I can't remember the exact figures but we were out of pocket about $1000 for the anaethetists bill. The bill in the mail was approx $1600 but we got a $200 discount for paying within 2 weeks and then claimed back $400ish from medicare. We have top PHI but couldn't claim anything back from them for the anaethestist.

We had checked with our PHI about out of pocket expenses prior to the birth and were told none (we were planning a natural birth) but with the c/s we had the out of pocket expenses then we got bills from pathology which were quite expensive and while medicare and PHF paid some, we still had to pay the gap. I have just received 2 new bills in the mail this week from pathology and DS is nearly 6 months old....