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 $10.92
- the additional fee for agreed price items of $1.91
- the container rates found on the PBS website.
The average rate is the average of all standard formulae benefit prices for each extemporaneous preparation type.
An asterisk (*) means no prescriptions were submitted for the preparation type.
A zero price shows if an extemporaneous preparation type has no related standard formulae to calculate an average price. If you submit a prescription for payment for these average rate codes you must include a price.
The table is updated monthly.
PB code | Preparation name | Average 10 g/ml rate ($) | Price payable for maximum quantity ($) | Maximum price to patients ($) |
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13Q | Creams | 0.4136 | 16.49 | 18.40 |
15T | Ear drops | 0.5846 | 12.78 | 14.69 |
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 | 0.8960 | 16.74 | 18.65 |
30N | Mouth washes | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
34T | Linctuses, other | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
39C | Lotions | 0.1015 | 14.43 | 16.34 |
40D | Mixtures, other | 1.5421 | 42.72 | 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 | 1.3800 | 26.15 | 28.06 |
44H | Paints | 152.6079 | 393.65 | 31.60 |
45J | Pastes, other | 3.6878 | 49.23 | 31.60 |
48M | Dusting powders | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
49N | Powders for internal use | 4.9180 | 60.87 | 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 | 1.0627 | 22.43 | 24.34 |
65K | Mixtures containing codeine phosphate | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
66L | Mixtures, children with codeine phosphate | 0.0000 | 0.00 | 0.00 |