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Medicare MBS FY2011-12 Annual Summary

July 2011 to June 2012

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$5,542,750,534123,917,086
Diagnostic Imaging$2,528,432,77920,325,287
Total Pathology$2,236,696,709114,694,273
Specialist Attendances$1,848,117,98825,532,841
Total Operations$1,536,224,9048,874,376
Other Allied Health$1,434,413,28314,283,543
Other MBS Services$1,316,645,3558,624,206
Anaesthetics$371,865,7582,778,509
Optometry$341,998,3857,093,317
Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine$257,144,7191,542,063
Obstetrics$190,602,7411,824,311
Practice Nurse$34,331,6622,738,845
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Benefits By State
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Benefits By State — underlying chart data
StateBenefits DollarsServices
New South Wales$6,375,023,206117,277,842
Victoria$4,437,646,24483,842,681
Queensland$3,467,263,48865,747,617
Western Australia$1,411,391,54827,776,571
South Australia$1,285,483,66024,507,038
Tasmania$352,724,9686,775,719
Australian Capital Territory$216,174,1084,280,513
Northern Territory$93,173,2942,014,099
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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$1,536,224,9048,874,376$173
Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine$257,144,7191,542,063$167
Other MBS Services$1,316,645,3558,624,206$153
Anaesthetics$371,865,7582,778,509$134
Diagnostic Imaging$2,528,432,77920,325,287$124
Obstetrics$190,602,7411,824,311$104
Other Allied Health$1,434,413,28314,283,543$100
Specialist Attendances$1,848,117,98825,532,841$72
Optometry$341,998,3857,093,317$48
Total GP Non-Referred Attendances$5,542,750,534123,917,086$45
Total Pathology$2,236,696,709114,694,273$20
Practice Nurse$34,331,6622,738,845$13
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