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Medicare MBS FY2021-22 Annual Summary

July 2021 to June 2022

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$9,114,609,598189,338,467
Total Pathology$5,360,674,108196,018,122
Diagnostic Imaging$4,323,619,77928,417,953
Specialist Attendances$2,835,563,47033,720,014
Total Operations$2,154,107,69611,405,877
Other MBS Services$1,798,120,56711,258,583
Other Allied Health$1,283,519,82015,578,258
Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine$674,738,9332,535,701
Anaesthetics$519,398,3543,745,344
Optometry$486,628,7769,916,246
Obstetrics$186,852,0501,823,136
Practice Nurse$42,410,0123,081,670
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Benefits By State
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Benefits By State — underlying chart data
StateBenefits DollarsServices
New South Wales$10,085,153,297179,632,399
Victoria$7,454,300,939132,373,982
Queensland$5,688,997,93298,173,637
Western Australia$2,570,182,69743,832,711
South Australia$1,893,537,19233,198,537
Tasmania$524,420,4009,211,956
Australian Capital Territory$406,955,6407,604,370
Northern Territory$156,131,0782,803,037
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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$674,738,9332,535,701$266
Total Operations$2,154,107,69611,405,877$189
Other MBS Services$1,798,120,56711,258,583$160
Diagnostic Imaging$4,323,619,77928,417,953$152
Anaesthetics$519,398,3543,745,344$139
Obstetrics$186,852,0501,823,136$102
Specialist Attendances$2,835,563,47033,720,014$84
Other Allied Health$1,283,519,82015,578,258$82
Optometry$486,628,7769,916,246$49
Total GP Non-Referred Attendances$9,114,609,598189,338,467$48
Total Pathology$5,360,674,108196,018,122$27
Practice Nurse$42,410,0123,081,670$14
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