What does each MBS item pay?
Every Medicare Benefits Schedule item, with its description, schedule fee and Medicare benefits, from the MBS edition of 1 November 2026.
Source: the MBS XML file of 1 November 2026, published by the Department of Health, Disability and Ageing. We update these pages for each MBS edition.
Where is each item number?
From 1 November 2026, the MBS lists 6,050 items in 9 categories. Open a category, then select an item number for its description, fee and benefits.
1 Professional attendances 689 items
2 Diagnostic procedures and investigations 139 items
| Group | Name | Item numbers |
|---|---|---|
| D1 | Miscellaneous Diagnostic Procedures And Investigations | 11000 11003 11004 11005 11009 11012 11015 11018 11021 11024 11027 11200 11204 11205 11210 11211 11215 11218 11219 11220 11221 11224 11235 11237 11240 11241 11242 11243 11244 11300 11302 11303 11304 11306 11309 11312 11315 11318 11324 11332 11340 11341 11342 11343 11345 11503 11505 11506 11507 11508 11512 11600 11602 11604 11605 11607 11610 11611 11612 11614 11615 11627 11704 11705 11707 11713 11714 11716 11717 11719 11720 11721 11723 11724 11725 11726 11727 11728 11729 11730 11731 11732 11735 11736 11737 11800 11801 11810 11820 11823 11830 11833 11900 11912 11917 11919 12000 12001 12002 12003 12004 12005 12012 12017 12021 12022 12024 12200 12201 12203 12204 12205 12207 12208 12210 12213 12215 12217 12218 12219 12250 12254 12258 12261 12265 12268 12272 12306 12312 12315 12320 12321 12322 12325 12326 |
| D2 | Nuclear Medicine (Non-Imaging) | 12500 12524 12527 12533 |
3 Therapeutic procedures 3,409 items
4 Oral and maxillofacial services 228 items
5 Diagnostic imaging services 540 items
6 Pathology services 622 items
7 Cleft and craniofacial services 46 items
| Group | Name | Item numbers |
|---|---|---|
| C1 | Cleft and Craniofacial Services | 75002 75005 75007 75009 75010 75011 75012 75015 75023 75024 75027 75030 75032 75034 75039 75042 75045 75048 75049 75050 75051 75200 75203 75206 75400 75402 75405 75600 75603 75606 75609 75610 75618 75621 75800 75802 75815 75818 75820 75833 75836 75842 75845 75848 75851 75854 |
8 Miscellaneous services 301 items
10 Dental benefits schedule 76 items
| Group | Name | Item numbers |
|---|---|---|
| U0 | Diagnostic Services | 88011 88012 88013 88022 88025 |
| U1 | Preventive Services | 88111 88114 88115 88121 88161 88162 |
| U2 | Periodontics | 88213 88221 |
| U3 | Oral Surgery | 88311 88314 88316 88322 88323 88324 88326 88351 88384 88386 88387 88392 |
| U4 | Endodontics | 88411 88412 88414 88415 88416 88417 88418 88419 88421 88455 88458 |
| U5 | Restorative Services | 88511 88512 88513 88514 88515 88521 88522 88523 88524 88525 88531 88532 88533 88534 88535 88572 88574 88575 88579 88586 88587 88597 |
| U7 | Prosthodontics | 88721 88722 88723 88724 88731 88733 88736 88741 88761 88762 88764 88765 88766 88768 88776 |
| U9 | General Services | 88911 88942 88943 |
What changed on 1 November 2026?
The MBS edition of 1 November 2026 adds 4 items, changes no schedule fee, lowers the 85% benefit of 329 items, changes which benefits apply to 1 item and rewords 125 items. The 1 November 2026 update explains each change in plain English.
How do I read an item?
- Description
- The service the item pays for and its conditions, in the MBS’s own words.
- Fee
- The schedule fee the MBS sets for the item. ‘Derived’ means the MBS works out the fee with the formula under the description.
- Benefits
- The Medicare benefit at each rate the MBS sets for the item: 75%, 85% or 100%.
The explanatory notes for each item are on MBS Online. What changed in the MBS explains each edition in plain English.
What does RebateRight check for an item?
Before a claim, an eligibility check tests each MBS item against Medicare’s rules for the patient: who may perform it, any referral it needs, other items claimed that day, the patient’s age, the setting and how often Medicare has already paid it.
- Eligibility checkWhether Medicare pays each item for this patient, and the reason when it does not.
- MBS item APIFor software vendors: each item’s description, fee and benefit type, from the current edition.
Check the item before you claim.
An eligibility check tests the patient and each MBS item against Medicare’s rules, so a ‘no’ comes back with the reason before the claim goes in.