Basic Hospital

Basic Hospital
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Basic Hospital Basic +

Start with the basics

With Basic Hospital (Basic Plus) cover, you can get treated by your choice of doctor in a public hospital (with a few services in a private hospital). This cover has a $300 excess.

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Restricted

Scope of cover

Additional Information
Accommodation – shared and private room (where available)
Current
Theatre fees, intensive care fees
Current
Labour ward fees
Current
Shared room
Current
Private room (where available)
Current
Services for which a Medicare benefit is not payable e.g. cosmetic surgery & laser eye surgery
Current

Important info

What you need to know about restricted services and waiting periods.

 

Restricted Services

Here’s an overview of what we’ll pay for and what you’ll have to pay for if going to hospital for treatment for a service that’s restricted. Note that scheduling of treatment will be up to the treating specialist and/or hospital.

In a public hospital:

  • We pay – accommodation in a shared room (as long as the hospital doesn’t charge above the default rate set out by the Federal Government), and medical costs.
  • You pay – any excess (if applicable), and any gap if your hospital charges above the default rate.

In a private hospital:

  • We pay – accommodation in a shared room (at the default rate set out by the Federal Government), and medical costs.
  • You pay – any excess (if applicable) and the balance of accommodation costs, plus any theatre costs. This could be costly, so ensure the hospital provides you with the potential costs upfront.

You should make sure you have a breakdown of all out-of-pocket costs you’ll need to pay before agreeing to treatment. This is called informed financial consent.

Learn more about restricted services

 

Waiting Periods

Like all health funds, waiting periods may apply when you take out your cover.

You may have to wait if:

  • You’re new to private health insurance
  • You upgrade your cover to include things that weren’t covered before
  • You switch health funds and increase your cover to include things that weren’t covered before.

If you’ve cancelled your membership with another health fund, you’ll need to join us within 60 days to keep up your continuity of cover and not re-serve any applicable waiting periods.


Hospital Waiting Periods

Pre-existing conditions* 12 months
Pregnancy & birth related services 9 months
Psychiatric, rehabilitation and palliative care 2 months
All other hospital services 2 months
Emergency ambulance transport 1 day
Non-emergency ambulance transport 1 day

Services not recognised by Medicare

You won’t be covered for services that aren’t eligible for a Medicare benefit. This includes non-medically required treatments or services provided by and not limited to, dentists, podiatrists and, cosmetic or podiatric surgeons.