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Fees

FEES: Our usual fees for a normal 15 min doctor medical consultation are set at a very low rate when you enroll with us and the PHO (low fee access practice). There are also low fees for nurse checks or consultations. Fees for patients not enrolled are higher - for details see fees table below.  Fees are higher for longer appointments, surgery or full medicals (immigration , insurance, pre-employment etc) Details are available on our fees table or please enquire. Wherever possible we will inform you of cost prior to offering extra services. An appointment made and not kept and not cancelled at leat an hour before it is due will incur a $10 penalty fee. Some services or checks are free or government subsidized such as nurse sexual health checks in under 25 year olds or diabetes annual reviews.

 

CREDIT POLICY: Payment can be in cash, or eftpos or credit card on the day of service . A collection fee of 10$ will be added if no  payments is made within 14 days .An appointment made and not kept and not cancelled at leat an hour before it is due will also incur a $10 fee.. Automatic payment orders for paying off debt can be made with your bank and we can assist with this. Debts of more than 100$ will be transferred to a debt collection agency for further management..These agencies may add further fees.

 

PRESCRIPTIONS: The medical council suggests that patient be reviewed  before a prescription is issued, so this means that you will generally need to see the doctor. If you are stable and well, repeat prescriptions may be issued at the discretion of the doctor, please ask to speak to the nurse. Repeat prescriptions without seeing the doctor have to be paid for at the time of collection and are issued within 24h.

 

 

Patients registered with Pfeffer Medical Services

 

VERY LOW COST ACCESS FEES

Patients enrolled more than 3 months

During normal hours 08H00 – 16H00

Normal consultation 15 min

Medical or ACC part charge

 

 

Children up to age 14.....................free  $0 
Children age 14 â€“17.............................  $12.50
Adults 18+ .............................................$18.50

Skin clinic liquid nitrogen cryotherapy

 

Also see under "information for patients" about these monthly clinics

 

Assessment only, no liquid nitrogen treatment Normal consultation fees as above

see enrolled and nonenrolled patients

 

 

 

Liquid nitrogen cryotherapy treatment

Enrolled and nonenrolled patients

 

Treatment given, 1-5 lesions................  $80.00

Additional lesions treated , add $10 per lesion

Maximum lesions treated in one session is 10

Free services

 

Enrolled patients children visits up to age 14

Flu vaccines patients qualifying for subsidy

Childhood scheduled vaccinations

Before school health check

Nurse telephone follow up

Nurse triage phone advice

Sexual health check under 25 years old

Diabetes annual screening review

Nurses arranging recall review and follow up

Palliative care visits for dying cancer patients

 

 

 

Casual patients or not registered for 3 months

 

NORMAL FEES

Discount 10$ for community services card or senior citizen gold card

During normal hours 08H00 – 16H00

Normal consultation 15 min

Medical or ACC part charge

 

Children up to age 14.........................  $15.00
Children age 14 â€“17...........................  $30.00
Adults 18+ .........................................  $60.00

 

minus $10 for community/gold card holders

Skin surgery

 

 

 

Skin surgery charges do depend on the materials used, how many lesions are tackled, and the doctor and nursing time.

For community card holders and because of the long waiting lists in the public system a $100 discount applies.

 

Base fee assuming removal of one lesion taking up to 1/2 hour and not including materials ...........................................  $200.00

 

Follow-up visits about results and for wound and dressing change and suture removal

with nurse ...........................................  $10.00

with doctor...........................................  $20.00

 

qualifies for government subsidy minus $100

Still not sure or not mentioned here? Ask!

 

Nurse surgical dressing and debriding

of plantar warts

..........................................................$15.00

 

Fees for nurse services

Nurses are health professionals and an essential and valuable part of our team when it comes to advice , follow-up and health checks. They're time isn't free and charges do apply even if you do not see a doctor. Some special health checks and services done by our nurses are free or government funded - for example sexual health checks for under 25 year olds

 

Nurse review less than 5

 eg BP check.........................................  $5.00

Nurse review 5-15 min  .......................  $10.00

Nurse review more than 15min............  $15.00

 

Other Services
 

 

Prescription charge, enrolled patient not seen

adult ..........................................................$10.00

child under 14 free, over 14 ......................$5.00

Forms completed or letters written for third parties and completed without patient visit being neccessary, depends on time taken or needed

minimum ...................................................$15.00

hourly rate in 10min increments ..............$180.00

 

Driver's medical and completing of forms

...................................................................$30.00

Driver's vision check only and completing forms..........................................................$15.00

 

Insurance medical and completing of forms up to 1/2 hour.............................  .................$100.00

every extra 10min.................  ...................$25.00

 

Immigration medical, arranging tests and xrays and completing all forms

.................................................  ..............$300.00

 

Home visit or resthome visit out of hours

for enrolled patients only, by arrangement

up to 1/2 hour

.................................................................$80.00

every extra 10min....................................$25.00

Add extra 1$/km for visits > 5km from surgery

 

Vaccinations not in the usual vaccination schedule eg chicken pox, travel vaccines,flu vaccines for those not eligble for subsidy

Cost of vaccine (with courier and handling fee)

plus 50$ (for appointment with nurse, administartion , monitoring and potentially treating allergic reaction)

 

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