MBS item 2488 ==== GP provides clinical support at patient's location during specialist video consultation, lasting 20–40 minutes, with GP physically present throughout. Category 1 · Professional attendances[Group A48 · subgroup 1](/groups/A48) Schedule fee$118.15 100% benefitGP, out of hospital$118.15 85% benefitOut of hospital— 75% benefitIn hospital— The schedule fee for MBS item 2488 is $118.15. Medicare pays $118.15 (100%) out of hospital. Fee effective 1 July 2026. Gap for what you charge ----------------------- Your fee$ Out of hospital Medicare pays$118.15 Patient gap$0.00 Bulk billing means accepting $118.15 as full payment, with no gap and no extra charges. [Add incentives](/bulk-billing?item=2488) Item descriptor --------------- Professional attendance by a general practitioner, at a place other than consulting rooms, lasting at least 20 minutes but less than 40 minutes, if: (a) the attendance is to provide clinical support to a patient to whom a specialist or consultant physician is providing a service, to which another item applies, by way of a video conferencing consultation; and(b) the patient is not an admitted patient; and(c) the patient is not a care recipient in a residential aged care facility; and(d) the medical practitioner is located in the same room as the patient for the whole of the attendance [Explanatory notes and rules on MBS Online ↗](https://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=item&q=2488) Guides ------ - [How Medicare benefits work: schedule fees, 75%, 85% and 100%](/guides/how-medicare-benefits-work) - [Medicare safety nets explained: original and extended (EMSN) thresholds for 2026](/guides/medicare-safety-nets) - [In-hospital billing: the 75% benefit, the 25% fund benefit, and no-gap and known-gap schemes](/guides/in-hospital-billing-and-gap-cover) - [Bulk billing incentives and BBPIP explained: 2026 amounts by MM area](/guides/bulk-billing-incentives) - [The MBS multiple operation rule and surgical assistant fees](/guides/multiple-operation-rule) - [Assignment of benefit for bulk billing: the changes from 1 July 2026](/guides/assignment-of-benefit-2026) - [MBS telehealth rules: the eligible telehealth practitioner and phone items](/guides/mbs-telehealth-rules) - [GP chronic condition management plans: items 965 and 967 explained](/guides/chronic-condition-management-plans) - [Medicare billing compliance: claim time limits, records and the 80/20 rule](/guides/medicare-billing-compliance) Data source: [Australian Government Medicare Benefits Schedule](https://www.mbsonline.gov.au/) · Record updated 1 September 2026. Health fund rates come from each fund's published schedule. Verify item descriptors, rules and fees on [MBS Online](https://www9.health.gov.au/mbs/fullDisplay.cfm?type=item&q=2488) before billing. This is a reference tool, not billing or financial advice.