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MBS ↔ DVA Fee Comparison

Every item with both an MBS schedule fee and a DVA fee, side by side — with the dollar and percentage difference. Search an item number or sort by the biggest gaps.

5793 items with both fees
Item Description MBS fee DVA fee Difference
13312 BLOOD for pathology test, collection of, BY FEMORAL OR EXTERNAL JUGULAR VEIN PUN… $34.05 $33.20 -0.85 (-2.5%)
91178 Video attendance by a participating nurse practitioner lasting at least 6 minute… $32.65 $31.80 -0.85 (-2.6%)
91189 Phone attendance by a participating nurse practitioner lasting at least 6 minute… $32.65 $31.80 -0.85 (-2.6%)
52055 HAEMATOMA, SMALL ABSCESS OR CELLULITIS, not requiring admission to a hospital, I… $32.75 $31.90 -0.85 (-2.6%)
11900 Urine flow study, including peak urine flow measurement, not being a service ass… $32.95 $32.10 -0.85 (-2.6%)
60503 Fluoroscopy, without general anaesthesia (not being a service associated with a … $35.05 $34.15 -0.90 (-2.6%)
92720 Video attendance for the provision of services related to blood borne viruses, s… $35.95 $35.05 -0.90 (-2.5%)
71154 A test described in item 71153, if rendered by a receiving APP, where no tests i… $36.30 $35.40 -0.90 (-2.5%)
30087 DIAGNOSTIC BIOPSY OF BONE MARROW by aspiration or PUNCH BIOPSY OF SYNOVIAL MEMBR… $35.20 $34.30 -0.90 (-2.6%)
52021 ASPIRATION BIOPSY of 1 or MORE JAW CYSTS as an independent procedure to obtain m… $35.20 $34.30 -0.90 (-2.6%)
91806 Video attendance by a medical practitioner (not including a general practitioner… $35.95 $35.05 -0.90 (-2.5%)
185 Professional attendance at consulting rooms lasting more than 5 minutes but not … $35.95 $35.05 -0.90 (-2.5%)
82312 Audiology health service, consisting of an air and bone conduction audiogram or … $35.60 $34.70 -0.90 (-2.5%)
71153 Investigations in the assessment or diagnosis of systemic inflammatory disease o… $36.30 $35.40 -0.90 (-2.5%)
71180 Antibody to cardiolipin or beta-2 glycoprotein I - detection, including quantita… $36.30 $35.40 -0.90 (-2.5%)
80172 Focussed psychological strategies health service provided to a patient as part o… $36.30 $35.40 -0.90 (-2.5%)
80173 Focussed psychological strategies health service provided to a patient as part o… $36.30 $35.40 -0.90 (-2.5%)
80147 Focussed psychological strategies health service provided to a patient as part o… $36.30 $35.40 -0.90 (-2.5%)
71169 A test described in item 71165, if rendered by a receiving APP, where no tests i… $36.30 $35.40 -0.90 (-2.5%)
80148 Focussed psychological strategies health service provided to a patient as part o… $36.30 $35.40 -0.90 (-2.5%)
71165 Antibodies to tissue antigens (acetylcholine receptor, adrenal cortex, heart, hi… $36.30 $35.40 -0.90 (-2.5%)
65166 A test described in item 65165 if rendered by a receiving APP - 1 or more tests … $36.20 $35.30 -0.90 (-2.5%)
65165 Detection and quantitation of fetal red blood cells in the maternal circulation … $36.20 $35.30 -0.90 (-2.5%)
71057 Electrophoresis, quantitative and qualitative, of serum, urine or other body flu… $34.60 $33.70 -0.90 (-2.6%)
92736 Phone attendance for the provision of services related to blood borne viruses, s… $35.95 $35.05 -0.90 (-2.5%)
5000 Professional attendance at consulting rooms (other than a service to which anoth… $34.70 $33.80 -0.90 (-2.6%)
90188 Professional attendance (other than a service to which another item applies) at … $35.95 $35.05 -0.90 (-2.5%)
57506 Hand, wrist, forearm, elbow or humerus (NR) $35.05 $34.15 -0.90 (-2.6%)
11704 Twelve‑lead electrocardiography, trace and formal report, by a specialist or a c… $37.40 $36.45 -0.95 (-2.5%)
73075 A test, including partial genotyping, for oncogenic human papillomavirus, if: (a… $36.80 $35.85 -0.95 (-2.6%)
65129 4 or more tests described in item 65120 $37.30 $36.35 -0.95 (-2.5%)
73072 A test, including partial genotyping, for oncogenic human papillomavirus: (a) fo… $36.80 $35.85 -0.95 (-2.6%)
73074 A test, including partial genotyping, for oncogenic human papillomavirus, for th… $36.80 $35.85 -0.95 (-2.6%)
57706 Clavicle (NR) $38.35 $37.40 -0.95 (-2.5%)
73070 73070 A test, including partial genotyping, for oncogenic human papillomavirus t… $36.80 $35.85 -0.95 (-2.6%)
73071 A test, including partial genotyping, for oncogenic human papillomavirus that ma… $36.80 $35.85 -0.95 (-2.6%)
57518 Foot, ankle, leg or femur (NR) $38.35 $37.40 -0.95 (-2.5%)
71059 Immunofixation or immunoelectrophoresis or isoelectric focusing of: (a) urine fo… $37.45 $36.50 -0.95 (-2.5%)
57522 Knee (NR) $38.35 $37.40 -0.95 (-2.5%)
65147 Quantitation of anti-Xa activity when monitoring is required for a patient recei… $39.80 $38.80 -1.00 (-2.5%)
55073 Breast, one, ultrasound scan of (NR) $40.05 $39.05 -1.00 (-2.5%)
10983 Attendance by a practice nurse, an Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health … $38.85 $37.85 -1.00 (-2.6%)
82105 Short antenatal professional attendance by a participating midwife, lasting at l… $38.75 $37.75 -1.00 (-2.6%)
10945 A professional attendance of less than 15 minutes (whether or not continuous) by… $40.00 $39.00 -1.00 (-2.5%)
10943 Additional testing to confirm diagnosis of, or establish a treatment regime for,… $40.00 $39.00 -1.00 (-2.5%)
10942 Testing of residual vision to provide optimum visual performance for a patient w… $40.00 $39.00 -1.00 (-2.5%)
10918 Professional attendance, being the second or subsequent in a course of attention… $40.00 $39.00 -1.00 (-2.5%)
10916 Professional attendance, being the first in a course of attention, of not more t… $40.00 $39.00 -1.00 (-2.5%)
10907 Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes in duration, being the first in … $40.00 $39.00 -1.00 (-2.5%)
71087 3 or more tests described in item 71083 $39.60 $38.60 -1.00 (-2.5%)
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What this means for billing: a positive (green) difference means DVA pays more than the MBS schedule fee for that item, so a DVA-eligible patient generally has no gap, or a smaller one, than a private MBS patient would. A negative (red) difference means DVA pays less — there may be a gap unless the service is bulk-billed or the difference is otherwise absorbed. Rows marked material have a difference of more than $5, which is more likely to be worth checking before billing.

Data sourced from Australian Government publications · Not an official government service.

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