Medicare
How a Medicare rebate for podiatry works
Podiatry is not bulk-billed and it is not rebated on a standard Medicare card. It is rebated in one specific circumstance — under a chronic disease management plan prepared by your GP — and this page is what that actually means.
$63.40
back per session
item 10962
5
services a calendar year
across all providers
20–30 min
appointment length
20 standard · 30 initial
Step by step
How to get one
1. See your GP and ask about a plan
The current name is a GP chronic condition management plan. You may know it as an EPC, a chronic disease management plan, or a GP management plan with team care arrangements — those are the older names, and the one plan replaced them all on 1 July 2025. It is for people managing a chronic condition — one that has lasted, or is likely to last, at least six months. Diabetes is the most common route to podiatry, but it is not the only one. Your GP decides whether you are eligible; the clinic cannot.
2. Ask for podiatry to be included
The plan names which allied health services you are referred for. If podiatry is not named on it, it cannot be claimed — so say specifically that you want podiatry included. Your GP will give you a referral form.
3. Bring the paperwork to your appointment
Bring the referral and your Medicare card, and tell reception when you book that you are claiming under a plan — the appointment has to be long enough. We process the claim at the desk and you pay the gap.
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The things that catch people out
Five services a year is shared, not five per provider
The 5-service limit covers every allied health provider on the plan combined — podiatry, physiotherapy, chiropractor, dietetics, all of it. If you have already used three on something else this year, you have two left, not five. Check with your GP or Medicare before assuming.
Eligible Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander patients get 10 services a year on the same plan rather than 5.
An old plan has not necessarily run out
A plan written under the old rules, a GP management plan with team care arrangements prepared before 1 July 2025, stays claimable until 30 June 2027. So if you were put on one years ago it may still have services on it. Bring whatever paperwork you have and we will check it. Newer plans need a GP review every 18 months to stay current.
The rebate is not the whole fee
Podiatry here is not bulk-billed. A standard consultation is $98 and the rebate is $63.40, so the gap is about $34.60. An initial consultation is $125. Every fee is on the fees page.
We can't tell you what you'll get back. That depends on your plan, how many services you have already used, and your own circumstances, and only Medicare can confirm it. What is published here is the item number and the current schedule fee so you can check it yourself — call Medicare on 132 011 or ask your GP.