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{
  "Title": "Review of Changes in Medicare Items for MBS Release on: 1 July 2026",
  "ChangedCounts": {
    "OldTotalItems": 6039,
    "NewTotalItems": 6045,
    "AddedItems": 8,
    "RemovedItems": 2,
    "ModifiedItems": 5437,
    "ModifiedItemsByEachField": {
      "BenefitType": 7,
      "ClaimHistoryLimitation": 2,
      "DerivedFee": 50,
      "Description": 80,
      "ScheduleFee": 5381,
      "ScheduleFeeStartDate": 5381
    }
  },
  "ChangedItemNumbers": {
    "AddedItems": [
      "12218",
      "12219",
      "32219",
      "45070",
      "45071",
      "45072",
      "73329",
      "73400"
    ],
    "RemovedItems": [
      "61470",
      "61477"
    ],
    "ModifiedItems": [
      "3",
      "4",
      "23",
      "36",
      "44",
      "46113",
      "50200",
      "50201"
    ],
    "ModifiedItemsByEachField": {
      "BenefitType": [
        "2978",
        "3069"
      ],
      "ClaimHistoryLimitation": [
        "50200",
        "50201"
      ],
      "Description": [
        "46113",
        "50200",
        "50201"
      ],
      "ScheduleFee": [
        "3",
        "23",
        "36",
        "44"
      ]
    }
  },
  "ChangedItems": {
    "AddedItems": [
      {
        "ItemNumber": "12218",
        "Description": "Overnight investigation of sleep, for at least 8 hours, for a patient aged at least 3 years but less than 12 years…",
        "Category": "2",
        "Group": "D1",
        "SubGroup": "10",
        "BenefitType": "_85",
        "ScheduleFee": "489.90",
        "ScheduleFeeStartDate": "2026-07-01",
        "ClaimHistoryLimitation": "Applicable according to description.",
        "EligibleAgeRange": "3 years or older and younger than 12 years",
        "ReferralRequirements": "This item needs a referral from a provider recognised as 'Medical practitioner'.",
        "ItemStartDate": "2026-07-01"
      }
    ],
    "RemovedItems": [
      {
        "ItemNumber": "61470",
        "Description": "Whole body or localised study using thallium-201, or single rest myocardial perfusion study using thallium-201…",
        "Category": "5",
        "Group": "I4",
        "SubGroup": "1",
        "BenefitType": "_75_85",
        "ScheduleFee": "1551.40",
        "ScheduleFeeStartDate": "2025-07-01",
        "ItemStartDate": "2023-07-01"
      }
    ],
    "ModifiedItems": [
      {
        "ItemNumber": "50200",
        "Changes": [
          {
            "FieldName": "Description",
            "OldValue": "Core needle biopsy of aggressive or potentially malignant bone or soft tissue tumour, excluding aftercare (Anaes.)",
            "NewValue": "Core needle biopsy of aggressive or potentially malignant bone or soft tissue tumour, excluding aftercare, if the service has not already applied to the patient twice in the preceding 12 months for a service provided by the same provider (Anaes.)"
          },
          {
            "FieldName": "ScheduleFee",
            "OldValue": "219.55",
            "NewValue": "225.25"
          },
          {
            "FieldName": "ScheduleFeeStartDate",
            "OldValue": "2025-07-01",
            "NewValue": "2026-07-01"
          },
          {
            "FieldName": "ClaimHistoryLimitation",
            "OldValue": "",
            "NewValue": "Applicable according to description."
          }
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
}

What changed in the latest MBS release?

That is the question this endpoint answers: every item added, removed or modified between the previous schedule and the current one.

Compares the two most recent MBS releases RebateRight holds — the previous schedule and the current one — and returns every difference: items added, items removed, and items modified field by field. RebateRight keeps both releases current, so you can see exactly what a release changed without parsing the Services Australia files yourself.

The response gives three views of the same release:

Field	What it gives you
`ChangedCounts`	How many items changed — in total, and per field.
`ChangedItemNumbers`	The item numbers behind those counts, grouped the same way.
`ChangedItems`	The full detail — added and removed items in full, plus a field-by-field old/new for every modified item.

🔍 Sample only — the example truncates the long item-number arrays and the longest item descriptions. The live API returns the complete lists, and ChangedCounts reflects the real totals.

Authentication

x-api-keystring

API Key authentication via header

x-minor-idstring

Your Minor ID is three uppercase letters followed by five digits, such as MDE00001. Send the Minor ID exactly as issued. A malformed value gets a 400 with “The Minor ID is not valid.” on every endpoint.

Response

OK — the differences between the previous and current MBS releases.

Titlestring

Human-readable summary line naming the release this comparison describes.

ChangedCountsobject

How many items changed between the two releases.

ChangedItemNumbersobject

The item numbers behind ChangedCounts, grouped the same way.

ChangedItemsobject

The full detail behind the comparison.