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Medicare MBS FY2019-20 Annual Summary

July 2019 to June 2020

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$8,296,042,754163,209,335
Diagnostic Imaging$3,900,520,88127,181,551
Total Pathology$3,120,735,114147,984,919
Specialist Attendances$2,641,089,36632,294,861
Total Operations$1,992,266,74511,265,967
Other MBS Services$1,923,401,04012,029,722
Other Allied Health$1,084,553,46814,156,086
Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine$601,738,7762,540,314
Anaesthetics$468,925,8883,405,470
Optometry$435,898,9429,197,934
Obstetrics$180,931,9461,910,320
Practice Nurse$42,306,5983,112,863
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Benefits By State
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Benefits By State — underlying chart data
StateBenefits DollarsServices
New South Wales$8,294,910,516142,681,880
Victoria$6,245,386,884108,834,858
Queensland$5,168,427,64589,097,937
Western Australia$2,284,376,61939,932,380
South Australia$1,722,420,28630,556,510
Tasmania$486,978,2428,471,331
Australian Capital Territory$329,747,1105,834,638
Northern Territory$156,070,2672,878,125
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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$601,738,7762,540,314$237
Total Operations$1,992,266,74511,265,967$177
Other MBS Services$1,923,401,04012,029,722$160
Diagnostic Imaging$3,900,520,88127,181,551$143
Anaesthetics$468,925,8883,405,470$138
Obstetrics$180,931,9461,910,320$95
Specialist Attendances$2,641,089,36632,294,861$82
Other Allied Health$1,084,553,46814,156,086$77
Total GP Non-Referred Attendances$8,296,042,754163,209,335$51
Optometry$435,898,9429,197,934$47
Total Pathology$3,120,735,114147,984,919$21
Practice Nurse$42,306,5983,112,863$14
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