I paid $260 for my NT scan and recieved a rebate from medicare of around $55 - $60 (i cant remember the exact amount). My blood test was bulk billed, so didnt have to pay anything for it.
I had the scan in a private hospital (just because my midwife refered me to there), and the bloods were done through a pathology place run by the public hospital. The pathology place was just downstairs from the ultrasound rooms, and the Ob just told me to go there for my blood test.
Just to update i just looked at bill for bloods as on fridge as only came in other day and soes say take to medicare after payment for rebate so not sure how much i will get.
Just today I had a dating scan at $133, went straight to medicare after and got $116.60 back, but we have already gone over our safety threshold for the year hence the big rebate.
I would guess if I got a rebate for a dating scan, which was optional, I would get a rebate for the NT one? My GP did write on the scan referral re: previous miscarriage....?
I'm in Vic & I got something back from Medicare, but I can't remember how much. I had a number of scans during my pregancy & I got a medicare rebate of some sort for all of them.
squidipa - Make sure your "free" scans are bulk billed because if they aren't you will probably find you will end up out of pocket for them as Medicare doesn't fully cover any scans that you pay for upfront as their scheduled fee is way lower than what any scan place charges for a scan - particularly for the NT one. I had two scans that were bulk billed during the pregnancy - every other scan I had to pay for upfront & then claim back what I could through Medicare. None of them were covered fully.
With DS, I didn't get anything back from Medicare for the NT scan. The scan place actually put on the receipt that it was not covered by Medicare.
This time around, I used a different scan place and they must have used a different code or something because I got some back from Medicare for the NT scan.
with the NT scan, the rebate is dependent on how the referral is addressed by your doctor. it's an "optional" scan unless there is a medical reason. most GPs will pluck a medical reason to get you the rebate but most won't. for me, my aunt has a disability with similar physical characteristics to DS, and DH's nephew has something similar (don't have a lot of details due to family estrangement). due to that, we got the rebate. i think the IVF factor helped as well (and maybe me being a bigger person - apparently that increases the risks - go figure!)
if it was a healthy person, without family history, BMI or IVF/miscarriage (so basically a sticky beak at bub) then you get no rebate.
as i said, most GP's now will list a clinical reason why it's required which will get you the rebates from medicare
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