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Medicare MBS FY2020-21 Annual Summary

July 2020 to June 2021

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$8,777,234,898171,531,601
Diagnostic Imaging$4,450,114,59329,830,360
Total Pathology$3,920,208,565167,394,751
Specialist Attendances$2,887,370,87734,817,011
Total Operations$2,207,804,37812,234,646
Other MBS Services$2,034,657,17111,550,096
Other Allied Health$1,285,171,42816,259,512
Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine$643,896,8612,550,293
Anaesthetics$529,523,5473,863,994
Optometry$507,497,61210,445,265
Obstetrics$188,052,2271,971,771
Practice Nurse$46,327,3023,417,321
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Benefits By State
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Benefits By State — underlying chart data
StateBenefits DollarsServices
New South Wales$9,282,686,880156,211,196
Victoria$6,992,543,182120,025,831
Queensland$5,699,898,34995,429,290
Western Australia$2,541,667,08342,858,129
South Australia$1,892,462,44632,742,353
Tasmania$531,880,7279,069,553
Australian Capital Territory$374,464,0786,680,892
Northern Territory$162,118,0972,847,263
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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$643,896,8612,550,293$252
Total Operations$2,207,804,37812,234,646$180
Other MBS Services$2,034,657,17111,550,096$176
Diagnostic Imaging$4,450,114,59329,830,360$149
Anaesthetics$529,523,5473,863,994$137
Obstetrics$188,052,2271,971,771$95
Specialist Attendances$2,887,370,87734,817,011$83
Other Allied Health$1,285,171,42816,259,512$79
Total GP Non-Referred Attendances$8,777,234,898171,531,601$51
Optometry$507,497,61210,445,265$49
Total Pathology$3,920,208,565167,394,751$23
Practice Nurse$46,327,3023,417,321$14
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