Initial consult: Which specialty has the highest gap fee?
The MBS review has published a list of average out-of-pocket costs for every specialty
Time with a clinical geneticist costs patients more on average than with any other specialist, Medicare data reveals.
The MBS taskforce review has just published a list detailing the average out-of-pocket cost incurred by patients for an initial attendance across non-GP specialties.
Its release comes as GPs continue to question the effects of high bulk-billing rates across their own specialty and Australian Doctor’s current survey on the issue (please click here to take the survey).
The MBS taskforce’s figures, which don’t include bulk-billing rates in each specialty, show wide discrepancies on out-of-pocket costs.
