​THE WESTERN MEDICAL CENTRE

168 Somerville Rd, Yarraville, Vic 3013

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Call Us: 03 9351 7699

PHONE CONSULTATIONS for existing patients

Medicare rebatable phone consultations are available to our existing patients who have attended in person in the last 12months.

When booking please choose "Telehealth consult" as appointment type. 

From October 1st 2020, the government have reduced their financial support for telehealth consultations. As a privately billing medical clinic, with the purpose of providing a high quality sustainable medical service, all booked telehealth consultations will now incur our usual private fee. 

From March 11th 2025 the consultation fees for booked phone consultations are: 
 

                                          Consultation         Medicare     Out of pocket
                                                Fee                 Rebate      expense for you
Standard Phone Consultation    $102.00             $42.85       $59.15

Mental health review Phone      $160.00             $81.70        $78.30

Please note as per Medicare regulations initial Mental Health Care plans are not available for phone consultations. 

Pensioners/Healthcare card holders 
Standard Phone Consultation   $80.00-$90.00      $42.85     $37.15-$47.15