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Medicare MBS FY2015-16 Annual Summary

July 2015 to June 2016

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$7,182,763,478145,084,167
Diagnostic Imaging$3,228,999,39624,667,322
Total Pathology$2,652,998,944133,992,714
Specialist Attendances$2,294,617,08330,085,588
Total Operations$1,853,957,03910,666,592
Other MBS Services$1,618,095,18410,753,289
Other Allied Health$852,100,01611,304,052
Anaesthetics$450,976,6993,264,569
Optometry$381,704,1418,456,091
Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine$371,550,0452,015,412
Obstetrics$196,565,5011,990,762
Practice Nurse$23,461,5431,743,760
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Benefits By State
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Benefits By State — underlying chart data
StateBenefits DollarsServices
New South Wales$7,301,281,612131,715,962
Victoria$5,322,908,53097,698,369
Queensland$4,319,544,75277,816,450
Western Australia$1,846,947,31934,179,831
South Australia$1,489,901,11727,155,275
Tasmania$422,629,9607,693,356
Australian Capital Territory$267,772,2755,050,773
Northern Territory$136,633,8162,711,192
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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
Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine$371,550,0452,015,412$184
Total Operations$1,853,957,03910,666,592$174
Other MBS Services$1,618,095,18410,753,289$150
Anaesthetics$450,976,6993,264,569$138
Diagnostic Imaging$3,228,999,39624,667,322$131
Obstetrics$196,565,5011,990,762$99
Specialist Attendances$2,294,617,08330,085,588$76
Other Allied Health$852,100,01611,304,052$75
Total GP Non-Referred Attendances$7,182,763,478145,084,167$50
Optometry$381,704,1418,456,091$45
Total Pathology$2,652,998,944133,992,714$20
Practice Nurse$23,461,5431,743,760$13
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