Bulk Billing Tracker

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Bulk billing in Port Macquarie & Lord Howe Island

In Apr–Jun 2026, 92.7% of GP visits by people living in Port Macquarie & Lord Howe Island were bulk billed. That ranks 56th of Australia’s 332 local areas and is 5.2 percentage points above New South Wales overall (87.5%).

Bulk billed
92.7%Australia 84.1%
Change on a year
+6.4 ptsfrom 86.3%
Gap fee
$68.61when not bulk billed
Cost per visit
$5.01Australia $9.60

Since Jul–Sep 2021

Share of GP visits bulk billed, by quarter

70%80%90%100%202220242026Port Macquarie …92.7%NSW87.5%Australia84.1%

A year earlier the rate was 86.3%. On the ABS disadvantage index (SEIFA 2021), Port Macquarie & Lord Howe Island sits in the middle fifth of areas for disadvantage. Visits are counted by where the patient lives, not where the clinic is.

Over the past year, residents had about 7.5 Medicare-funded GP visits each, against 6.5 across Australia. This uses 2021 Census population, so it runs high in fast-growing areas, and it leaves out care that isn’t billed to Medicare, such as many remote and Aboriginal community-controlled clinics.

“Gap fee” is the average paid out of pocket for a visit that was not bulk billed. “Cost per visit” spreads it across every GP visit, counting bulk-billed visits as $0. Source: Medicare quarterly statistics, SA3 summary.

Suburbs and postcodes in this area

Bagnoo, Bago, Ballengarra, Banda Banda, Batar Creek, Beechwood, Bellangry, Birdwood, Black Creek, Blackmans Point, Bobs Creek, Bonny Hills, Boorganna, Bril Bril, Brombin, Byabarra, Cairncross, Camden Head, Comboyne, Cooperabung, Crosslands, Deauville, Debenham, Diamond Head, Doyles River, Dunbogan, Ellenborough, Fernbank Creek, Forbes River, Frazers Creek, Gearys Flat, Grants Beach, Gum Scrub, Hacks Ferry, Hartys Plains, Herons Creek, Hollisdale, Huntingdon, Hyndmans Creek, Innes View, Jolly Nose, Kendall, Kerewong, Kew, Kindee, King Creek, Kippara, Lake Cathie, Lake Innes, Lakewood, Laurieton, Limeburners Creek, Logans Crossing, Long Flat, Lord Howe Island, Lorne, Lower Pappinbarra, Marlo Merrican, Middle Brother, Mortons Creek, Mount Seaview, North Brother, North Haven, North Shore, Pappinbarra, Pembrooke, Pipeclay, Port Macquarie, Rawdon Island, Redbank, Riverside, Rollands Plains, Rosewood, Rossglen, Sancrox, Swans Crossing, Telegraph Point, The Hatch, Thrumster, Toms Creek, Upper Pappinbarra, Upper Rollands Plains, Upsalls Creek, Wauchope, Werrikimbe, West Haven, Yarras, Yippin Creek.

Postcodes: 2439, 2441, 2444, 2445, 2446, 2898.

Suburbs and postcodes are matched to the area that contains their centre, so places on a boundary may also belong to a neighbour.

Finding a clinic that bulk bills

These are rates for the whole area, not for any one clinic. Ask when you book, or search healthdirect’s service finder, which lists practices and how they bill. More on getting bulk billed.

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