The RCH has cared for the children and young people of Victoria since it was founded in 1870. As a tertiary and quaternary centre, the RCH cares for the most critically ill and medically complex paediatric patients in Victoria. In addition to providing a full range of clinical services, the hospital also supports many health promotion and prevention programs. With more than 6,000 staff, 12 wards and 350 beds, the RCH is the major specialist paediatric hospital in Victoria, and also provides care for children and young people from Tasmania, southern New South Wales and other states around Australia and overseas. We are the state’s busiest paediatric Emergency Department, often experiencing more than 300 presentations on any given day. The RCH is committed to working with health services across the state and plays a significant role in many critical state and nationwide services. We work collaboratively with hospitals to deliver the right care, in the right place, at the right time, for the benefit of all Victorian children.
Cardiac surgery
- Alcohol septal ablation in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy — ≈ $9,777
- Angioplasty of the pulmonary artery — ≈ $9,167
- Aortic valve replacement (AVR) — ≈ $43,494
- Arterial switch operation (ASO) — ≈ $31,424
- Atrial septal defect (ASD) repair in children — ≈ $48,129
- Atrioventricular canal defect surgery — ≈ $51,352
- Balloon angioplasty and stenting of aorta coarctation — ≈ $24,225
- Balloon valvuloplasty — ≈ $19,219
- Bio-prosthetic valve replacement — ≈ $65,264
- Blalock-Taussig shunt — ≈ $25,087
- Cardiac catheterization — ≈ $5,562
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy with defibrillator (CRT-D) — ≈ $40,531
- Cardiac resynchronization therapy with pacemaker (CRT-P) — ≈ $29,674
- Catheter cardiac ablation — ≈ $13,046
- Catheter cryoablation — ≈ $38,860
- Coil embolization of intracardiac shunts and fistulas — ≈ $16,590
- Coronary catheterization — ≈ $4,387
- Double valve repair — ≈ $50,976
- Double valve replacement — ≈ $49,207
- Dual chamber pacemaker insertion — ≈ $20,809
- Ebstein anomaly correction — ≈ $45,150
- Electrophysiology study (EPS) — ≈ $8,336
- Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) — $0
- Fontan procedure — ≈ $36,697
- Glenn procedure — ≈ $36,102
- Heart transplantation — ≈ $65,998
- Heart valve repair — ≈ $39,139
- Heart valve replacement — ≈ $44,162
- Intraaortic balloon pump (IABP) procedure — ≈ $7,212
- Leadless Pacemaker implantation Micra and Nanostim — ≈ $14,241
- Left atrial appendage occlusion — ≈ $26,093
- Management of pacemaker system — ≈ $1,489
- Mechanical valve replacement — ≈ $63,034
- Mitral valve replacement (MVR) — ≈ $36,432
- Nikaidoh procedure — ≈ $39,570
- NobleStitch™ PFO closure procedure — $0
- Norwood procedure — ≈ $46,713
- Open commissurotomy — ≈ $22,784
- Open pulmonary valvotomy — ≈ $38,400
- Pacemaker replacement — ≈ $10,514
- Partial anomalous pulmonary return (PAPVR) correction — $0
- Patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) ligation in children — ≈ $28,564
- Percutaneous ASD closure — ≈ $18,415
- Percutaneous balloon aortic valvuloplasty (PBAV) — ≈ $17,599
- Percutaneous balloon mitral valvuloplasty (PBMV) — ≈ $25,861
- Percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty (PBPV) — ≈ $16,801
- Percutaneous balloon tricuspid valvuloplasty (PBTV) — ≈ $14,832
- Percutaneous closure of ventricular septal defect (VSD) — ≈ $24,551
- Permanent pacemaker implantation — ≈ $17,326
- Pulmonary artery banding (PAB) — ≈ $18,868
- Radical correction of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) — ≈ $26,578
- Radiofrequency ablation (RFA) — ≈ $31,874
- Rashkind procedure — ≈ $15,511
- Rastelli procedure — ≈ $24,844
- Removal of permanent pacemaker — ≈ $10,253
- Single chamber pacemaker insertion — ≈ $18,005
- Temporary pacemaker implantation — ≈ $2,273
- Total anomalous pulmonary return (TAPVR) correction — ≈ $32,069
- Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) — ≈ $80,979
- Transcatheter closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in adults — ≈ $22,223
- Transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVR) with MITRACLIP — ≈ $33,129
- Transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) — ≈ $40,943
- Tricuspid valve replacement (TVR) — ≈ $67,255
- Truncus arteriosus repair — ≈ $43,015
- Ventricular septal defect (VSD) repair in children — ≈ $21,469
Thoracic surgery
- Combined heart-lung transplantation — $0
- Removal of a malignant tumor of the chest wall — ≈ $7,466
- Rib cancer surgical treatment — ≈ $9,292
Vascular surgery
- Angioplasty and stenting of visceral arteries (celiac trunk, superior mesenteric artery) — ≈ $11,091
- Angioplasty of the arteries of the lower or upper limbs — ≈ $11,091
- Angioplasty of the brachiocephalic vessels — ≈ $9,076
- Aortobifemoral stent grafting — ≈ $21,265
- Arteriovenous malformations (AVM) embolization — ≈ $12,047
- Carotid angiography — ≈ $2,936
- Catheter embolization — ≈ $7,742
- Central venous catheter (CVC/CVAD) placement — ≈ $1,272
- Cerebral angiography — ≈ $3,851
- Embolization of peripheral arteries aneurysm — ≈ $20,343
- Femoral artery angiography — ≈ $2,552
- Pelvic vein embolization (PVE) — ≈ $7,190
- Peripheral angiography — ≈ $2,804
- Peripheral artery angioplasty and stent placement — ≈ $13,090
- Phlebography — ≈ $3,161
- Prostatic artery embolization (PAE) — ≈ $11,950
- Pulmonary angiography — ≈ $3,064
- Renal arteries embolization (RAE) — ≈ $5,753
- Renal artery angioplasty and stenting — ≈ $12,998
- Replacement of central venous catheter — ≈ $3,720
- Uterine artery embolization (UAE) — ≈ $10,906
- Visceral organs angiography — ≈ $2,417
Neurosurgery
- Aqueductoplasty — $0
- Arteriovenous malformation (AVM) resection — ≈ $24,780
- Benign peripheral nerve tumor removal — ≈ $6,325
- Brachial plexus surgery — ≈ $13,409
- Brain aneurysm clipping — ≈ $27,522
- Brain aneurysm repair — ≈ $24,501
- Brain biopsy — ≈ $7,371
- Brain shunt surgery — ≈ $13,616
- Brain tumor embolization — ≈ $30,666
- Brain tumors surgery — ≈ $24,807
- Cavernous malformation treatment — ≈ $22,837
- Corpus callosotomy — ≈ $13,339
- Craniotomy — ≈ $19,260
- Embolization for cerebral arteriovenous malformation (AVM) — ≈ $37,244
- Endoscopic pituitary surgery — ≈ $21,828
- Endoscopic septostomy — ≈ $12,873
- Endoscopic third ventriculostomy (ETV) — ≈ $10,754
- Endovascular coiling for brain aneurysms — ≈ $41,637
- Endovascular stenting of cerebral vessels — ≈ $27,337
- Epidural block — ≈ $1,304
- Extra-intracranial arterial bypass (EIAB) — ≈ $49,022
- Extracranial CSF drainage — $0
- Facet joint injection — ≈ $1,734
- Facial nerve repair — ≈ $2,968
- Focal resection — ≈ $11,792
- Functional hemispherectomy — ≈ $20,392
- Functional neurosurgery — ≈ $18,693
- Intracranial mechanical thrombectomy — ≈ $26,205
- Intrathecal pain pump — ≈ $6,380
- Laser interstitial thermal therapy (LITT) — ≈ $23,487
- Lumbar puncture — ≈ $1,358
- Microvascular decompression (MVD) — ≈ $15,766
- Multiple subpial transection (MST) — ≈ $20,625
- Nerve decompression surgery — ≈ $7,911
- Nerve graft repair — ≈ $7,525
- Peripheral nerve repair — ≈ $7,205
- Pipeline embolization procedure — $0
- Responsive neurostimulation (RNS) insertion — ≈ $55,125
- Shunt revision — ≈ $12,930
- Surgery for an acoustic neuroma — ≈ $26,787
- Surgical neurolysis — ≈ $4,403
- Temporal lobe resection — ≈ $38,573
- Vagus nerve stimulator (VNS) implantation — ≈ $8,069
Oncology
- Allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT) — $0
- Autologous bone marrow transplantation (BMT) — $0
- Chemotherapy for bladder cancer — $0
- Chemotherapy for bone cancer — $0
- Chemotherapy for brain cancer — $0
- Chemotherapy for kidney cancer — $0
- Chemotherapy for leukemia — $0
- Chemotherapy for lymphoma — $0
- Chemotherapy for myeloma — $0
- Chemotherapy for neuroblastoma — $0
- Chemotherapy for neuroendocrine tumours (NETs) — $0
- Chemotherapy for prostate cancer — $0
- Chemotherapy for retinoblastoma — $0
- Chemotherapy for soft tissue sarcoma — $0
- Chemotherapy for testicular cancer — $0
- Childhood vascular tumor treatment — ≈ $2,148
- Chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T-cell therapy — $0
- Cord blood stem cell transplantation — $0
- Enucleation of the eyeball — $0
- Hematopoietic stem cell harvest — $0
- Immune checkpoint inhibitors — $0
- Interstitial chemotherapy for brain tumors — $0
- Liver transplantation — $0
- Management of lacrimal sac tumors — $0
- Monoclonal antibodies therapy (mAbs) — $0
- Natural killer (NK) cell therapy — $0
- Nephroureterectomy — ≈ $13,253
- Orbital tumor temoval — ≈ $16,291
- Orchiectomy — ≈ $5,777
- Pelvic bone resection — ≈ $12,502
- Radiation therapy — $0
- Radical nephrectomy — ≈ $13,339
- Radical nephrectomy + Inferior vena cava (IVC) thrombectomy — ≈ $20,780
- Soft tissue tumor removal — ≈ $7,043
- Splenectomy — ≈ $10,407
- Stem cell transplant (peripheral blood) — $0
- Surgery for bone cancer — ≈ $12,550
- Total skin electron therapy (TSET) — $0
- Ureteral cancer surgery — $0
Spine surgery
- Hemivertebra excision — $0
- Spina bifida treatment — $0
- Spinal deformity correction — ≈ $29,675
- Surgery for spondylolisthesis — ≈ $46,484
Orthopedic surgery
- Above-the-knee amputations (AKA) — ≈ $7,178
- Arthrocentesis — ≈ $753
- Below-the-knee amputation (BKA) — ≈ $6,361
- Bone lengthening — ≈ $30,820
- Bow legs surgery — ≈ $7,983
- Delayed osteosynthesis — ≈ $13,417
- Diabetic foot surgery — ≈ $12,235
- External fixation — ≈ $2,227
- Finger/toe amputation surgery — ≈ $3,320
- Hand amputation surgery — ≈ $6,299
- Intramedullary nailing — ≈ $6,765
- Joint dislocation reduction — ≈ $7,384
- Muscle transfer — $0
- Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) — ≈ $6,480
- Orthopedic surgery for cerebral palsy — $0
- Osteosynthesis — ≈ $8,733
- Pediatric arthroscopy — $0
- Percutaneous pinning — ≈ $3,562
- Polydactyly surgery — ≈ $3,936
- Removal of external fixator — ≈ $1,429
- Removal of osteosynthetic material — $0
- Shoulder disarticulation — ≈ $8,531
- Sternal fracture treatment — ≈ $7,898
- Surgical Treatments for Legg-Calvé-Perthes disease — ≈ $7,235
- Surgical treatment of congenital pseudarthrosis of the tibia — ≈ $25,963
- Surgical treatment of hip dysplasia — ≈ $6,174
- Surgical treatment of non-unions — ≈ $7,746
- Syndactyly surgery — ≈ $14,564
- Tendon repair — ≈ $3,928
- Tendon transfer — ≈ $5,165
- Tenotomy — ≈ $2,942
- Upper limb amputation — ≈ $5,719