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In preparation for your appointment with Dr Fernandez, please have your Medicare card and any pension, health care concession or health fund card available. A referral letter from your GP is essential for us to triage your appointment appropriately and to facilitate a Medicare rebate back to you. The referral is usually received electronically from your GP practice. Previous operative, radiology and other relevant medical reports are often helpful but not essential.  

Yes, please advise a staff member if you wish the utilize this option. Generally, patients with any of the following billing categories can be seen and have their procedure at Calvary Bruce Private Hospital, Canberra, fairly quickly if it is suitable to do so :

• Privately insured patients
• Insurance patients (Workers Compensation, Motor accidents, etc)
• Veteran Affairs patients
• Self-funded patients
• Overseas patients

An increasing number of people are choosing to “Self-Insure” or pay for their own surgery, so they don’t have to wait. This is often a worthwhile investment as it means you can have your operation done straight away or whenever it suits you. This can allow you to get back to your work and sport as soon as possible.

Patients may be able to choose an admission at a private facility even if they do not have private health insurance.

Self-funded patients will be liable to pay the following:

• The gap between the Medicare benefit and any specialist’s charge.
• The gap for diagnostic services (medical imaging and laboratory testing). However some of these services may be bulk billed to Medicare.
• Hospital accommodation fees (bed charge)
• Surgically implanted prostheses
• Other services like complex post-operative wound dressings

Essentially this means you must meet all costs of the admission yourself except those covered by Medicare.

   For further information about being a self-funded patient, please contact our rooms.

Absolutely. For our private and self-funded patients wishing to have their procedure done at Calvary Bruce Private Hospital, we will provide an estimate for our surgeon’s fees. This will be in line with the schedule set by the Australian Medical Association.