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Health costs, insurance and financial support

Find out what costs are covered when you go to hospital, options for patients with private health insurance and the Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme.

Patients and visitors

  • Visiting someone in hospital
  • Going to hospital
  • Leaving hospital
  • Telehealth
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander support
  • Interpreter services
  • How to access health care if you're visiting from overseas
  • Your medical record
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  • Health costs, insurance and financial support
    • What's covered by Medicare
    • Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme
    • Using your private health insurance
    • Long stay patients
  • Information for people with disability
  • What's covered by Medicare

    Medicare helps with the costs of seeing a doctor, getting medicines and accessing mental health care.

  • Patient Travel Subsidy Scheme

    If you live in a rural and remote area, you may be able to get to help with travel costs so you can access specialist medical services.

  • Using your private health insurance

    It’s up to you whether you use your private health insurance in a public hospital or Medicare.

  • Long stay patients

    A long stay patient is when you’ve spent 35 or more days in hospital.

Last updated: January 2025

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