Most residents in Melbourne’s eastern suburbs are paying $47 or more on average for each visit to the doctor, a survey of more than 6000 doctors’ clinics has revealed.
A nationwide survey has found just 35.1 per cent of doctor’s clinics still offer fully subsidised visits.
Only three GP clinics in the electorate of Higgins in Melbourne’s inner south-east said they still offer bulk-billing, and the remainder of patients pay an average of $47.35 for each trip the doctor, in the worst scenario for patients in Victoria. . Cleanbill asked 6363 GP clinics nationwide about their billing practices to find only 35.1 per cent of Australian practices still offered fully subsidised visits to a regular adult.
Across Victoria, Cleanbill found that 34.6 per cent of the 1,533 clinics surveyed offered bulk billing while the average gap fee at the remaining clinics was $40.10 statewide – on par with a national average of $40.42.
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