Medibank Private Limited (MBP)

Medibank Private is Australia's leading private health fund, committed to providing our members with affordable and high quality care. We offer a range of tailored hospital and extras covers to suit all kinds of individuals and families. You can also mix and match our hospital and extras covers, or choose a package cover, which is a combination of both. As a Medibank member you can access our Members’ Choice network, one of the largest health provider networks in Australia.

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Medibank Private Limited provide further information regarding:

Agreement Hospitals

This fund has agreements with some private hospitals or day surgeries to provide services at low or no out-of-pocket costs. You can see Agreement Hospitals for this insurer and further details are available from the insurer.

Business Structure

This insurer is a shareholder owned company that operates on a for-profit basis.

Medibank Private Limited operates in all states and territories.

Performance

This table compares this health insurer's performance on a range of factors. Some of this information has previously been published in the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman's State of the Health Funds report, available from the Ombudsman's website (www.ombudsman.gov.au). Please note information is not provided for some insurers in some states, as there are insufficient numbers reported for states in which the insurer does not have a large membership.

Ombudsman complaints compared to market share
All complaints 29.9% 27.1% market share
Investigated complaints 19.2%
Health Insurer Retention and Finances Industry result
Member retention (hospital cover) 86.9% 86.5%
Benefits as % of contributions 83.4% 81.1%
Management expenses % of contribution income 7.4% 10.8%
Management expenses per average policy $263 $413
Coverage ACT NSW VIC QLD SA WA TAS NT Australia
Hospital Related Charges Covered 82.4% 89.0% 91.5% 88.9% 91.4% 90.7% 92.9% 88.5% 90.0%
Industry Result 81.8% 88.7% 90.5% 88.9% 92.6% 92.4% 92.4% 88.6% 89.9%
Medical Services with No Gaps 74.7% 86.4% 84.4% 82.3% 82.1% 77.6% 90.9% 84.1% 83.8%
Industry Result 75.6% 89.3% 87.3% 87.8% 89.0% 88.9% 91.2% 86.7% 88.3%
Medical Services with No or Known Gaps 93.7% 96.8% 97.4% 95.1% 99.0% 94.7% 98.7% 95.4% 96.5%
Industry Result 91.2% 96.4% 97.8% 96.8% 99.3% 98.0% 98.8% 95.9% 97.2%
General Treatment (extras) Covered 47.6% 49.8% 52.2% 53.3% 56.8% 57.0% 52.8% 59.5% 52.6%
Industry Result 46.4% 48.4% 50.5% 51.4% 55.2% 55.9% 51.8% 57.7% 51.1%
Private Hospital Agreements 5 94 65 49 19 21 5 1 -
Industry Maximum 8 98 72 58 24 24 8 2 -
Day Hospital Agreements 6 76 52 44 21 20 7 1 -
Industry Maximum 9 104 79 54 30 29 9 2 -