Travel Medicine - Fees

Our Approach

We understand that vaccines are quite expensive, yet are often needed to allow for a happy, healthy and carefree holiday. The relatively high cost of vaccines is largely due to the significant investments made by pharmaceutical companies to research and develop each vaccine. We recommend a vaccine only if it’s justified on the basis of real risk to you, on your trip. Real risk is best determined by an expert, who takes into consideration a number of factors such as your itinerary, dates of travel and personal health aspects. Moreover, a vaccine is only given in combination with a detailed discussion between yourself and one of our doctors. This way you are informed and know the basis of our recommendation. The good news is that many vaccines provide extended protection, with some being life-long. In fact, many vaccines are a lifelong investment for future travel.

Consultation Fees

Every travel medicine consultation is billed directly to Medicare, i.e. "bulk billed". This way you incur no out-of-pocket expenses in relation to the consultation. Please ensure you bring along to your appointment either your Medicare card or Medicare details. This will mean that for the consultation, we will only require your signature, allowing us to send the consultation invoice directly to Medicare.

^ This means our consultation fee is the same amount as the Medicare rebate amount

Vaccine Fees

Multiple vaccinations may be required to prepare you for your trip. We understand this can get expensive, especially for those without private health insurance. Vaccine recommendations are based on best practice and after discussing your individual needs e.g. you may be planning more trips in the future, you may be a diabetic with special concerns. Sometimes our advice may differ from other clinics and from advice given to other members of your tour group. This is not unusual and this will be explained during the consultation. We do hope our doctors are consistent within our clinic, but we cannot always be sure the same itinerary is discussed. Our vaccines are priced competitively and those with “extras” in private health insurance should be able to claim back a considerable amount. You might like to check with your health insurance company prior to your visit. Our publication “The Little Book: about staying healthy when travelling” will explain a great deal about travel vaccines. This is provided to all our travelling clients at no cost.

Vaccines range in price from $17.80 (ADT) to $148.00 (Japanese Encephalitis).