Fees

A new baby brings more than enough to think about. Medicare, private health cover and newborn billing can be genuinely confusing, and the first weeks at home are busy and tender. So we’ve set things up to take that off your plate.

We take care of it for you

Rather than leaving you with a large bill to sort out with Medicare and your health fund, we guide you through each step:

Clear costs before the birth. You’ll receive a personal estimate during pregnancy, and what you pay is capped, whatever your circumstances.

Nothing to pay in hospital. We send the invoice after you go home, and don’t take payment until around 6 weeks.

Help getting your baby onto Medicare. We’ll walk you through registering your baby and linking your family, so you receive every rebate you’re entitled to.

We claim for you. We lodge your Medicare claim the moment you pay, so the rebate is usually back in your account within a few days. If your baby needs the nursery, we bill your health fund directly.

Our fees and what you’ll pay

Our fees reflect specialist neonatologist-led care, from pregnancy and birth through to follow-up at home. At the same time, we keep what families pay capped and predictable, because we believe being clear about costs is part of caring for you well.

For each baby, after your Medicare rebate
CareOur FeeMost Families PayNever More Than

Antenatal video consultFree for every familyBulk-billed where eligible
Hospital careWhole stay$1,410$220–$383$740
Phone consultsAt about 2 and 4 weeksFree for every familyBulk-billed where eligible
6-week consult$650About $100$275
4-month and 8-month consults$380 eachAbout $60 each$275 each

Why most families pay so little. Every family we care for has their pregnancy care with the obstetricians at Grace Private. For most, those costs take the family past Medicare’s Safety Net threshold for the year – and from then on, Medicare pays back much more for each visit.

Known costs for every family. If Medicare pays back less for your family, or your baby doesn’t have Medicare, we simply reduce our fees so you never pay more than the amounts in the Never More Than column. We’ll confirm your fees in your estimate before the birth, and check in with you again before we invoice.

Why hospital care is a range. Our fee for the hospital stay is the same for every baby, but what Medicare pays back depends on when your baby is seen and by which of our clinicians. So what you pay falls somewhere in the range shown, and never above $740.

A new year. Medicare’s higher rebates reset on 1 January, so a consult early in a new year may cost more, up to $275. We’ll always let you know beforehand.

Twins. Double the joy shouldn’t mean double the cost. We bulk-bill your second baby’s care in full, in hospital and in clinic, so you pay for one baby only.

More about fees

A new baby brings more than enough to think about. Medicare, private health cover and newborn billing can be genuinely confusing, and the first weeks at home are busy and tender. So we've set things up to take that off your plate.

One fee for the hospital stay. Babies don’t keep office hours, and we never want you to think twice about calling us. After-hours call-ins, extra reviews, 24-hour on-call cover and advice to your midwives are all part of the one fee.
Known costs, whatever your circumstances. You’ll never pay more than $740 for your baby’s hospital care or $275 for a clinic consult.
Free antenatal and phone consults for every family (bulk-billed where eligible). We want these to be there for everyone.
We’re still here between appointments. There’s no charge for advice in between, or for Nest Notes, our library of guides for families.
Three small steps in the first week or two make sure you receive every rebate you’re entitled to. We’ll remind you and help with each one:
1. Register your baby with Medicare soon after birth.
2. Add your baby to your private health policy.
3. Make sure your family is registered together for the Medicare Safety Net in myGov, so your costs count together.
If any of that feels like a lot in those early days, just ask – we’re always happy to walk you through it.
We’ve tried to make paying as easy as it can be.
Hospital care – there’s no rush. We send the invoice after you go home, but we don’t take payment until around 6 weeks, so you have time to get your baby onto your Medicare card. We’ll take payment at your 6-week consult, or give you a call around then if you’re not coming in.
Clinic consults are paid at each appointment.
You pay the fee first, and Medicare pays you back. We lodge your claim the moment you pay, so the rebate usually lands in your account within a few days. It does mean the amount on the day is bigger than what you end up paying. At the 6-week consult, hospital care and the consult together come to $2,060, and for most families about $1,580–$1,740 comes straight back from Medicare. If we’ve reduced your fees, the amount on the day is smaller, and your estimate shows the exact figure.
Payments go through Halaxy, our clinic software, which keeps card details securely encrypted – no one at Nest ever sees your card number. We cover card surcharges ourselves, so the fee you see is the fee you pay. If a payment can’t be taken on the day, it’s due within 7 days. If paying in one go is hard, just tell us and we’ll set up a payment plan. And if we ever charge the wrong fee, we’ll put it right and refund the difference.
If plans change. Life with a newborn is wonderfully unpredictable, and we understand completely. If you can’t make an appointment, just let us know when you can, so we can offer the time to another family. There’s no fee for missed appointments.
If your baby needs some time in the special care nursery, their care there is covered by your private health fund. We bill the fund directly, so there’s nothing for you to pay us for that time – you can simply focus on your baby. The first review after birth is charged as usual.
If you don’t have private health cover, what you pay us for your baby’s hospital care stays within the amounts above, however long they’re in the nursery. The hospital charges separately for each day of the admission, so we’ll sit down with you and talk it all through, including the option of transfer to a public hospital.
For anyone who’d like the detail, here are our fees and the Medicare item numbers behind them. Each Nest clinician sets their own fees and bills under their own Medicare provider number; these are the fees our newborn clinicians have each adopted. Fees are per baby.
Antenatal video consult (item 91824)
Bulk-billed
Hospital initial review (item 110)
Our fee $650 · Medicare pays back about $156–$551
Hospital progress and discharge reviews (item 116*)
Our fee $380 each · Medicare pays back about $78–$320 each
Phone consults at 2 and 4 weeks (nurse practitioner telehealth)
Bulk-billed
6-week consult (item 110)
Our fee $650 · Medicare pays back about $156–$551
4-month and 8-month consults (item 116)
Our fee $380 each · Medicare pays back about $78–$320 each
Medicare pays back the higher figure once your family’s medical costs for the year pass the Safety Net threshold. * Some progress and discharge reviews are billed under Medicare item 82210 at the same fee; Medicare pays back about $53–$238 for these.
Every clinic consult is the same unhurried 45-minute appointment, whatever the item number. We review our fees once a year, and we’ll always let you know before anything changes. After the 8-month consult, your baby’s care continues with one of our general paediatricians at Nest Children’s – same team, same rooms.
Whether we’ve known your child since birth or we’re meeting for the first time, our paediatric consults are unhurried and family-centred. Most families come to Nest Children’s on a GP referral.
We’ll confirm our Nest Children’s fees in early 2027. As a rough guide, most families can expect to pay around $220–$285 per consult after their Medicare rebate, and less if Medicare’s higher rebates apply to your family that year. Second-opinion consults are bulk-billed. We’ll always confirm the cost with you at booking.
If anything here is unclear, please ask – no question about fees is too small. Email hello@nestclinics.com.au or call 07 5526 9777. We’re so grateful to be part of your family’s journey.