Hospitals (Services Charges for Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Determination 2004

Western Australia

Hospitals and Health Services Act 1927
Hospitals (Services Charges) Regulations 1984

1.Citation

This determination may be cited as the Hospitals (Services Charges for Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Determination 2004.

2.Interpretation

Unless the contrary intention appears, a word or phrase to which a meaning is attributed by, or by virtue of its use in the Hospitals (Services Charges) Regulations 1984 has the same meaning when it is used in this determination.

3.Application

This determination applies to magnetic resonance imaging services rendered by, in or at —

(a)Princess Margaret Hospital for Children;

(b)Royal Perth Hospital; or

(c)Sir Charles Gardiner Hospital.

4.Charges payable in respect of magnetic resonance imaging

The charges specified in the Table to this clause are the charges payable in respect of magnetic resonance imaging services rendered to —

(a)compensable in‑patients;

(b)ineligible in‑patients;

(c)compensable out‑patients;

(d)ineligible out‑patients;

(e)compensable same day patients;

(f)ineligible same day patients; or

(g)any person for the purposes of research.

Table of charges for magnetic resonance imaging services

Item	Service	Charge (per study)
1	For a magnetic resonance study of —
	(a)1 region of the body	$1 080
	(b)2 contiguous regions of the body	$1 080
	(c)2 or more separate regions of the body	$2 160
	(d)3 or more contiguous regions of the body	$2 160
2	If Gadolinium used as a contrast medium an additional charge	$128

5.Revocation

The Hospitals (Services Charges for Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Determination 1996 is revoked.

Notes

1This is a compilation of the Hospitals (Services Charges for Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Determination 2004. The following table contains information about that Determination.

Compilation table

Citation	Gazettal	Commencement
Hospitals (Services Charges for Magnetic Resonance Imaging) Determination 2004	21 Sep 2004 p. 4121‑2	21 Sep 2004