What is 'Gap Payment'?
A fee is charged for your anaesthetic services. This is separate from the fee charged by your surgeon and the hospital.
The anaesthetic fee will vary depending on the type of surgery, the complexity and duration of the services provided.
After paying your anaesthetic fee, you will be able to claim a rebate from Medicare and health fund. The rebate, however, does not reflect the value of the service provided and therefore there is often an out of pocket charges ('gap payment'). The size of this gap payment varies depending on your health fund rebate.
Government and private insurance company regulations have prevented patients from insuring against the full cost of medical fees. Gap fees have arisen because the Commonwealth Government has not indexed the Medicare rebates adequately for the past 25 years.
We are able to provide an estimate of the anaesthetic fee based on the anticipated time prior to your operation. It is not possible to give a definite cost as the fee will vary depending on the duration of your surgery.
Please contact us should you have any question about your fees.
A fee is charged for your anaesthetic services. This is separate from the fee charged by your surgeon and the hospital.
The anaesthetic fee will vary depending on the type of surgery, the complexity and duration of the services provided.
After paying your anaesthetic fee, you will be able to claim a rebate from Medicare and health fund. The rebate, however, does not reflect the value of the service provided and therefore there is often an out of pocket charges ('gap payment'). The size of this gap payment varies depending on your health fund rebate.
Government and private insurance company regulations have prevented patients from insuring against the full cost of medical fees. Gap fees have arisen because the Commonwealth Government has not indexed the Medicare rebates adequately for the past 25 years.
We are able to provide an estimate of the anaesthetic fee based on the anticipated time prior to your operation. It is not possible to give a definite cost as the fee will vary depending on the duration of your surgery.
Please contact us should you have any question about your fees.