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Medicare MBS FY2016-17 Annual Summary

July 2016 to June 2017

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$7,465,743,862148,750,264
Diagnostic Imaging$3,414,419,24825,691,285
Total Pathology$2,719,231,302135,785,124
Specialist Attendances$2,396,573,24731,143,899
Total Operations$1,898,724,41610,875,700
Other MBS Services$1,659,716,76211,316,801
Other Allied Health$917,734,85312,230,853
Anaesthetics$460,453,4483,322,862
Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine$442,036,4982,220,509
Optometry$408,151,5978,867,130
Obstetrics$191,819,4701,957,339
Practice Nurse$27,971,0132,094,514
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Benefits By State
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Benefits By State — underlying chart data
StateBenefits DollarsServices
New South Wales$7,551,747,468134,171,311
Victoria$5,572,655,906100,551,251
Queensland$4,497,442,49479,928,488
Western Australia$1,969,857,83735,897,933
South Australia$1,546,331,42327,850,093
Tasmania$437,073,7397,826,115
Australian Capital Territory$286,821,3495,289,781
Northern Territory$140,500,4802,738,779
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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$442,036,4982,220,509$199
Total Operations$1,898,724,41610,875,700$175
Other MBS Services$1,659,716,76211,316,801$147
Anaesthetics$460,453,4483,322,862$139
Diagnostic Imaging$3,414,419,24825,691,285$133
Obstetrics$191,819,4701,957,339$98
Specialist Attendances$2,396,573,24731,143,899$77
Other Allied Health$917,734,85312,230,853$75
Total GP Non-Referred Attendances$7,465,743,862148,750,264$50
Optometry$408,151,5978,867,130$46
Total Pathology$2,719,231,302135,785,124$20
Practice Nurse$27,971,0132,094,514$13
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