Westside Medical Centre
Practice Fees Information
Westside Medical Centre is now a bulk billing clinic
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From November 1st, 2025, Westside Medical Centre is trialing a move to being a bulk-billing clinic. Most consultations will be bulk billed for all Medicare and DVA card holders. |
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Bulk-Billed Visits
We bulk-bill most types of appointments.
- Standard appointments with your GP for all Medicare or DVA card holders
- All immunisation appointments
- Regular scheduled appointments to look after your ongoing conditions (GP Chronic Condition Management Plans, also known as “Care Plans” or “GP Care Plans”)
- Health Assessment appointments, including annual health assessments for patients over 75 years, Menopause Health Assessments, and Heart Health Checks
- All mental health appointments including GP Mental Health Care Plans
Some visits do attract a gap free
A small number of appointments types will sometimes attract a private fee.
These include: –
- ECGs
- Spirometry
- Skin biopsies
- Excision of skin lesions
- The cost of purchasing a vaccine
- Consultations that don’t attract a Medicare rebate, such as Commercial Driver’s Licence Medical Examinations
Standard Consultation Fees - Face to Face, Video or Telephone
Medicare rebates for telephone consults are only available for brief or standard consultations. My Medicare registered patients can access bulk-billed long telephone appointments.
Mental Health (MH) Consultation Fees
Women's Health Fees
Procedures
Procedures attract a $57.05 gap fee for all patients. This includes all biopsies and skin lesion excisions.
For many excisions, we won’t know the exact fee until after the specimen has been examined by the pathologist. We will ask you to pay these fees when you come for removal of sutures.
Other procedures fees
Other procedures can attract a total fee of between $75.40 and $323.65 each, with a maximum gap of $57.05 per procedure. This includes but is not limited to venesection, wound repair with stitches or glue, removal of foreign bodies, drainage of haematomas or abscesses, and treatment of ingrown nails.
Diagnostic Tests
Immunisations
All immunisations appointments at Westside Medical Centre will be bulk-billed for Medicare or DVA card holders.
For immunisations that aren’t covered on the Australian Immunisation Schedule, Westside Medical Centre can provide the vaccine at a private cost. This includes: –
- Hepatitis A vaccine
- Hepatitis B vaccine (unless given as a routine childhood immunisation)
- Pertussis (whooping cough) vaccine
- Q Fever skin test or vaccine
- Typhoid vaccine
- Yellow fever vaccine
After Hours Consultations
Westside Medical Centre provides after hours care for our patients at times when the surgery isn’t open. This service is operated by a variety of the doctors who normally practice at Westside. The on-call doctor will be able to access the medical records that your usual GP keeps.
After-hours telephone consultations will be bulk-billed for regular patients of the practice. Face-to-face visits will attract a non-Medicare rebateable fee, starting at $275.
Your health matters, and we understand the importance of expert, local care.
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The service at the Westside Medical Clinic is great. Being my first visit I was booked in by a lovely nurse named Annette. My appointment by with Dr Robab went like a dream. She has a caring and concerned manner and made me and my wife feel at ease. I would recommend Westside to my family and friends.
The atmosphere is calm and welcoming. The staff are professional and friendly. I was firstly interviewed by the nurse, then had a longer consultation with Dr Sahaf. She took detailed notes, listening to my concerns and providing reassurance. As I'm over 75, she offered assessments available to me that I was unaware of. Her professional and caring manner inspire confidence. I'm happy.
A wonderful service! I always feel cared for and treated holistically by both nurses and doctors at this surgery . The receptionists are professional and efficient and the surrounding are indeed calming and welcoming.All the doctors are wonderful and easy to talk to . A very well run service that I would highly recommend!
Front desk staff were lovely on arrival and departure. Dr Kate Moriarty is amazing! As always she made myself and kids feel very welcome and is an absolute wealth of knowledge! ⭐️
Dr Kate Moriaty is an exceptional doctor with an impressive depth and breadth of medical knowledge. She has a rare ability to connect equally well with both children and adults, making every patient feel comfortable, heard, and genuinely cared for. Her expertise in menopause care is outstanding, she explains options clearly, stays up to date with the latest treatments, and tailors plans to the individual rather than taking a one-size-fits-all approach. You leave appointments feeling informed, supported, and confident in your care. I highly recommend her to anyone looking for a thorough, compassionate, and highly skilled GP.
Dr Sykes is one of THE best Doctors I’ve ever seen. Empathetic, caring and never judgmental, she is amazing! Reception staff also very nice and helpful.
My doctor, Laura, is so patient, understanding and well versed in current techniques and trends. She is punctual and kind. Located in the building is also a lab for your blood work. You could not go wrong choosing this clinic for all your medical advice and needs.
Westside medical centre is always very clean and well maintained. The staff are all friendly and professional. They have a good-sized nursing and medical staff who have different focus area's which allows the public to choose a practitioner that meets their needs. I see an exceptional Dr who is incredibly knowledgeable, competent and caring as my main GP. I am also able to see another Dr who visits Westside for my skin checks, who is also lovely and makes me feel very comfortable during exams. The practice has a Laverty pathology on the premises, which is very helpful. I usually have the same collector when I have bloods done and she is very calming and skilled.
I am very happy with being under the care of Dr David Chessor at Westside Medical Centre. With Stage 4 Ovarian Cancer challenging my life; I have found Dr Chessor to be compassionate man and a skilled GP. His approach about my cancer journey, is with a sense of light heartedness; with little responses like, "well that hasn't been your best day this week, has it?". Yet he combines that refreshing way of acknowledging that I am doing it tough, with a deep understanding of how I need his help and knowledge to keep updated plans in place for pain relief and other issues with a cancer diagnosis. The practice has a modern approach to patient care and provides continuous Care Plans to capture the "big" picture of my health and, allow time for deeper discussions for my health care choices. The ladies at reception are extremely polite and helpful. If there are issues like having trouble booking an appointment on Hot Doc, the Office Manager is always willing to step up and help sort out your computer access to the practice. Westside Medical Centre works hard to wrap "patient love" into their "patient care", even though we, "the broken people" are sometimes hard to love. Thankyou Westside Medical Centre, I appreciate you all!
I cannot speak highly enough of this medical practice. From the moment you walk in, the reception staff are welcoming, professional, and genuinely caring. The nurses are attentive, compassionate, and take the time to make you feel comfortable, and the doctors provide exceptional care with thorough, thoughtful, and patient-centred attention. Every interaction reflects a commitment to the highest standard of care. I consistently feel listened to, respected, and well looked after. An outstanding practice that truly puts patients first.
As always, the receptionists and doctors are always polite, courteous, friendly and willing to hep me with any questions or concerns that I may have about my health problems , particularly with my Parkinsons Disease. I would recommend this practice to anyone. Thank you one and all for your help, support and assistance over the last ten years. I very much appreciate it.
Vivienne Lord.
Vivienne Lord.
Westside medical group have been the medical practice that have taken care of me for past 10years. This visit was for my 6 monthly injection of Proplia for my bones. The nurse looked after the injection followed by my doctor, Dr Susan Lyon checking on me before I left. As always service was quick & handled in a very professional manner.
Dr Mark Stewart is professional and thorough. He has been our family GP for almost 20 years. The nurses, reception and other doctors are all friendly and professional
First visit with my new doctor. It was refreshing to have her able to continue my healthcare, following on from the previous medic, knowing that all my records are always updated.
Dr Suzanne Lyon was great, very personable and thoughtful. I was able to make an appointment and see a doctor same day, to my relief. Tock my symptoms seriously. Best medical centre I have found in years
Allways a pleasure to visit Westside Medical Centre. My Doctor is Wonderful and the staff at reception Fabulous!!!
I cannot talk highly enough of Dr Chessor and his team at Westside.
After years of being misdiagnosed, shuffled around through different doctors at different suburbs in "you get whoever is able to see you' (unless you were a private patient) and the seriousness of my condition not being diagnosed properly I walked into Westside Medical centre back in 2015.
Immediately after moving to the region, we discovered Westside and that has literally changed my life. At first seeing Dr Kate Moriarty I knew I was actually finally being listen to and she put the wheels in action in regards to the proper diagnosis of my condition and what could be achieved with proper, thorough medical intervention.
Dr David took over my care from Dr Kate when she went on maternity leave and carried on with plan already in place. He has helped me manage a number of chronic conditions, diagnosing some missed by doctor back in Sydney.
For some 6 and a half years of seeing literally dozens of doctors and two so called specialists failed to find the root cause of a condition that incapacitated me and left me with severe crippling pain. It took until we moved to the region and entered the doors of Westside Medical that my partner and I felt we were finally being REALLY listened to.
Dr Dave, Kate and every doctor I've had to see have been a delight and have shown same attention of care that I can only say that we are just so very very grateful to not only the Doctors, but the nurses and the lovely 🌹 admin staff in the "engine room'.
Unfortunately I can't recommend Westside Medical Centre higher than a 5 stars on Google. However we HIGHLY recommend Westside Medical Centre Port Maquarie for any medical needs you or you're family rely on.
After years of being misdiagnosed, shuffled around through different doctors at different suburbs in "you get whoever is able to see you' (unless you were a private patient) and the seriousness of my condition not being diagnosed properly I walked into Westside Medical centre back in 2015.
Immediately after moving to the region, we discovered Westside and that has literally changed my life. At first seeing Dr Kate Moriarty I knew I was actually finally being listen to and she put the wheels in action in regards to the proper diagnosis of my condition and what could be achieved with proper, thorough medical intervention.
Dr David took over my care from Dr Kate when she went on maternity leave and carried on with plan already in place. He has helped me manage a number of chronic conditions, diagnosing some missed by doctor back in Sydney.
For some 6 and a half years of seeing literally dozens of doctors and two so called specialists failed to find the root cause of a condition that incapacitated me and left me with severe crippling pain. It took until we moved to the region and entered the doors of Westside Medical that my partner and I felt we were finally being REALLY listened to.
Dr Dave, Kate and every doctor I've had to see have been a delight and have shown same attention of care that I can only say that we are just so very very grateful to not only the Doctors, but the nurses and the lovely 🌹 admin staff in the "engine room'.
Unfortunately I can't recommend Westside Medical Centre higher than a 5 stars on Google. However we HIGHLY recommend Westside Medical Centre Port Maquarie for any medical needs you or you're family rely on.
If it were possible ... my wife and myself would rate ALL our associations with Westside Medical with 10 stars. Since arriving in Port 8 years ago David could not have been more helpful and professional as we navigated through challenging health issues. So grateful to be under his care.
Heather and Paul Beeching
Heather and Paul Beeching
Simply outstanding. The reception staff are lovely. As is the nurse. Dr Geoff Arthurson is empathetic, thoughtful, & proactive. Highly recommend.
My care team Dr is Dr Robab Sahaf who is so caring and understanding. Thank you Dr Robab for being amazing.
Great medical centre, Dr Mark Stewart is second to none, fantastic at what he does, he always makes you feel relaxed and reassured, couldn’t recommend more! And a shoutout to Nurse Rosemary who is so lovely and kind
The doctors here are among the best people who have cared for my elderly parents. We are grateful for their support during the challenges of caring for my health and others in the family .
Finally after 10 years in Port Macquarie I have finally found an exceptional Dr.. My first consultant with Dr Kate Moriarty and I found her to be very personable with a very caring natute. I was first seen by a nurse who was absolutely brilliant and so kind. Highly recommend this practice..
Dr Maddie Setterfield is a terrific doctor with a collaborative approach to her patients!
Shes kind, listens & is never patronizing. A great new addition to a brilliantly run stand out GP medical practice .
Thank you Maddie, Dr Suzanne Lyon & Dr David Chessor & the staff & doctors of Westfield Medical Centre.
Christine O' Connor
(Patient for 8 years)
Shes kind, listens & is never patronizing. A great new addition to a brilliantly run stand out GP medical practice .
Thank you Maddie, Dr Suzanne Lyon & Dr David Chessor & the staff & doctors of Westfield Medical Centre.
Christine O' Connor
(Patient for 8 years)