Billing / Financial
How can I access my personal information?
MonashHeart is required to collect and manage health information and to ensure the privacy of your health information in accordance with the Health Records Act. The Health Records Act and Freedom of Information Act give you an enforceable right of access to your health record.
Applications for access to your health record can be made to the Southern Health Freedom of Information Office
I am in Australia on a visa and do not have a Medicare card. Can I have my tests done at MonashHeart? How much will it cost?
I have a billing question, who do I call?
Who should I call if I have further questions?
For outpatient tests, please call 1300 MHEART (1300 643 278) and select the site where your test is to be performed.
For questions regarding cardiac catheterisation laboratory procedures please call 03 9594 2684.
If you have a question that you would like to see in our FAQ section, please let us know.
Will I be billed for my test/procedure?
The following diagnostic cardiac tests are bulk billed through Medicare (there is no cost to the patient).
- 12-lead ECG
- loop event monitoring
- Holter monitoring
- exercise stress test
- chest CT for cardiac procedures
- coronary angiogram
- transthoracic echocardiography
- transoesophageal echocardiography
- exercise stress echocardiography
- dobutamine echocardiography
An out-of-pocket fee is incurred for:
- 24-hour blood pressure monitoring ($60) (no Medicare item number)
- pacemaker and implantable cardiac device clinic
- home monitoring of devices (annual fee) (no Medicare item number)
- cardiac CT ($500) (no Medicare item number)
- private consultation (with cardiologist or cardiac surgeon)