Consultation Fees
Consultation room appointments
Please note that consultation fees are to be paid in full on the day of consultation.
Please note that we are not a bulk-billing practice.
We prefer credit/debit card payment, however we do also accept cash payment.
We accept all major credit and debit cards except for American Express.
We do not accept personal cheques.
Below is a guide to our current consultation fees. If you require further information or clarification on the applicable fee, please contact the office.
* This refers to a consultation for a new patient with one presenting problem/condition, or an existing patient with a different or new condition/problem
# This refers to any review consultation for an existing problem/condition
^ This refers to an initial consultation (at the start of every 12 month period) of a patient with 2 or more presenting conditions/problems, and includes complex congenital, developmental and behavioural disorders, for example congenital syndromes, developmental delay and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
$ This refers to a follow-up consultation for the “New -Complex” consultation. This fee is valid for 2 such consultations every 12 months. Further consultations within each 12 month period will be charged as the “Review” fee.
@ This refers to a consultation, following a multidisciplinary assessment, whereby a diagnosis of a complex neurodevelopmental disorder (such as Autism Spectrum Disorder) is made and a treatment plan devised.
Telehealth Appointments
Telehealth appointments are available, but sometimes subject to Dr Chan’s discretion or suitability.
The following table includes the current fee schedule for Telehealth appointments. Payment will be collected by phone at the conclusion of the consultation
Dr Chan also provides bulk-billed, short Telehealth consultations for existing patients (with current referral) for the following reasons:
- Follow-up of results
- Brief follow-up of a treatment plan
- Brief discussion of progress of an existing problem
Typically, these families have been asked to call Dr Chan for follow-up and these follow-ups take the form of a telephone consultation.
Newborn hospital consultations
These fees refer to newborn patients that have been referred for review by Dr Brendan Chan on the hospital ward by the delivering Obstetrician.
Please note that these fees are not generally covered by private health insurance, but there may be exceptions, particularly for international private health funds. Please contact your private health insurance fund for further information/clarification.
These fees are part of the Medicare Benefits Schedule and thus are subject to the corresponding Medicare rebate for each scheduled fee.
When Dr Chan has been referred to look after a newborn child by the obstetrician, his schedule is typically as follows:
- Attendance at delivery (includes Caesarean sections and any other deliveries where the obstetrician deems it necessary for a Paediatrician to be in attendance) to assess your newborn and provide care where appropriate, including newborn resuscitation if required.
- Newborn physical examination
This may refer to either:
- An initial referral for a newborn check (Following a delivery that did not require Paediatrician attendance)
- A follow-up newborn check after attendance at delivery
- Subsequent reviews
Dr Chan will typically review a newborn child on subsequent days to troubleshoot newborn problems. These reviews attract no out-of-pocket fee and will be bulk-billed.
Please find the following examples of typical fee schedules for newborn consultations on the hospital ward.
Example 1
Dr Chan has been asked to attend the birth of a child by elective Caesarean section.
In this circumstance, Dr Chan will attend the delivery, then follow up with a visit (typically the following day) for a newborn examination, and then check on the patient on subsequent days after this to monitor for problems such as jaundice and excessive weight loss.
The fee schedule for this example would be as follows:
Example 2
Dr Chan has been asked to complete a routine newborn check for a baby who has been delivered where he did not attend the delivery.
The fee schedule for this example would be as follows:
Newborn patients that have been admitted to the Special Care Nursery
If a newborn child requires admission under Dr Chan’s care in the Special Care Nursery, and the patient is covered by private health insurance, there will be no gap fee or out-of-pocket cost for the patient for the duration of the admission.