Physiotherapy for Albion Park · NSW 2527
Physiotherapy for Albion Park
HealthPlex has no rooms in Albion Park. Your nearest HealthPlex clinic is at Barrack Heights, about 11 minutes away — roughly 8.5 kilometres north-east, in the Centre Health Complex on Captain Cook Drive. We see Albion Park patients there for workers compensation and CTP injuries at no out-of-pocket cost, and for bulk-billed physiotherapy with a valid GP referral.
Nearest clinic to Albion Park
HealthPlex Barrack Heights
Centre Health Complex
9–25 Captain Cook Drive
Barrack Heights NSW 2528
Hours: Mon–Fri 9:00am–5:00pm
From Albion Park: about 11 minutes
Who we see from Albion Park
Albion Park sits inland in the Macquarie Valley at the foot of the escarpment, ringed by a green belt of dairy country it has never quite let go of. It grew from an 1821 land grant to Samuel Terry, and is named for his nephew John Terry Hughes. Tongarra Road is still the spine of the town: the Tongarra Museum at one end, the Illawarra Light Railway Museum steaming its trains on the second Sunday of the month, and the showground filling every January for the Albion Park Show.
The injuries follow the work and the weekends. Farm and shed work in the valley, construction on the estates spreading toward Tullimbar and Calderwood, workshop and aviation trades at Illawarra Regional Airport, freight on the highway, and a long habit of commuting north to Wollongong and Port Kembla — those produce the backs, shoulders and knees. Then there are the clubs: the Albion Park-Oak Flats Eagles have played rugby league since 1914 at Centenary Field in the Croom Regional Sporting Complex, and the cricket club is the district’s oldest.
From Albion Park to Captain Cook Drive
The drive got easier when the Albion Park Rail bypass carried the Princes Motorway past the old highway bottleneck. From town it is Tongarra Road onto the motorway, off at Oak Flats, then Lake Entrance Road north-east past Mount Warrigal to Captain Cook Drive — about 11 minutes. Without a car, Albion Park Rail station is on the South Coast line and buses run toward Oak Flats and Warilla; our nearest stop is on Lake Entrance Road, about 150 metres from the door.
Worth knowing: this is a medical complex, not a shopping centre. Alongside us it holds a GP practice, pharmacy, dental, pathology and radiology, so imaging ordered before physiotherapy happens on the same trip.
What physiotherapy will cost you
Most Albion Park patients are covered by one of these pathways.
Under an accepted NSW workers compensation claim (icare / SIRA) or CTP Green Slip claim, the insurer funds your treatment. No out-of-pocket cost to you — insurer funding, not bulk billing.
With a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan referral, Medicare covers up to 5 allied health services per calendar year, shared across all allied health disciplines.
Veteran Card holders with a referral: DVA’s fee is accepted as full payment and no gap is charged.
Plan funded, not bulk billed. Participants can use plan funding for physiotherapy where their plan includes it.
Two terms get blurred constantly. Bulk billed means Medicare, and Medicare only pays a physiotherapy benefit when you hold a valid referral — without one the appointment is private. No out-of-pocket cost applies under WorkCover, CTP and DVA, where an insurer or the Commonwealth pays instead.
WorkCover and CTP physiotherapy for Albion Park workers
Occupational rehabilitation is the core of what HealthPlex does. If you were hurt at work or in a motor accident and your claim has been accepted, your treatment is funded by the insurer and there is no out-of-pocket cost to you: assessment of the injury alongside what your job demands, a plan written around your return to work, and insurer approvals, progress reports and employer coordination handled by us. For an Albion Park worker whose job is a drive away, the question is rarely whether a shoulder hurts — it is whether you can keep working.
Treatment under an accepted NSW workers compensation claim (icare / SIRA). Bring your claim number and insurer details — the insurer is billed, not you.
Treatment under an accepted CTP Green Slip claim after a motor accident, with progress reporting handled for your insurer. No out-of-pocket cost to you.
Refer an injured Albion Park worker through refer to us. We begin assessment and insurer approvals promptly.
Psychology is available at the same address where a claim carries a psychological component. More detail is on our WorkCover physiotherapy in the Illawarra page.
The clinic, and who else travels to it
Full details are on the HealthPlex Barrack Heights page. The same rooms serve patients travelling in from:
From Oak Flats
From Shell Cove
WorkCover physio
Frequently asked questions
Is there a HealthPlex physiotherapist in Albion Park?
No. The nearest HealthPlex clinic is at Barrack Heights, about 11 minutes away — roughly 8.5 kilometres north-east, in the Centre Health Complex at 9–25 Captain Cook Drive.
Can I get bulk-billed physiotherapy?
Yes, for patients with a valid GP referral. Medicare only pays a physiotherapy benefit when you hold an eligible referral — usually a GP Chronic Condition Management Plan — covering up to 5 allied health services per calendar year, shared across all allied health disciplines rather than 5 per clinic. Without one there is no Medicare item to bill.
I was hurt at work — will WorkCover cover the physio, and is that bulk billing?
Under an accepted NSW workers compensation claim your physiotherapy is funded by the insurer and billed to them directly, so there is no out-of-pocket cost to you. That is insurer funding, not Medicare bulk billing — separate systems. The same applies under an accepted CTP claim after a motor accident.
What is at the Barrack Heights address?
A multi-tenant medical complex, not a shopping centre. HealthPlex provides physiotherapy and psychology there — those two services only. It also holds a GP practice, pharmacy, dental, pathology and radiology. Call 02 9072 9921.
General information for Albion Park residents about physiotherapy at HealthPlex Barrack Heights; not a substitute for individual clinical advice. Practitioners are registered with AHPRA. Medicare bulk billing requires a valid GP referral and eligibility criteria apply; WorkCover, CTP, DVA and NDIS funding is subject to your claim or plan. Travel times are estimates.