Get All MBS Items | RebateRight

curl https://api.rebateright.com.au/MedicareItems \
     -H "x-api-key: <apiKey>"

{
  "ItemsCount": 3,
  "MedicareItems": [
    {
      "ItemNumber": "3",
      "Description": "Professional attendance at consulting rooms (other than a service to which another item applies) by a general practitioner for an obvious problem characterised by the straightforward nature of the task that requires a short patient history and, if required, limited examination and management-each attendance\n",
      "Category": "1",
      "Group": "A1",
      "BenefitType": "_100",
      "ItemStartDate": "1989-12-01",
      "ScheduleFee": "20.05",
      "ScheduleFeeStartDate": "2025-07-01"
    },
    {
      "ItemNumber": "4",
      "Description": "Professional attendance by a general practitioner (other than attendance at consulting rooms or a residential aged care facility or a service to which another item in the table applies) that requires a short patient history and, if necessary, limited examination and management-an attendance on one or more patients at one place on one occasion-each patient\n",
      "Category": "1",
      "Group": "A1",
      "BenefitType": "_75_100",
      "ItemStartDate": "1989-12-01",
      "DerivedFee": "The fee for item 3, plus $30.70 divided by the number of patients seen, up to a maximum of six patients. For seven or more patients - the fee for item 3 plus $2.45 per patient."
    },
    {
      "ItemNumber": "23",
      "Description": "Professional attendance by a general practitioner at consulting rooms (other than a service to which another item in this Schedule applies), lasting at least 6 minutes and less than 20 minutes and including any of the following that are clinically relevant:(a) taking a patient history;(b) performing a clinical examination;(c) arranging any necessary investigation;(d) implementing a management plan;(e) providing appropriate preventive health care;for one or more health-related issues, with appropriate documentation\n",
      "Category": "1",
      "Group": "A1",
      "BenefitType": "_100",
      "ItemStartDate": "1989-12-01",
      "ScheduleFee": "43.90",
      "ScheduleFeeStartDate": "2025-07-01"
    }
  ]
}

curl https://api.rebateright.com.au/MedicareItems \
     -H "x-api-key: <apiKey>"

{
  "ItemsCount": 3,
  "MedicareItems": [
    {
      "ItemNumber": "3",
      "Description": "Professional attendance at consulting rooms (other than a service to which another item applies) by a general practitioner for an obvious problem characterised by the straightforward nature of the task that requires a short patient history and, if required, limited examination and management-each attendance\n",
      "Category": "1",
      "Group": "A1",
      "BenefitType": "_100",
      "ItemStartDate": "1989-12-01",
      "ScheduleFee": "20.05",
      "ScheduleFeeStartDate": "2025-07-01"
    },
    {
      "ItemNumber": "4",
      "Description": "Professional attendance by a general practitioner (other than attendance at consulting rooms or a residential aged care facility or a service to which another item in the table applies) that requires a short patient history and, if necessary, limited examination and management-an attendance on one or more patients at one place on one occasion-each patient\n",
      "Category": "1",
      "Group": "A1",
      "BenefitType": "_75_100",
      "ItemStartDate": "1989-12-01",
      "DerivedFee": "The fee for item 3, plus $30.70 divided by the number of patients seen, up to a maximum of six patients. For seven or more patients - the fee for item 3 plus $2.45 per patient."
    },
    {
      "ItemNumber": "23",
      "Description": "Professional attendance by a general practitioner at consulting rooms (other than a service to which another item in this Schedule applies), lasting at least 6 minutes and less than 20 minutes and including any of the following that are clinically relevant:(a) taking a patient history;(b) performing a clinical examination;(c) arranging any necessary investigation;(d) implementing a management plan;(e) providing appropriate preventive health care;for one or more health-related issues, with appropriate documentation\n",
      "Category": "1",
      "Group": "A1",
      "BenefitType": "_100",
      "ItemStartDate": "1989-12-01",
      "ScheduleFee": "43.90",
      "ScheduleFeeStartDate": "2025-07-01"
    }
  ]
}

Retrieves the full list of MBS items (~6,000 entries), each enriched with RebateRight-derived metadata such as MBS notes and the claim-history limitation period.

🔍 Sample only — the example below shows 3 items. The live API returns the full MBS catalogue, with ItemsCount reflecting the real total.

Authentication

x-api-keystring

API Key authentication via header

x-minor-idstring

API Key authentication via header

Response

OK — full MBS catalogue.

ItemsCountinteger

Total number of items returned in MedicareItems.

MedicareItemslist of objects

All MBS items. One entry per item number.

$	curl https://api.rebateright.com.au/MedicareItems \
>	-H "x-api-key: <apiKey>"

1	{
2	"ItemsCount": 3,
3	"MedicareItems": [
4	{
5	"ItemNumber": "3",
6	"Description": "Professional attendance at consulting rooms (other than a service to which another item applies) by a general practitioner for an obvious problem characterised by the straightforward nature of the task that requires a short patient history and, if required, limited examination and management-each attendance\n",
7	"Category": "1",
8	"Group": "A1",
9	"BenefitType": "_100",
10	"ItemStartDate": "1989-12-01",
11	"ScheduleFee": "20.05",
12	"ScheduleFeeStartDate": "2025-07-01"
13	},
14	{
15	"ItemNumber": "4",
16	"Description": "Professional attendance by a general practitioner (other than attendance at consulting rooms or a residential aged care facility or a service to which another item in the table applies) that requires a short patient history and, if necessary, limited examination and management-an attendance on one or more patients at one place on one occasion-each patient\n",
17	"Category": "1",
18	"Group": "A1",
19	"BenefitType": "_75_100",
20	"ItemStartDate": "1989-12-01",
21	"DerivedFee": "The fee for item 3, plus $30.70 divided by the number of patients seen, up to a maximum of six patients. For seven or more patients - the fee for item 3 plus $2.45 per patient."
22	},
23	{
24	"ItemNumber": "23",
25	"Description": "Professional attendance by a general practitioner at consulting rooms (other than a service to which another item in this Schedule applies), lasting at least 6 minutes and less than 20 minutes and including any of the following that are clinically relevant:(a) taking a patient history;(b) performing a clinical examination;(c) arranging any necessary investigation;(d) implementing a management plan;(e) providing appropriate preventive health care;for one or more health-related issues, with appropriate documentation\n",
26	"Category": "1",
27	"Group": "A1",
28	"BenefitType": "_100",
29	"ItemStartDate": "1989-12-01",
30	"ScheduleFee": "43.90",
31	"ScheduleFeeStartDate": "2025-07-01"
32	}
33	]
34	}