The Morrison government's $7.2 million specialist fee transparency website is set to go live in the coming days, but will not detail individual doctors' fees – as initially promised – or enable patients to determine their out-of-pocket costs.

The website, promised by Health Minister Greg Hunt before the federal election in response to concerns about overcharging by some specialists, will give an average cost of a range of procedures and will not detail how much each health fund will pay towards each procedure.

The government's out-of-pocket costs website is due to go live by January 1. Credit:AFP

Mr Hunt pledged in March to deliver a searchable website listing individual specialists' fees for specific services to help patients avoid "bill shock" and crack down on doctors charging egregious out-of-pocket sums, but the project has been hampered by a lack of co-operation from doctors.

The minister initially said the website would go live by January 1 with individual fee information to be provided by obstetricians, gynaecologists and cancer physicians.