Payment – dentist fees Adelaide
Our wonderful team at the front desk can help you with general payment queries, while our dentists Dr Renee and Dr Tharaka will discuss details about the cost of treatment during your consultation.
After you’ve been in to see the dentist, we kindly ask you to pay your fees at the front desk. If you think you may have problems affording your dental bill, please call us before your appointment so we can try to help.
Ways you can pay
- Cash
- Cheque
- EFTPOS
- Credit card – we accept American Express, Diners, Visa and MasterCard
- Other payment options – simply ask our reception team
Private health insurance
Our practice isn’t financially affiliated with any particular private health insurer. We’re an independent practice that focuses on serving you, the patient. We welcome patients belonging to any private health insurance fund, as well as patients who don’t have cover.
If you have private health insurance with dental cover, we’re online with the HICAPS system,so we can process your claim on the day of treatment – on the spot, no waiting for money to come through.
Please remember that health insurance rebates vary considerably from fund to fund and will depend on your level of cover.
The Australian Dental Association covers all the latest information and issues on this topic. Go to ada.org.au and click on Private health insurance: get the facts.
Department of Veterans’ Affairs
Under this Medicare scheme via the Department of Veterans’ Affairs, you may claim benefits if you’re a DVA Gold Card holder. If you’re a White Card holder, only certain dental treatments are covered.
To be best informed about your cover, please refer to the information page on the Australian Government website: dva.gov.au/providers/dentists-dental-specialists-and-dental-prosthetists
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FAQs
In a nutshell, sometimes. Private health insurance in Australia is divided into Hospital Cover, which can help with major operations in hospital, and Extras, which can help with allied heath care such as dental, optical, physiotherapy etc. Most of the time, the private health insurance provider will chip in towards the cost of the provider’s fee. Most of the time our patients find that the rebate provided may not be worth the premiums required to have the Extras cover in the first place. Thus, many patients find they are better off with no extras cover at all. Given that most of our patients have regular preventive care with us, they rarely end up with major problems, and it is often better to not have Extras cover. Some patients shop around and have their hospital cover with one provider, and their extras cover with another provider, that contributes far better for allied health. It’s a complex decision that requires carefully consideration and calculation of one’s personal health situation, budget, likelihood of needing to claim, and the degree the provider will support the patient in seeing a provider they know and trust.
For more information, please visit the comprehensive article by the ADA on private health insurance on teeth.org.au
Shepherds Hill Dental Centre participates in the Child Dental Benefit Scheme, or CDBS, and the Veteran’s Affairs Scheme. We are a non bulk billing practice for CDBS and so for most treatments, there will be a small co payment along with the government funded portion of the care, for eligible patients. The practice has always had a long associated with the Veteran’s Affairs scheme. Dr Tharaka is a serving army officer, and all of our clinicians enjoy supporting veterans with their dental care.
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