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GP Telehealth: Google Ads Cost Benchmarks (Australia)

What a click costs in gp telehealth.

At least 121,800 monthly searches across 9 core gp telehealth terms, with pricing in AUD on the 8 terms Google prices. Part of our healthcare Google Ads cost benchmarks, refreshed quarterly.

Geography Australia Currency AUD Last updated Q3 2026

Every figure on this page is an indicative, auction-based, location-sensitive range, not a quote or a guarantee. Costs move with suburb, season and competition; pull your own catchment before planning a budget.

The numbers

GP Telehealth keyword pricing, Q3 2026.

Searches/mo (minimum)

121,800+

Core terms only; real demand is larger

Top-of-page bid range

$10.01 to $19.75

Weighted average CPC

$14.80

Indicative CPL

$60 to $100

KeywordSearches/moTop-of-page bidAvg CPCComp. index
online medical certificate Searches/mo90,500 Top-of-page$12.98 Avg CPC$14.78 Comp. index81
online doctor Searches/mo9,900 † Top-of-pagewithheld Avg CPCwithheld Comp. indexn/a
online script Searches/mo8,100 Top-of-page$13.18 Avg CPC$15.00 Comp. index77
online doctor appointment Searches/mo4,400 Top-of-page$19.75 Avg CPC$21.79 Comp. index80
bulk billed telehealth Searches/mo4,400 Top-of-page$10.01 Avg CPC$9.67 Comp. index79
telehealth appointment bulk billed Searches/mo1,900 Top-of-page$11.55 Avg CPC$10.89 Comp. index80
online medical doctor consultation Searches/mo1,000 Top-of-page$17.71 Avg CPC$19.84 Comp. index74
bulk billed telehealth appointment Searches/mo880 Top-of-page$11.18 Avg CPC$11.85 Comp. index82
free telehealth appointment Searches/mo720 Top-of-page$11.37 Avg CPC$11.13 Comp. index81

† Search volume is a third-party clickstream estimate (Australian database, same quarter) because Google withholds planning data on the term. Those rows carry no bid or CPC figures because none exist to publish, and on terms both sources report, the third-party estimates typically run below Google's averages, so treat every daggered volume as conservative.

How to read it

What the gp telehealth numbers are saying.

Far more competitive than in-person GP, and almost entirely price-led. Read the volume carefully: "online medical certificate" is a legitimate front door but a different intent to booking a consult. This is the hottest auction in our dataset, with blended average CPCs running above the top-of-page planning figures on the volume terms. You compete nationally against established platforms, so cost per lead sits well above an in-person clinic, and the bottom of the range assumes certificate and script style volume in the mix.

GP Telehealth carries the 18th cheapest weighted click price of the 20 priced niches in this dataset at $13.14 top-of-page. The volume concentrates in "online medical certificate" at 90,500 searches a month, and the priciest term Google reports is "online doctor appointment" at $19.75. Unusually, the weighted average CPC here runs above the top-of-page estimate, so the blended market price is clearing Google's own planning figure: a sign of unusually strong competition or volatile pricing.

Read the search volume as a minimum rather than a market size. Google publishes pricing for only 8 of the 9 commercial gp telehealth terms listed; the rest carry third-party volume estimates because Google withholds its planning data, and no keyword set can exhaustively cover every query variation anyway.

Indicative first-year trajectory for a new single-site clinic (market benchmark, not a projection)

PhaseAd spend/moLeads/moCPL
Month 1 (learning) Spend/mo$1,500 to $2,500 Leads/mo8 to 15 CPL$130 to $200
Months 2 to 3 (ramp) Spend/mo$2,500 to $3,500 Leads/mo20 to 35 CPL$80 to $120
Months 4 to 6 (stabilise) Spend/mo$3,000 to $5,000 Leads/mo35 to 60 CPL$60 to $100
Months 7 to 12 (scale) Spend/mo$4,000 to $7,000 Leads/mo50 to 90 CPL$60 to $100

Cost per lead calculator

Turn a gp telehealth click price into a cost per lead.

Prefills the click price from this page's benchmark data.

CPC basis

Plan on top-of-page. The blended average is the optimistic case.

Volume-weighted across the niche's priced keywords. Edit it if you know your own.

How many clicks it takes to produce one enquiry or booking.

Not every enquiry books. How many leads become one patient?

What a typical patient is worth across their whole relationship with the clinic, using your own numbers.

Indicative cost per lead

$131

Above the GP Telehealth indicative CPL range of $60 to $100

CPC used

$13.14

Cost per new patient

$263

Patient value multiple

Add value

Clicks per lead

10

At $13.14 a click and 1 in 10 converting, a lead costs about $131. At a 1 in 2 close rate, a new patient costs about $263.

Indicative only. Real CPCs are set by a live auction and move with location, season and competition, and conversion rates depend on the offer, website and account build. This is a planning aid, not a quote or a projection of results.

GP Telehealth FAQs

Straight answers from the data.

How much does Google Ads cost for a GP telehealth service in Australia?

In our Q3 2026 pull, top-of-page bids across the 8 priced gp telehealth keywords run from $10.01 to $19.75, with a search-volume-weighted average CPC of $14.80. Every price is set by a live auction and moves with location, season and competition, so treat these as indicative ranges rather than a rate card.

What is a good cost per lead for a GP telehealth service on Google Ads?

As an indicative market benchmark, a stabilised, well-built gp telehealth account typically lands around $60 to $100 per lead. Expect the first month or two to run 2 to 3 times higher while the account learns. Location, offer, brand and account quality can put an individual clinic outside this range in either direction.

How much should a GP telehealth service spend on Google Ads per month?

Google suggests evaluating Smart Bidding over a window containing at least 30 conversions. If you want that read monthly, at the indicative $60 to $100 cost per lead it means roughly $1,800 to $3,000 a month in ad spend. That is evaluation guidance, not a platform minimum. A typical starting budget for a single-site clinic in this niche is $2,500 to $5,000 per month.

Figures are indicative, auction-based ranges from our Q3 2026 dataset, not quotes or guarantees. Nothing on this page reports any specific practice's results.

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