The team at Lower Templestowe Dental Excellence always makes your dentistry a priority, and this includes making the preliminaries as convenient as possible.
As a result, we offer an on-site HICAPS terminal, which allows us to claim with your health fund instantly. Simply swipe your card to process the claim and then pay your gap on the spot.
Health Funds
To make dentistry accessible, we accept a variety of funds including all of the following listed below. We recommend contacting our dental clinic to learn more about the full range of health funds we accept.
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Health funds accepted include: ACA Health, AHM, Australian Unity, Bupa, CBHS, CUA Health Limited, Doctors Health Fund, Frank, GMHBA, Grand United, HBA, HBF, HVF, Health Care Insurance, Health Partners, HIF, Latrobe Health, Medibank, Members Own, Mildura Health Fund, myOwn, NIB, Peoplecare, Phoenix Health Fund, Police Health, Qantas Health Insurance, RACQ, Teachers Health Fund, Transport Health.



HICAPS - fast claims on the spot
At Lower Templestowe Dental Excellence, we offer fast claims on the spot with our HICAPS terminal. If you have dental health insurance, your health fund card is simply swiped through the HICAPS terminal. The claims details are processed instantly, meaning no need to visit a branch of your health fund, you simply pay the gap amount – the difference between the full fee for the dental treatment and the amount claimed from your health fund.
Almost all Australian Health funds participate with HICAPS. If you need to know which health fund participate and/or need more detailed information, you can click here to go to the HICAPS website.
Payments
We accept a variety of payment types, including:
- Cash
- Debit
- Visa
- MasterCard
For More Information, We Recommend Contacting Our Dental Team
We are always happy to answer your questions and help you receive the dentistry you need.