Missed / cancelled appointments

A penalty applies if an appointment is missed or cancelled without one business day’s notice. Pensioners and health care card holders will no longer be discounted. In the event that a patient cancels with insufficient notice, another appointment will not be rescheduled until a $200 advance payment is made. This payment will serve as a credit for future services. This $200 will be forfeited if a further appointment is missed or cancelled without proper notice. You will appreciate that with a large backlog of patients awaiting skin cancer surgery, we need to be able to offer cancelled appointments to others needing treatment.

Skin checks

This is not a skin check clinic. Dr Dixon manages proven or suspected skin cancer on referral only.

If the appointment is not for a specific skin lesion identified by the referring doctor, the consultation is deemed to be a “skin check” only

Gap payment for skin check is $90 over Medicare, - even for pensioners, veterans and health care card holders.

Patients will understand that nursing staff and other costs of running a surgical facility continue even in the event that an attendance required no procedure.

After hours / emergency appointments

Gap payment of $70 for all patients including pensioners and health care card holders

Geelong Private Hospital

In the main Dr. Dixon's account for procedures undertaken at Geelong Private Hospital will be met by the combination of Medicare rebate and the gap payment provided by the Health Fund. Some insurance policies have a "flag fall" arrangement with their customers whenever patients are admitted to hospital. This flagfall payment to the health fund will then apply.

Theatre Fees

Theatre fee of $150 for all patients including pensioners & health care card holders – large procedures only.

Pensioners and health care card holders who have private health insurance will be spared this fee when the large procedure is undertaken at Geelong Private Hospital.

Treatments without Medicare numbers

Some treatments offered at Skincanceronly do not have Medicare item numbers. As such, no component is redeemable from the government and no bulk billing is possible. Such treatments include; total body photography, photodynamic therapy, dermabrasion and some facial treatments. In these circumstances, a full payment is required on the day and no refund from Medicare is possible. Pensioners will still recieve a 25% discount for such treatments. Details of photodynamic therapy and the cost can be found here.

Dressing Fees

Except for dressings at time of surgery, $10 fee applies to pay for consumables

Note that payment is always required in full of day of service.

Failure to pay in full on day of service                   $30 service fee added