thread: Cost and Medicare

  1. #1
    BellyBelly Member

    Sep 2010
    North West Victoria, Australia
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    Cost and Medicare

    *NOT A DEBATE!!*

    If Beez is a boy, he will be circ'd due to a history of family problems.

    How much did it cost for your DS to get done?
    Did you manage to get much on Medicare?

    Thanks!

  2. #2
    BellyBelly Member

    Sep 2010
    North West Victoria, Australia
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  3. #3
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber

    Jan 2006
    11,633

    bump for you

  4. #4
    Registered User

    Jun 2008
    Brisbane, QLD
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    It cost us $700 to get DS done at 9 months old.

    I wasn't aware we were entitled to anything back from Medicare so didn't claim but my friend did when she took her DS for his recently and I think she got around $150 back.

  5. #5

    Mar 2004
    Sparta
    12,662

    The doctors who did our boys charged it to medicare at the surgery and we just paid the gap.

  6. #6
    BellyBelly Life Subscriber
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    Jun 2010
    Brisbane - where it is never like it should be.
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    I had DS done at 8w I think and it was $590 and I got $100 back from Medicare. The before and after consults were rebateable just not the actual procedure. HTH

  7. #7
    Registered User

    Jan 2010
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    DS was admitted to a private hospital and was circumcised under GA at 12 months. He was circumcised for medical reasons and had a couple if investigative procedures done at the same time. It was completely covered by our PHI and we don't have an excess so didn't cost us a cent.

  8. #8
    Registered User

    Mar 2006
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    Will PM you.