The average 10g/ml rates apply to extemporaneously prepared benefits not in the Standard Formulae List, where the approved supplier didn’t price such prescriptions.
The current prices include the following fees and rates:
- a dispensing fee of $10.71
- the additional fee for agreed price items of $1.87
- the container rates found on the PBS website.
The average rate is the average of all standard formulae benefit prices for each extemporaneous preparation type.
An asterisk (*) means no prescriptions were submitted for the preparation type.
A zero price shows if an extemporaneous preparation type has no related standard formulae to calculate an average price. If you submit a prescription for payment for these average rate codes you must include a price.
The table is updated monthly.
| PB code | Preparation name | Average 10 g/ml rate ($) | Price payable for maximum quantity ($) | Maximum price to patients ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13Q | Creams | 0.5970 | 18.06 | 19.93 |
| 15T | Ear drops | 0.5589 | 12.53 | 14.40 |
| 19B | Eye drops with cocaine hydrochloride | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 22E | Eye drops, other | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 23F | Eye lotions | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 29M | Inhalations | 1.0536 | 17.28 | 19.15 |
| 30N | Mouth washes | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 34T | Linctuses, other | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 39C | Lotions | 0.2075 | 16.34 | 18.21 |
| 40D | Mixtures, other | 1.7515 | 46.70 | 31.60 |
| 41E | Mixtures for children, other | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 42F | Nasal instillations | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 43G | Ointments, waxes | 1.3791 | 25.88 | 27.75 |
| 44H | Paints | 103.2924 | 270.15 | 31.60 |
| 45J | Pastes, other | 3.7526 | 49.62 | 31.60 |
| 48M | Dusting powders | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 49N | Powders for internal use | 4.6820 | 58.30 | 31.60 |
| 52R | Solutions | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 63H | Pastes containing cocaine hydrochloride | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 64J | Linctuses containing codeine phosphate | 1.0129 | 21.71 | 23.58 |
| 65K | Mixtures containing codeine phosphate | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 66L | Mixtures, children with codeine phosphate | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |