What to Expect

Consulting Rooms

Dr Young’s main practice is located at Suite 213b, St John of God Specialist Suites, 25 McCourt Street, Subiaco WA 6008, and he also has rooms at other metropolitan and regional centres. Consultation times are provided on making a booking.

Fees

Surgical Fees:

As of 1st January 2026 Dr Young will no longer be participating as a preferred provider with any health funds including HBF.

All private patients will incur an out of-pocket fee for surgery which will be dependent on your private health insurance company and your level of cover.

Dr Young’s surgical fees are based on the fees which has been set by the Australia Medical Association (AMA).

Due to variances between health funds, your out-of-pocket expenses may vary depending on your health fund. Please be aware that sometimes we are unable to provide you with an estimate of surgical fees until your initial consultation with Dr Young. A cost breakdown will be explained at the time of booking surgery. Please go to the FAQ’s section where this is discussed in more detail or please contact the rooms on (08) 6373 0122 to discuss further.

For the first six weeks post-surgery all prescriptions for post-operative medications will be provided. The fee also includes all post-operative checks for the first 6 weeks, as many as required. Any paperwork or certificates you require will also be provided by the rooms to avoid you needing to visit your General practitioner (unless that is you and your GP’s preference). 

Recently the Government and the Medicare taskforce made significant alterations to the schedule of Medicare benefits. This is the fee for individual procedures or ‘items’ set out by the government since Medicare’s inception. 

Ostensibly this reform was to rationalise the schedule but the most recent changes led to the removal of more than 900 items. 

While we have attempted to absorb the costs, it has become necessary to charge a fee to manage the additional outpatient requirement for many procedures.

Consultations fees:

Initial consult is $250.00 with a rebate of $86.15 which can be claimed back from Medicare with a GP/Specialist referral. Follow up consults are $120.00 with a rebate of $43.35 from Medicare. Your account will be processed to Medicare by our staff and your rebate put directly back into your bank account.

Workers Compensation, Motor Vehicle Insurance Commission and Dept. of Veterans Affairs accounts are sent directly to the insurer and no fee is charged.

Workcover

Workers compensation injuries benefit from early assessment and intervention. Clear documentation and communication between treating team members and the patients’ injury management advisor and their insurer/employer is important.

We endeavour to prioritise workplace injury referrals. Letters and documents will be provided to your referrer pending the urgency.

Sam works with a team of allied health professionals who are all experienced in musculoskeletal care and understand the specific needs of workplace injury management.

Injury management advisors provide a crucial link in communication and support. IMA’s are encouraged to attend consultations where possible. 

Legal representation is often required for these injuries. Sam can provide reports to your solicitor or can provide you with advice and direction should you need one.

Trauma & Emergency Surgery

For many emergencies you are better off being managed in the public system. These include infections and multiple bone injuries. This means, however that the public system with its limited resources can have significant delays.