Private Health Information Statement - Hospital policy

Medibank Corporate Bronze Plus Hospital Balance

Monthly Premium

$262.50 #

(before any rebate, loading or discount)

Covers one adult & dependants, including non-student dependants (2 or more people, only one of whom is an adult)

Available in Victoria

# You may be entitled to an Australian Government rebate on the above premium. Your premium may also include a Lifetime Health Cover loading, an age-based discount or an insurer discount. Check with your insurer for details.

This policy covers children, students up to and including the age of 30 and non-students up to and including the age of 30, as well as persons with a disability who qualify as a child, student or non-student in these age ranges.

This is a corporate policy which is only available to employees/members of organisations with arrangements with this health insurer.

Hospital cover

This policy exempts you from the Medicare Levy Surcharge.

This policy can only be purchased with certain general treatment policies.

This policy provides accident cover and benefits for travel or accommodation (outside of hospital) - check with your insurer for details.

This policy includes cover for

Hospital Cover Legend
BloodEye (not cataracts)Pain management
Bone, joint and muscleGastrointestinal endoscopyPalliative care
Brain and nervous systemGynaecologySkin
Breast surgery (medically necessary)Hernia and appendixSleep studies
Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy for cancerJoint reconstructionsTonsils, adenoids and grommets
Dental surgeryKidney and bladderHospital psychiatric services
Diabetes management (excluding insulin pumps)Lung and chestRehabilitation
Digestive systemMale reproductive system
Ear, nose and throatMiscarriage and termination of pregnancy

This policy does not include cover for

Hospital Cover Legend
Assisted reproductive servicesImplantation of hearing devicesPodiatric surgery (provided by a registered podiatric surgeon – limited benefits)
Back, neck and spineInsulin pumpsPregnancy and birth
CataractsJoint replacementsWeight loss surgery
Dialysis for chronic kidney failurePain management with device
Heart and vascular systemPlastic and reconstructive surgery (medically necessary)

The benefits paid for hospital treatment will depend on the type of cover you purchase and whether your fund has an agreement in place with the hospital in which you are treated. See ‘Agreement Hospitals’ on privatehealth.gov.au for which hospitals have arrangements with your insurer – https://privatehealth.gov.au/dynamic/agreementhospitals.

Under this policy, you may have to pay out-of-pocket costs above what you get from Medicare or your private health insurer. Before you go to hospital, you should ask your doctors, hospital and health insurer about any out-of-pocket costs that may apply to you.

The following payments may also apply for hospital admissions

Excess: You will have to pay an excess on admission. This is limited to a maximum of $500 per person per year.

Excess payments do not apply to hospital admissions for dependants.

Co-payments: No co-payments

The following waiting periods for hospital admissions apply to new or upgrading members

Waiting periods:

  • 2 months for palliative care, rehabilitation and hospital psychiatric treatments, even if pre-existing
  • 12 months for other pre-existing conditions
  • 2 months for all other treatments

Gap Cover

This provider offers 'known gap' or 'no gap' cover for medical bills for this product.

The Medical Costs Finder lets you find out more about the cost of specialist medical services.

Other features of this hospital cover

Includes Accidental Injury Benefit which means any Excluded or Restricted Service will be treated as an Included Service where hospitalisation is required as a result of injuries sustained in an Accident after joining this cover. This policy offers a Private Room Promise at Members' Choice hospitals as well as no excess when having Medibank no gap treatment at contracted hospital. For more information, please see Cover Summary and Member Guide.

Ambulance cover

In Victoria this policy provides:

Emergency: Unlimited with a waiting period of 1 day.

Call-out fees:  will be paid for each attendance, including emergency treatment without transport to hospital.

Other features of this ambulance cover

Cover for an ambulance when you require immediate professional attention and you need to be transported to hospital or other approved facility and your medical condition is such that you cannot be transported any other way, or where an ambulance is called but transport is not needed. Cover for air ambulance where pre-approval has been obtained from Medibank. In all cases the ambulance provider must be Medibank approved. Please contact Medibank for further details.

Disclaimer

The information contained in this Private Health Information Statement was provided by the insurer and is intended as general information. It may not take into account your particular circumstances. For information please contact the insurer.

Covered

For information on what is covered under each category, see https://www.privatehealth.gov.au/categories

Restricted

Restricted categories partially cover your hospital costs as a private patient in a public hospital. You may incur significant expenses in a private room or private hospital.

Not Covered

These categories are not covered by this policy.