The current prices include the following fees and rates:
- a dispensing fee of $10.41
- the additional fee for agreed price items of $1.80
- the container rates from the PBS website.
The average rate is the average of all standard formulae benefit prices for each extemporaneous preparation type.
An asterisk (*) means no prescriptions were submitted for the preparation type.
A zero price shows if an extemporaneous preparation type has no related standard formulae to calculate an average price. If you submit a prescription for payment for these average rate codes you must include a price.
The table is current as of September 2023. We update it each month.
| PB code | Preparation name | Average 10 g/mL rate (in cents) | Price payable for maximum quantity ($) | Maximum price to patients ($) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13Q | Creams | 57.49 | 17.53 | 19.33 |
| 15T | Ear drops | 54.04 | 12.20 | 14.00 |
| 19B | Eye drops with cocaine hydrochloride | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 22E | Eye drops, other | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 23F | Eye lotions | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 29M | Inhalations | 145.40 | 18.91 | 20.71 |
| 30N | Mouth washes | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 34T | Linctuses, other | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| *39C | Lotions | 19.75 | 15.71 | 17.51 |
| 40D | Mixtures, other | 76.43 | 26.57 | 28.37 |
| 41E | Mixtures for children, other | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 42F | Nasal instillations | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 43G | Ointments, waxes | 130.29 | 24.81 | 26.61 |
| 44H | Paints | 6833.58 | 182.17 | 30.00 |
| 45J | Pastes, other | 328.40 | 44.62 | 30.00 |
| 48M | Dusting powders | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 49N | Powders for internal use | 468.20 | 58.00 | 30.00 |
| 52R | Solutions | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 63H | Pastes containing cocaine hydrochloride | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 64J | Linctuses containing codeine phosphate | 93.78 | 20.64 | 22.44 |
| 65K | Mixtures containing codeine phosphate | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| 66L | Mixtures, children with codeine phosphate | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |