia$1,151,871,82423,337,168
Tasmania$315,745,3926,508,521
Australian Capital Territory$192,276,8463,991,874
Northern Territory$80,376,7121,818,897
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Average Benefit Per Service
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Average Benefit Per Service — underlying chart data
Service TypeBenefits DollarsServicesAverage Benefit Per Service
Total Operations$1,335,897,5638,290,231$161
Other MBS Services$1,219,717,5157,697,452$158
Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine$222,598,2451,432,771$155
Obstetrics$238,870,9661,659,371$144
Anaesthetics$329,254,1762,571,364$128
Diagnostic Imaging$2,150,680,67318,153,146$118
Other Allied Health$1,002,766,7239,934,200$101
Specialist Attendances$1,632,843,38323,834,254$69
Optometry$299,547,2786,397,276$47
Total GP Non-Referred Attendances$4,880,769,389116,646,416$42
Total Pathology$2,012,688,617103,718,115$19
Practice Nurse$88,089,9347,631,587$12
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