MBS Updates  /  1 July 2025

MBS Update

1 July 2025

The annual indexation. 88.34% of items had schedule-fee changes, 5,292 in total, alongside 54 new items and 34 retirements. Effective 1 July 2025.

Worth watching

The annual indexation,
plus three specifics.

Annual indexation

88.34% of items had schedule-fee changes

The annual indexation pass. 5,292 of the 5,989 active items got fee adjustments, the largest single change in the schedule each year. Derived fees for 51 dependent items were recalculated alongside.

If you bill regularly, this is the release that affects your fees. Through RebateRight, the new fees are reflected automatically from 1 July 2025.

New specialty pathways

54 new items across 13 specialties

Gynaecology attendances (items 125–129), chronic condition management plans (392, 393, 965, 967, 92029, 92030, 92060, 92061), menopause / perimenopause assessment (695, 19000), pain medicine telehealth (92751–92754), palliative medicine telehealth (92755–92758), addiction medicine telehealth (92759–92763), sexual health telehealth (92764–92768), Lu-177 PSMA cancer treatment (16050, 16055), low-dose CT lung cancer screening (57410, 57413), and others.

Sunset

34 items retired

Includes GP management plan items being restructured (229, 230, 233, 721, 723, 732, 92024, 92025, 92028), COVID-19 vaccine suitability advice items (10660, 10661, 93644–93661), and ophthalmology items (42524, 42593, 42738–42741, 42806, 42807, 43023).

In full

Every change,
by category.

5,292

Modified schedule fees

The annual indexation pass, 88.34% of items in the schedule. Item-level fee changes published by Services Australia; old → new fee pairs not surfaced on this page. Reflected automatically through the RebateRight API.

866

Modified descriptions

Descriptor updates concentrated in telehealth, consultant physician, and specialist attendance categories. See Services Australia’s release notes for verbatim changes.

54

New items

125, 126, 127, 129, 392, 393, 965, 967, 92029, 92030, 92060, 92061, 695, 19000, 92748, 92749, 92750, 92751, 92752, 92753, 92754, 92755, 92756, 92757, 92758, 92759, 92760, 92761, 92762, 92763, 92764, 92765, 92766, 92767, 92768, 15990, 16050, 16055, 61528, 38326, 42750, 43030, 43032, 43034, 43036, 43038, 43040, 43050, 57410, 57413, 66842, 73319, 75010, 75011

51

Modified derived fees

Show all 51 item numbers

4, 24, 37, 47, 124, 181, 187, 191, 195, 206, 285, 287, 303, 311, 315, 414, 415, 416, 417, 761, 763, 766, 769, 772, 776, 788, 789, 2198, 2200, 2723, 2727, 2741, 2745, 5003, 5010, 5023, 5028, 5043, 5049, 5063, 5067, 5076, 5077, 90272, 90274, 90276, 90278, 18219, 18227, 25200, 25205

34

Deleted items

229, 230, 233, 721, 723, 732, 10660, 10661, 90005, 92024, 92025, 92028, 92055, 92056, 92059, 93644, 93645, 93646, 93647, 93653, 93654, 93655, 93656, 93660, 93661, 42524, 42593, 42738, 42739, 42740, 42741, 42806, 42807, 43023

12

Modified claim frequency limits

15930, 15932, 15934, 15936, 15938, 15940, 15942, 15944, 15946, 15948, 66838, 66839, radiation therapy items gained per-day-per-plan limits; pathology items 66838, 66839 capped at once per 11 months.

5

Modified referral requirements

91824, 91825, 91826, 91836, consultant physician telehealth referral pathway updated to "consultant physician" (was "specialist"). 57541, X-ray call-out fee expanded to include nurse practitioner attendance.

1

Modified eligible age

69333, urine examination, narrowed to patients younger than 16 years.

Common questions

Questions about
this update.

What changed in the 1 July 2025 MBS update?

This was the annual indexation: 5,292 items, 88.34% of the schedule, had schedule-fee changes, with derived fees recalculated on 51 dependent items. The update also added 54 items, retired 34, reworded 866 descriptions, and changed 12 claim limits and 5 referral rules. The schedule reached 5,989 items.

How many MBS items are there after the 1 July 2025 update?

5,989 items, up from 5,969: 54 items were added and 34 were removed.

Which MBS items are new on 1 July 2025?

Fifty-four across 13 specialties, including gynaecology attendances (125 to 129), chronic-condition management plans (392, 393, 965, 967 and others), pain, palliative, addiction and sexual-health telehealth items (92751 to 92768), Lu-177 PSMA cancer treatment (16050, 16055), and low-dose CT lung-cancer screening (57410, 57413).

Were any MBS items removed on 1 July 2025?

Yes, 34 were retired, including GP management-plan items being restructured (229, 230, 233, 721, 723, 732 and others), COVID-19 vaccine suitability-advice items (10660, 10661, 93644 to 93661), and several ophthalmology items (42524, 42593, 42738 to 42741, 42806, 42807, 43023).

Did MBS fees change on 1 July 2025?

Yes, this is the annual indexation, the release that most affects billing. 5,292 items (88.34% of the schedule) had fee changes, and derived fees on 51 dependent items were recalculated.

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