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am having my 12 week scan next week through a private ob/gyno and wondering how much it costs and how much you get back from medicare as the stupid place never answers there phone and i need to know how much money to save for it and how much i will be out of pocket. thanks in advance.
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Inlcuding bloods... Just under $400. Public.
I got about maybe $150 back if that from medicare, probably less though. Thank goodness my 20w scan yesterday was done at the hospital and under medicare/bulk billed |
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i paid $215 at a womens ultrasound clinic. No bloods or dr fee involved in that. I think I got about $50 back from Medicare.
Medicare don't give you much back at all unfortunately. 
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I was told $150 for non-pension, $100 for pension when I booked in for mine. Can't remember what they said I'd get back from Medicare.
Not including bloods, which for me have usually cost about $110. |
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My scan will cost $220 but I don't know about the bloods or how much I will get back from Medicare.
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My scan was $220, I got $60 back from medicare.
My bloods cost $80. I just got the bill, so not sure if I can claim from medicare yet on those... |
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170 for the scan done at an ultra sound clinic, 60 back from medicare.
The thing i was really dirty about, was that i had my bloods done at my gp, neither the gp nor the lady who took the blood told me there was any cost, Id had bloods done before and had never been charged for anything so it never even occured to me to ask. 3 weeks later i got a bill from the pathology lab for over 100. |
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Mine cost $90 for the ultrasound, I didn't have the bloods though. I'm guessing that the $90 is the gap.
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Both my dating scan and 12 week scan were $150 and got $60 back from medicare both times...
I've also had 4 lots of blood taken and never been charged anything??? Is my doctor just bulk billing them? They get done through QML pathology... Oh well, I won't bite the hand... 
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i had my bloods through my gp and i have a concession card so does that make the scan cheaper cause all my other scans were bulk billed.
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