Guide · Getting started

The $99 Medicare Baseline, explained

On this page
The short answer

The Baseline Health Check is a 74-marker blood test you can refer through Vively. For eligible Medicare card holders it’s a $99 Vively fee: your client has a 5–10 minute telehealth call with an independent GP, who decides the pathology request. Without Medicare it’s $299. The Medicare Baseline is available once every 3 months.

What’s included

Lab-report sectionMarkersIncludes
Full Blood Count15MCV, RBC Count, Haemoglobin, Haematocrit, RDW…
Urea, Electrolytes & Creatinine11Sodium/Potassium Ratio, eGFR, Anion Gap, Bicarbonate, Sodium…
Liver Function Tests10ALT/TG Ratio, GGT, Bilirubin, ALP, AST…
Calcium, Phosphate & Magnesium2Phosphate, Magnesium
Lipid Studies12Total Cholesterol, HDL Cholesterol, Non-HDL Cholesterol, Cholesterol Ratio, LDL/HDL Ratio…
Diabetes & Glycaemic Studies6Fasting Glucose, Fasting Insulin, Haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) IFCC mmol/mol, HbA1c NGSP/DCCT %, HOMA-IR…
Iron Studies5Ferritin, Transferrin, Transferrin Saturation, Transferrin Iron Binding Capacity, Iron
Thyroid Function Tests1TSH
Inflammatory Markers9Monocyte/HDL Ratio, hs-CRP, CRP/Albumin Ratio, Ferritin-to-CRP Ratio, Systemic Inflammation Index (SII)…
Vitamins & Trace Elements1Vitamin D
Calculated Insights2Biological age (DNAm PhenoAge), Speed of Aging

Download every marker with its optimal range (PDF)

Who is eligible

  • Your client has a Medicare card
  • They haven’t had a Medicare Baseline in the last 3 months
  • An independent GP decides testing is clinically appropriate

What the $99 covers

The $99 is Vively’s fee for arranging the GP consult, the pathology referral, reminders and your client’s results in the app. The GP consult has no extra cost to your client.

The GP consult

Your client books a 5–10 minute telehealth call after paying. The GP decides whether testing is clinically appropriate and confirms the final markers, then your client receives the pathology referral with fasting and collection instructions.

If your client isn’t eligible

Choose the $299 private Baseline. If your client has no Medicare card, the referral switches to private and they pay the difference.

Adding tests

Add single markers or a panel to the same referral. Your client pays for the extras only and still does one blood draw: we send the Medicare and private pathology referrals together.

Timeline

  1. Day 0You send the referral and your client pays.
  2. Within daysYour client has the GP call and receives the pathology referral.
  3. One blood drawAt one of 4,000+ collection centres, fasting if required. Private add-ons are collected in the same draw.
  4. A few business days laterResults in the client record, released the way you chose.

Refer your first Baseline

Free for verified practitioners. $99 for eligible clients.

  • Free for practitioners
  • No subscription
  • Verified practitioners only