Paying your Anaesthesia Fees
PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS - HOW TO PAY
A Tax Invoice for Specialist Anaesthetic Services provided by Dr Ratnavadivel will be sent to you the week after your procedure.
Option 1: Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT) through your bank branch or internet banking. Please check you include your Invoice ID, and have the correct BSB and Account details.
Option 2: Cheque made out to Dr Arun Ratnavadivel and sent to the PO Box on the invoice. Please include your Invoice ID on the back of the cheque.
Option 3: Contact us on the Office Voicemail for Credit Card Payment, subject to a 2.1%+20c eway surcharge.
Please keep in mind that Anaesthesia Fees are separate to any fees charged by your surgeon or hospital.
Payment is required within 10 business days of the date of your invoice. There is a discount available as an incentive to pay before the due date.
You are insured with …
Your health insurance provider offers ‘Known Gap’ Cover.
This means:
- My office will claim all rebates (Medicare and health fund rebates) on your behalf.
- You will only need to pay the gap, rather than the full anaesthetic fee.
Please note, if for any reason your health insurance provider does not pay the full rebates, you will be invoiced for the difference.
Your health insurance provider has a ‘No Gap Only’ Policy.
This means:
- You will need to pay the full anaesthetic fee.
- Once your account has been settled in full, our office will issue you a receipt. Where applicable, this receipt will enable you to claim your rebates from Medicare and your health insurance provider.
You are …
- As a self-funding patient you are required to pay the full anaesthetic fee.
- Once your account is finalised, our office will send you a receipt.
You may exceed the Maximum Allowable Gap if
- Your procedure was long and/or complex and your ‘gap’ payment exceeded the maximum allowable gap of $500 set by your health insurance provider.
- We will not be able to claim any rebates on your behalf.
- The full anaesthesia fees are your personal responsibility to pay.
- Once you have paid your account in full, our office will send you a receipt. Where applicable, this receipt will enable you to claim your rebates from Medicare and your health insurance provider.