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{
  "Group": "I5",
  "Category": "5",
  "ItemNumber": "63507",
  "BenefitType": "_75_85",
  "Description": "MRI—scan of head for a patient under 16 years if the service is for:(a) an unexplained seizure; or(b) an unexplained headache if significant pathology is suspected; or(c) paranasal sinus pathology that has not responded to conservative therapy (R) (Contrast) (Anaes.)\n",
  "ScheduleFee": "463.80",
  "ItemStartDate": "2012-11-01",
  "ScheduleFeeStartDate": "2026-07-01",
  "SubGroup": "33",
  "EligibleAgeRange": "younger than 16 years",
  "ReferralRequirements": "This item needs a referral from a provider recognised as 'Non-specialist medical practitioner'.",
  "ClaimHistoryLimitation": "Applicable not more than three times in a 12 month period."
}

What are the details of this MBS item?

That is the question this endpoint answers: the item’s MBS record, with its notes and how often it can be claimed.

This endpoint retrieves detailed information about a specific MBS item using its item number.

🎨 How It Works

Sources data from MBS and enriches it with RebateRight details.
Includes MBS notes and additional insights including the limitation period, specifying how often an item can be claimed within a given timeframe (e.g., not more than three times in a 12-month period).

If the item number is unknown, the API returns 404 with a plain-text body — see the 404 example.

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.

Path parameters

itemNumberstringRequired

Response

Groupstring

Categorystring

ItemNumberstring

BenefitTypestring

Descriptionstring

ScheduleFeestring

ItemStartDatedate

ScheduleFeeStartDatedate

SubGroupstring or nullOptional

DerivedFeeanyOptional

EligibleAgeRangestring or nullOptional

EligiblePatientSexanyOptional

ReferralRequirementsstring or nullOptional

ClaimHistoryLimitationstring or nullOptional

Errors

404

Not Found Error