Fees for private health service establishments

Key messages

Fees are payable to register new private hospitals, day procedure centres (private health facilities) and mobile health services.
Fees are also payable to renew, transfer and vary a registration.
Registration must be renewed at least three months before expiry to avoid an extra fee.

All applications made by proprietors of private health facilities incur a fee. Registration and renewal of registration fees are based on the number of beds at the facility.

The fees are set by the Health Services (Private Hospitals and Day Procedure Centres) Regulations 2013 and are indexed annually.

Fees from 1 July 2025 - 30 June 2026

Application fees for private health service establishments

Application type	Fee ($) 23-24	Fee Units
Application for approval in principle (AIP) to build a private hospital	$5,463.30	325
Application for approval in principle (AIP) to make alterations or extensions to a PH	$4,874.90	290
Application for approval in principle (AIP) to build a day procedure centre	$4,790.90	285
Application for approval in principle (AIP) to make alterations of extensions to a DPC	$4,639.60	276
Application for approval in principle (AIP) to use particular land or premises as a private hospital or day procedure centre	$5,463.30	325
Application for approval in principle (AIP) for a mobile health service	$1,529.70	91
Application for variation or transfer of certificate of AIP	$270.00	16.1
Application for variation - transfer of the certificate to another person who intends to become the proprietor	$803.50	47.8
Application for variation of the certificate in any other case	$270.00	16.1

Registration and renewal of registration

Number of registered beds	Fee ($)
0 - 26 beds	$6,152.50	366
27 - 50 beds	$6,808.10	405
51 - 75 beds	$7,480.50	445
76 - 100 beds	$8,136.00	484
101 - 150 beds	$9,127.80	543
151 - 200 beds	$10,472.60	623
201 - 300 beds	$11,783.80	701
301 - 400 beds	$13,784.20	820
401 - 500 beds	$16,440.20	978
501 or more	$19,751.80	1,175

Reviewed 30 June 2025

Health.vic

Contact details

Postal address: GPO Box 4541, Melbourne 3001

Private Hospitals Unit Department of Health

privatehospitals@health.vic.gov.au