Optometry fees

Effective 1 July 2023

For Optometry services provided on or after 1 July 2023
Service DescriptionTAC Item NumberMaximum Payment Rate
Optometric Consultations
Comprehensive Initial Consultation10910$90.24
Referred Comprehensive Initial Consultation10905$90.24
Comprehensive initial consultation by another practitioner within 24 months of a previous comprehensive consultation.10907$45.16
Other comprehensive consultations10912$90.24
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes duration, where patient has new signs or symptoms, unrelated to earlier course of attention, requiring comprehensive reassessment within 24 months of initial consultation.10913$90.24
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes duration being the first in a course of attention where the patient has a progressive disorder (excluding presbyopia) requiring comprehensive reassessment within 24 months of initial consultation.10914$90.24
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes duration, being the first in a course of attention involving the examination of the eyes, with the instillation of a mydriatic, of a patient with diabetes mellitus requiring comprehensive reassessment.10915$90.24
Brief initial consultation10916$45.16
Subsequent consultation10918$45.16
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with myopia of 5.0 dioptres or greater (spherical equivalent) in 1 eye.10921$223.84
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with manifest hyperopia of 5.0 dioptres or greater (spherical equivalent) in 1 eye.10922$223.84
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with astigmatism of 3.0 manifest hyperopia of 3.0 dioptres or greater in 1 eye.10923$223.84
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with irregular astigmatism in either eye.10924$282.52
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with anisometropia of 3.0 dioptres or greater.10925$223.84
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with corrected visual acuity of 0.7 logMAR (6/30) or worse in both eyes.10926$223.84
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients for whom a wholly or segmentally opaque contact lens is prescribed for the alleviation of dazzle, distortion or diplopia caused by: pathological mydriasis; aniridia; coloboma of the iris; or pupillary malformation or distortion; or significant ocular deformity or corneal opacity.10927$282.52
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients by reason of physical deformity cannot wear glasses.10928$223.84
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients who have  medical or optical condition.10929$282.52
Professional attendance involving the prescription & fitting of contact lenses.10930$223.84
Domiciliary Visits10931$31.43
Domiciliary Visits10932$15.67
Domiciliary Visits10933$10.40
Computerised Perimetry10940$86.09
Computerised Perimetry10941$51.91
Low Vision Assessment10942$45.16
Children's Vision Assessment10943$45.16
For Optometry services provided between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023
Service DescriptionTAC Item NumberMaximum Payment Rate
Optometric Consultations
Comprehensive Initial Consultation10910$86.88
Referred Comprehensive Initial Consultation10905$86.88
Comprehensive initial consultation by another practitioner within 24 months of a previous comprehensive consultation.10907$43.48
Other comprehensive consultations10912$86.88
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes duration, where patient has new signs or symptoms, unrelated to earlier course of attention, requiring comprehensive reassessment within 24 months of initial consultation.10913$86.88
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes duration being the first in a course of attention where the patient has a progressive disorder (excluding presbyopia) requiring comprehensive reassessment within 24 months of initial consultation.10914$86.88
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes duration, being the first in a course of attention involving the examination of the eyes, with the instillation of a mydriatic, of a patient with diabetes mellitus requiring comprehensive reassessment.10915$86.88
Brief initial consultation10916$43.48
Subsequent consultation10918$43.48
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with myopia of 5.0 dioptres or greater (spherical equivalent) in 1 eye.10921$215.50
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with manifest hyperopia of 5.0 dioptres or greater (spherical equivalent) in 1 eye.10922$215.50
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with astigmatism of 3.0 manifest hyperopia of 3.0 dioptres or greater in 1 eye.10923$215.50
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with irregular astigmatism in either eye.10924$271.99
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with anisometropia of 3.0 dioptres or greater.10925$215.50
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with corrected visual acuity of 0.7 logMAR (6/30) or worse in both eyes.10926$215.50
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients for whom a wholly or segmentally opaque contact lens is prescribed for the alleviation of dazzle, distortion or diplopia caused by: pathological mydriasis; aniridia; coloboma of the iris; or pupillary malformation or distortion; or significant ocular deformity or corneal opacity.10927$271.99
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients by reason of physical deformity cannot wear glasses.10928$215.50
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients who have  medical or optical condition.10929$271.99
Professional attendance involving the prescription & fitting of contact lenses.10930$215.50
Domiciliary Visits10931$30.26
Domiciliary Visits10932$15.09
Domiciliary Visits10933$10.01
Computerised Perimetry10940$82.88
Computerised Perimetry10941$49.98
Low Vision Assessment10942$43.48
Children's Vision Assessment10943$43.48
For Optometry services provided on or after 1 July 2023
Service DescriptionTAC Item NumberMaximum Payment Rate
Optometric Consultations
Comprehensive Initial Consultation10910$90.24
Referred Comprehensive Initial Consultation10905$90.24
Comprehensive initial consultation by another practitioner within 24 months of a previous comprehensive consultation.10907$45.16
Other comprehensive consultations10912$90.24
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes duration, where patient has new signs or symptoms, unrelated to earlier course of attention, requiring comprehensive reassessment within 24 months of initial consultation.10913$90.24
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes duration being the first in a course of attention where the patient has a progressive disorder (excluding presbyopia) requiring comprehensive reassessment within 24 months of initial consultation.10914$90.24
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes duration, being the first in a course of attention involving the examination of the eyes, with the instillation of a mydriatic, of a patient with diabetes mellitus requiring comprehensive reassessment.10915$90.24
Brief initial consultation10916$45.16
Subsequent consultation10918$45.16
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with myopia of 5.0 dioptres or greater (spherical equivalent) in 1 eye.10921$223.84
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with manifest hyperopia of 5.0 dioptres or greater (spherical equivalent) in 1 eye.10922$223.84
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with astigmatism of 3.0 manifest hyperopia of 3.0 dioptres or greater in 1 eye.10923$223.84
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with irregular astigmatism in either eye.10924$282.52
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with anisometropia of 3.0 dioptres or greater.10925$223.84
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with corrected visual acuity of 0.7 logMAR (6/30) or worse in both eyes.10926$223.84
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients for whom a wholly or segmentally opaque contact lens is prescribed for the alleviation of dazzle, distortion or diplopia caused by: pathological mydriasis; aniridia; coloboma of the iris; or pupillary malformation or distortion; or significant ocular deformity or corneal opacity.10927$282.52
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients by reason of physical deformity cannot wear glasses.10928$223.84
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients who have  medical or optical condition.10929$282.52
Professional attendance involving the prescription & fitting of contact lenses.10930$223.84
Domiciliary Visits10931$31.43
Domiciliary Visits10932$15.67
Domiciliary Visits10933$10.40
Computerised Perimetry10940$86.09
Computerised Perimetry10941$51.91
Low Vision Assessment10942$45.16
Children's Vision Assessment10943$45.16
For Optometry services provided between 1 July 2022 and 30 June 2023
Service DescriptionTAC Item NumberMaximum Payment Rate
Optometric Consultations
Comprehensive Initial Consultation10910$86.88
Referred Comprehensive Initial Consultation10905$86.88
Comprehensive initial consultation by another practitioner within 24 months of a previous comprehensive consultation.10907$43.48
Other comprehensive consultations10912$86.88
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes duration, where patient has new signs or symptoms, unrelated to earlier course of attention, requiring comprehensive reassessment within 24 months of initial consultation.10913$86.88
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes duration being the first in a course of attention where the patient has a progressive disorder (excluding presbyopia) requiring comprehensive reassessment within 24 months of initial consultation.10914$86.88
Professional attendance of more than 15 minutes duration, being the first in a course of attention involving the examination of the eyes, with the instillation of a mydriatic, of a patient with diabetes mellitus requiring comprehensive reassessment.10915$86.88
Brief initial consultation10916$43.48
Subsequent consultation10918$43.48
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with myopia of 5.0 dioptres or greater (spherical equivalent) in 1 eye.10921$215.50
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with manifest hyperopia of 5.0 dioptres or greater (spherical equivalent) in 1 eye.10922$215.50
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with astigmatism of 3.0 manifest hyperopia of 3.0 dioptres or greater in 1 eye.10923$215.50
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with irregular astigmatism in either eye.10924$271.99
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with anisometropia of 3.0 dioptres or greater.10925$215.50
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients with corrected visual acuity of 0.7 logMAR (6/30) or worse in both eyes.10926$215.50
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients: patients for whom a wholly or segmentally opaque contact lens is prescribed for the alleviation of dazzle, distortion or diplopia caused by: pathological mydriasis; aniridia; coloboma of the iris; or pupillary malformation or distortion; or significant ocular deformity or corneal opacity.10927$271.99
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients by reason of physical deformity cannot wear glasses.10928$215.50
Contact lenses for specified classes of patients who have  medical or optical condition.10929$271.99
Professional attendance involving the prescription & fitting of contact lenses.10930$215.50
Domiciliary Visits10931$30.26
Domiciliary Visits10932$15.09
Domiciliary Visits10933$10.01
Computerised Perimetry10940$82.88
Computerised Perimetry10941$49.98
Low Vision Assessment10942$43.48
Children's Vision Assessment10943$43.48