$ per service - Source frequency: quarterly · Methodology · Corrections
Australia's medicare out-of-pocket cost was $18 as of June 2026. The average patient contribution per service (out of hospital, total) for GP and other Medicare services nationally, from the health.gov.au Medicare quarterly statistics. The cost a patient actually pays after the Medicare rebate is the gap between bulk billing and a bill, and the number that changes how often people see a GP. Data is sourced from Health.gov.au Medicare Statistics - Average Patient Contribution Per Service: Out of Hospital, Total (Australia, Total Medicare) and updated quarterly.
The average patient contribution per service (out of hospital, total) for GP and other Medicare services nationally, from the health.gov.au Medicare quarterly statistics.
The cost a patient actually pays after the Medicare rebate is the gap between bulk billing and a bill, and the number that changes how often people see a GP.
Lower is better
Source: Health.gov.au Medicare Statistics - Average Patient Contribution Per Service: Out of Hospital, Total (Australia, Total Medicare)
This data is sourced programmatically from official statistical APIs and data feeds (Health.gov.au Medicare Statistics - Average Patient Contribution Per Service: Out of Hospital, Total (Australia, Total Medicare)), updated quarterly. Our pipeline fetches the machine-readable version automatically and converts it to the standardised format shown here.
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