Cost of testosterone treatment

THE cost of your medication will depend on how it is prescribed to you – on ‘private script’ or ‘authority script’. If you are on a pension (eg., disability or aged etc) the cost might also be lower.

Private Script

While your Medicare record has your sex as F, legally your doctor can only prescribe testosterone to you on ‘private script’.

While you have F on your Medicare record and if you are prescribed either Sustanon or Primoteston, plan to pay about $30-$40 every six weeks for your medication.(1)

If you are prescribed Reandron with Private Script, you can plan to pay approx $142.00 every 3 months.

Authority Script

After you’ve corrected your Medicare record to M, you are registered male on your Medicare record. Now your doctor can legally prescribe testosterone to you on ‘authority script’.

‘Authority script’ means your doctor rings Medicare directly and gets an ‘authority number’. When you are registered male with Medicare and you are prescribed Sustanon or Primoteston injections, plan to pay about $14 every six weeks for your medication.

If you are prescribed Reandron with Authority Script, you can plan to pay approx $35.00 every 3 months.

FTM Australia Factsheet for GPs – Authority Script and affirmed men (71kb PDF)

Androgen medication (testosterone) at the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme website http://pbs.gov.au/browse/list/atc/g03b

Resources

References

1. These figures based on three injections at full-dose (one injection every 14-21 days/2-3 weeks) – How much do you pay for your testosterone? – FTM Australia Survey report (2006).