Dr Simone is a private billing specialist medical practice. Please refer to the price list belwo as to the cost of a consultation and in rooms procedures and make all enquiries as to the likely costs prior to coming with the practice staff.

All fees are payable on the day of the consultation or in rooms treatment minus any deposits paid .

Post-surgical follow-up for one year is included in the cost of the surgery if it pertains to that surgery and not a new problem.

Some procedures are not listed due to TGA advertising restrictions on using descriptive terms for certain face and body treatments requiring prescription medicines.  You can make telephone or email enquiries as to the cost of these treatments.

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We are able to process Medicare rebates provided you bring all details on the day of your consultation- a valid referral and a current non-expired Medicare card. At times if your details are not current and it is rejected by Medicare’s electronic system, you may need to process your claim manually. Please be responsible in bringing these details with you as claims cannot be chased retrospectively for you if you do not bring the correct information at the time of your consultation.

Following your consultation you will be provided with a surgical quote which consists of your:

Hospital theatre time

Overnight stay (if required)

Anaesthetic time (estimated as accurately as possible at an hourly rate)

Surgical fees

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The total cost will be calculated minus any Medicare or health fund rebates.

There may be additional pathology or radiology fees as part of your treatment.

It is your responsibility to check if your insurer covers the item number listed in the quote under your current policy and what your hospital excess is.

Most plastic surgery procedures require higher tiers of insurance cover.

As much as possible we aim to provide the most likely total cost of all treatments. Unexpected extra costs can be incurred in the event of an emergency or your procedure taking longer than expected.

Surgical fees are payable up front in full one month prior to any major surgery.

For cosmetic surgeries, without a Medicare item number, there are no health fund rebates available.

If there are rebates for your particular procedure, these can be claimed on the day of the surgery through Medicare and your insurer.

There are no deferred payments or payment plans available at the practice.

The practice is not a no gap or gap cover provider for any major surgical procedure. This includes breast reduction, removal of breast implants and abdominoplasty. All surgeries have anaesthetic and surgical gaps.

For insured patients, item numbered surgeries have hospital time and overnight stays covered by your insurer apart from the hospital excess.

If part or all of your surgery is covered by an item number, please ensure you call your insurer and check your level of cover is adequate, and what your excess is.

Components of your surgery not covered by your insurer that are cosmetic are billed at an hourly rate for hospital theatre time.

Many plastic surgical procedures require the higher levels of private insurance cover.

It is against the law to provide discounts on procedures or surgical packages. Please do not ask the staff or Dr Matousek for discounts on surgical fees.

Quotes are generally valid for three months, however, hospitals can put their fees up at anytime and do tend to increase commensurate with inflation annually.