38MRI and MRA services — multiple services rule

38 MRI and MRA services — multiple services rule

(1) If an MRI service described in an item in Subgroup 1, 2, 4, 5 or 14 of Group I5 in this table, and an MRA service described in an item in Subgroup 3 or 15 of that Group, are provided to the same person on the same day, only the fee specified in the item in Subgroup 1, 2, 4, 5 or 14 applies to the services.
(2) If a medical practitioner provides 2 or more MRI services described in Subgroup 12 or 13 of Group I5 in this table for the same patient on the same day, the fees specified for the items that apply to the services, other than the item with the highest fee, are reduced by 50%.
(3) For subrule (2):

(a) if 2 or more applicable fees are equally the highest, 1 only of those fees is taken to be the highest fee; and

(b) if a reduced fee calculated under subrule (2) is not a multiple of 5 cents, the reduced fee is taken to be the nearest amount that is a multiple of 5 cents.