i have never paid for blood tests or ultrasounds in my life & then all of a sudden got a bill for this same blood test.. was $100 and i only got $40 back from medicare... yet half the people i know didnt pay anything and they have working partners or are working themselves! makes no sence at all that some people have to pay and some dont!
hmm it does seem expensive to me.. my ultrasound was $100 which i got about $60 back for and the blood test I just got a bill for and it was about $80.
I havnt had to pay for any other tests just the NT one.
I didnt have to open my wallet my whole pg. Went public hospy, had midwifery lead care but ended up having emergency c-section. Can't imagine what it must be like without medicare.
I had 10 week 'dating' scan, 12 week nuchal scan + bloods, 18 week scan for an asthma study I volunteered for, 20 week morphology scan, 32 week scan and 36 week scan (for asthma study).... and didnt pay anything!
I have never paid for a scan or blood test related to pregnancy either. Public health system and midwifery based care. We figure, we pay our taxes and a whole heap of them too so may aswell benefit
Only ever paid for a 3d/4d scan we had done with DD late pregnancy as it's a non-medical scan.
very weird! i went to a private hospital for all my scans (5 weeks, 8 weeks, 12 weeks, 18 weeks and 20 weeks) and didnt pay for any of them, JUST the blood test, which i had done at a public hospital.. seems very weird to me! im sending them the medicare cheque and a photocopy of my centrelink card, and thats it!
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