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Medicare MBS FY2017-18 Annual Summary

July 2017 to June 2018

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$7,815,896,471154,726,549
Diagnostic Imaging$3,641,648,21527,004,888
Total Pathology$2,950,151,774144,728,378
Specialist Attendances$2,486,859,18131,762,049
Total Operations$1,975,189,04811,298,070
Other MBS Services$1,715,525,09011,862,606
Other Allied Health$993,080,34213,289,170
Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine$483,330,4542,302,434
Anaesthetics$478,190,7913,451,462
Optometry$438,502,3879,390,155
Obstetrics$183,992,8871,952,554
Practice Nurse$34,034,7652,544,266
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Benefits By State
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Benefits By State — underlying chart data
StateBenefits DollarsServices
New South Wales$7,924,768,404140,301,744
Victoria$5,842,467,591104,834,758
Queensland$4,777,058,29084,710,161
Western Australia$2,118,795,30738,460,598
South Australia$1,619,221,53829,321,602
Tasmania$462,152,5378,257,385
Australian Capital Territory$300,829,8085,504,974
Northern Territory$150,981,1352,919,083
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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$483,330,4542,302,434$210
Total Operations$1,975,189,04811,298,070$175
Other MBS Services$1,715,525,09011,862,606$145
Anaesthetics$478,190,7913,451,462$139
Diagnostic Imaging$3,641,648,21527,004,888$135
Obstetrics$183,992,8871,952,554$94
Specialist Attendances$2,486,859,18131,762,049$78
Other Allied Health$993,080,34213,289,170$75
Total GP Non-Referred Attendances$7,815,896,471154,726,549$51
Optometry$438,502,3879,390,155$47
Total Pathology$2,950,151,774144,728,378$20
Practice Nurse$34,034,7652,544,266$13
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