Govt’s cost finder website to finally list specialists’ fees… soon

But it will be voluntary, and officials won't say how many doctors are signing up
Professor Benedict Devereaux
Professor Benedict Devereaux.

The Federal Government’s specialist fees website is finally going to reveal the fees charged by individual specialists  as long as they agree first.

Touted as a fix for ‘bill shock’, the Medical Costs Finder website launched three years ago but was dubbed a waste of time because it only lists average out-of-pocket costs for about 1300 in-hospital and out-of-hospital procedures.