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Medicare MBS FY2025-26 Annual Summary

July 2025 to June 2026

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$10,008,431,802165,652,525
Diagnostic Imaging$5,985,604,88933,557,999
Other MBS Services$4,263,879,24014,201,924
Total Pathology$4,104,963,626178,653,233
Specialist Attendances$3,589,346,65836,919,992
Total Operations$2,848,050,15612,879,317
Other Allied Health$1,593,803,73817,766,857
Radiotherapy and Therapeutic Nuclear Medicine$1,023,175,4861,400,859
Anaesthetics$689,621,3444,389,835
Optometry$671,488,60011,983,889
Obstetrics$169,525,6251,368,279
Practice Nurse$64,616,8883,708,124
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Benefits By State
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Benefits By State — underlying chart data
StateBenefits DollarsServices
New South Wales$11,648,895,946159,440,290
Victoria$9,107,929,043126,672,169
Queensland$7,271,774,65299,661,312
Western Australia$3,288,837,95745,476,485
South Australia$2,327,469,46332,153,367
Tasmania$679,017,2939,366,838
Australian Capital Territory$480,764,9726,757,102
Northern Territory$204,022,4572,895,587
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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$1,023,175,4861,400,859$730
Other MBS Services$4,263,879,24014,201,924$300
Total Operations$2,848,050,15612,879,317$221
Diagnostic Imaging$5,985,604,88933,557,999$178
Anaesthetics$689,621,3444,389,835$157
Obstetrics$169,525,6251,368,279$124
Specialist Attendances$3,589,346,65836,919,992$97
Other Allied Health$1,593,803,73817,766,857$90
Total GP Non-Referred Attendances$10,008,431,802165,652,525$60
Optometry$671,488,60011,983,889$56
Total Pathology$4,104,963,626178,653,233$23
Practice Nurse$64,616,8883,708,124$17
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