# Australia's Medicare pays for an ultrasound only if it is performed by a doctor or, on a doctor's behalf, by a registered sonographer

Page: https://flyvolo.ai/en/changes/ev-20260701-sonographer-5
Date: 2026-07-01 · Stage: Constraint
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Occupation: https://flyvolo.ai/en/careers/sonographer

## Scope

Australia. The diagnostic imaging services table says that, apart from two items, its ultrasound items apply only if the procedure is performed by a medical practitioner or, on a medical practitioner's behalf, by a person entered on the Register of Sonographers kept by Medicare. Read in the compilation in force from 1 July 2026. It is a funding condition on who performs the scan; it does not say who must handle unexpected findings, and it leaves scans outside Medicare unrestricted.

## Source

- Federal Register of Legislation (Australia) — Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations (No. 2) 2020, Schedule 1 clause 2.1.1, compilation No. 25 (1 July 2026) — https://www.legislation.gov.au/F2020L00713/latest/text (primary source)

## What this means

In Australia, a funded scan needs a qualified person holding the probe, whatever software guides it.

## What it does not show yet

A funding rule about who performs the scan, not about what happens with a finding.

## How to verify it yourself

Open the Health Insurance (Diagnostic Imaging Services Table) Regulations (No. 2) 2020 and find "entered on the Register of Sonographers".


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