Service Descriptions & Fee Schedule
Please note, from 1st July 2024, there will be a fee increase of $5 applicable to all consults.
Women's Health Assessment
Initial [75mins | $200 | Private health code: 530 for home visits, or 500 for clinic sessions] Choose this service for any pelvic floor issues, for women of any age, including bladder issues (incontinence, urgency, frequency etc), bowel issues (constipation, incontinence etc), prolapse assessment, pessary queries, sexual pain, gynaecological surgery, endometriosis etc + if you have not had a baby within the last 5 years. (If you have had a baby within the last 5 years, please select the ‘Postnatal Initial Assessment’.)
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Review [45 mins | $130* | Private health code: 535 for home visits, or 593 for clinic sessions]
Choose this service to book any follow up appointments after you have had your Women's Health Initial Assessment with Port Lincoln Women's Physio. If you have not been a client at this clinic before, or if you have been to see us in over 6 months, and your symptoms have changed, please book a ‘Women’s Health Initial Assessment’ so we can have the time to properly and thoroughly assess you & make a new plan of attack.
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Pregnancy Assessments
Initial <29 weeks at time of appointment [60mins | $170 | Private health code: 530 for home visits, or 500 for clinic sessions]
>30 weeks at time of appointment [75mins | $200 | Private health code: 530 for home visits, or 500 for clinic sessions]
Choose this service if you're pregnant and wish to discuss birth prep, risk factors, tips and tricks for early postnatal recovery from either vaginal birth or caesarean section birth, pelvic floor exercises during pregnancy, pregnancy safe exercise modifications, pelvic pain, varicose veins, to learn perineal massage, and for any general pregnancy related aches and pains. Recommended times for pregnancy consults are at 20, 28, 34, 36/37 weeks gestation, but even if you have left it later than that, assessments at any gestation still have enormous benefits.
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Review [45 mins | $130* | Private health code: 535 for home visits, or 593 for clinic sessions]
Choose this service to book any follow up appointments after you have had your Pregnancy Initial Assessment with Port Lincoln Women's Physio.
Postnatal Assessment
Initial Existing clients^: [60 mins | $170* | Private health code: 530 for home visits, or 500 for clinic sessions]
New clients: [75 mins | $200 | Private health code: 530 for home visits, or 500 for clinic sessions]
Choose this service if you have had a baby within the last 5 years, regardless of if you birthed via c-section or a vaginal birth. Appropriate for women wanting a pelvic floor check up, abdominal separation assessment and advice, wanting a return to running assessment, or those suffering from any bladder, bowel, prolapse or sexual function issues. Please note, if you have been to Port Lincoln Women’s Physio before, but have since had another baby, please choose this option after each birth (not just a review consult). ^ Existing clients refers to those ladies that I have seen during their pregnancies.
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Review [45 mins | $130* | Private health code: 535 for home visits, or 593 for clinic sessions]
Choose this service to book any follow up appointments after you have had your Postnatal Initial Assessment with Port Lincoln Women's Physio. After each separate birth, please select another ‘Postnatal Initial Assessment’.
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Pessary Fitting
Initial [60 mins | $170* + pessary cost | Private health code: 530 for home visits, or 500 for clinic sessions]
Choose this service only if you have already had your ‘Women’s Health (or Postnatal) Initial Assessment’ at Port Lincoln Women’s Physio & if we have recommended a pessary would be suitable for you. Please note, you must have either a ‘Women’s Health (or Postnatal) Initial Assessment” through our clinic prior to booking this appointment.
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Review [45 mins* | $130 | Private health code: 535 for home visits, or 593 for clinic sessions]
Choose this service only if you are one of Port Lincoln Women’s Physio’s current pessary clients who needs to be seen for a check up, clean or replacement. If you have not had your pessary fitted at this clinic, you will need to book a ‘Women’s Health (or Postnatal) Initial Assessment’ first.
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General Physiotherapy Assessment
Initial [45 mins | $130* | Private health code: 530 for home visits, or 500 for clinic sessions]
Choose this service for any new presentations to our clinic relating to any general aches and pains, musculoskeletal issues, sports, orthopaedic, dry needling, clinical exercise etc.
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Review [45 mins | $130* | Private health code: 535 for home visits or 505 for clinic sessions]
Choose this service to book any follow up appointments after you have had your General Physiotherapy Initial Assessment with Port Lincoln Women's Physio. For the purpose of Private Health Claiming, if you were seeing me for your neck, however now you've hurt your ankle, please ensure you book an 'Initial', not just this review.
Mastitis and Breast Inflammatory Conditions
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Initial [60 mins | $170* or $200^ | Private health code: 530 for home visits, or 500 for clinic sessions]
Review [45 mins | $130* or $160^ | Private health code: 535 for home visits, or 505 for clinic sessions]
Are you currently lactating (or have recently ceased) and are suffering from all or any of these symptoms: pain, redness, tightness & tenderness in your breasts? Feeling generally off? Know something doesn't feel right? Mastitis isn't something that should be left to "watch and wait" as it can worsen very quickly & make you quite unwell. For an out of hours, emergency appointment, please fill out our Mastitis Booking Form & I will get back to you ASAP & hopefully we can make something work. I will always bring my ultrasound machine to these consults & provide you with advice and treatment to hopefully catch it before it worsens. Please don't wait to get help, and always chat to your lactation consultant, GP or medical provider.
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^ price for an out of hours emergency home visit consult (any time not within normal PLWP consulting times)
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* Consults are charged based on length of appointment time. At times, consults will take significantly longer than the allocated time. Prices for consults that are 60 mins are $170 and those that go for 75 mins or more are $200.
Cancellation Policy, Terms & Conditions, Informed Choice and Payer Information
By booking an appointment at Port Lincoln Women's Physio, you are agreeing to the following Terms & Conditions:
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Cancellation Fees
I know life, especially with little people around, can be very unexpected! For this reason, I try to be as flexible as possible, however, a minimum of 4 hours notice is required to cancel or reschedule your upcoming appointment. If you fail to provide the required notice, you will be charged a 50% fee of the consult type you were booked in for (see above). For example, if you were booked in for a Women’s Health Initial Assessment, you would be charged a $100 cancellation fee. If you were booked in for a review appointment, you would be charged $65. This fee is not claimable on your private health insurance, and you would have to cover the cost independently. If you cancel/change your appointment and have provided more than 4 hours notice, you will not incur any fees. Should you have paid a 50% deposit for your appointment already, this amount will be forfeited as your cancellation fee. If you had not been required to pay a deposit for your session, you will be emailed, or posted, an invoice that requires payment within 14 days.
Missed Appointment Fees
If you simply do not attend your appointment, or are not at your nominated address at the time of your scheduled appointment, or if you turn me away, without having attempted to cancel earlier via text, email or phone call/voicemail, you will be charged the 100% fee for the consult type you had booked (see above). Again, this is not claimable on your private health insurance as they will only provide a rebate on services you attended. I will endeavour to make reasonable contact with you, however if I have not heard anything from you after 15 minutes, your session will be forfeited as a "Did Not Attend" fee, of 100% of the above appointment cost. You will be emailed, or posted, an invoice which requires payment within 14 days.
How to pay for your appointment
I have a mobile HICAPS terminal, where we can swipe your private health card, and you'll just have to pay the gap on the spot. **Please note, not all Health Funds allow us to use a mobile terminal unfortunately. Click this link to see if your fund will**. If your health fund is not on this list, you will need to pay in full either via cash or card, and I will be able to email or post you a copy of the paid invoice for you to claim back manually with your health fund afterwards. If you want to know in advance what your gap will be, you will need to call your health fund directly and quote the item code(s) and our fees that you will find on the Fees page.
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If you do not have private health insurance for Physiotherapy, you are required to cover the full price of the consult independently via either card (preferred) or cash. Please note, I do not accept payment via cheques. If you wish to pay in cash, please endeavour to have the correct amount where possible.
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All fees must be paid in full on the day of service.
Third Party Payers
Unfortunately at this time, I am not able to take on any clients wishing to pay via any third party, for example, Return to Work SA, DVA, MVA, NDIS, My Aged Care, and the like. This also includes Medicare EPC/TCA scheme clients.
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Informed Choice
It is important to us that you always feel comfortable and in control of what is happening with you and your body. You always have the right to refuse any treatment or assessment. Where possible, your Physiotherapist will explain any risks associated with any part of your session, as well as the benefits, alternative options, and anything else to note if you did choose not to go ahead with a treatment or assessment. You may withdraw your consent at any stage. Consent may be implied, given verbally, or written. Any client receiving our service that is legally unable to provide their own consent must be accompanied by someone who is legally able to make decisions on their behalf for the duration of all sessions.
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Terms & Conditions
By booking an appointment with Port Lincoln Women's Physio, you are agreeing to the above Cancellation Policy & Terms & Conditions. You acknowledge the above Informed Choice information and provide your consent for assessment and treatment/management strategies. You acknowledge that these policies and terms may be changed without notice.
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Last updated Sept 2023.
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