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Medicare MBS FY2018-19 Annual Summary

July 2018 to June 2019

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$8,057,844,086158,295,334
Diagnostic Imaging$3,847,236,21127,784,536
Total Pathology$3,036,029,204147,305,754
Specialist Attendances$2,576,008,17032,107,659
Total Operations$2,033,175,81211,545,997
Other MBS Services$1,750,776,31712,392,524
Other Allied Health$1,056,234,97814,148,797
Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine$543,455,8452,443,489
Anaesthetics$488,568,2353,536,855
Optometry$459,098,2689,823,813
Obstetrics$185,039,0451,970,141
Practice Nurse$37,980,0452,839,064
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Benefits By State
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Benefits By State — underlying chart data
StateBenefits DollarsServices
New South Wales$8,184,105,091142,809,004
Victoria$6,083,559,575108,061,992
Queensland$4,959,004,04786,860,227
Western Australia$2,219,414,49439,653,480
South Australia$1,678,415,41129,709,126
Tasmania$478,907,0438,522,637
Australian Capital Territory$314,560,9485,667,254
Northern Territory$153,394,9272,908,720
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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$543,455,8452,443,489$222
Total Operations$2,033,175,81211,545,997$176
Other MBS Services$1,750,776,31712,392,524$141
Diagnostic Imaging$3,847,236,21127,784,536$138
Anaesthetics$488,568,2353,536,855$138
Obstetrics$185,039,0451,970,141$94
Specialist Attendances$2,576,008,17032,107,659$80
Other Allied Health$1,056,234,97814,148,797$75
Total GP Non-Referred Attendances$8,057,844,086158,295,334$51
Optometry$459,098,2689,823,813$47
Total Pathology$3,036,029,204147,305,754$21
Practice Nurse$37,980,0452,839,064$13
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