Hospital insurance
Benefits
Excess An excess is the amount you pay before Medibank contributes to your hospital costs.
Choosing a higher excess will lower your premium. An excess will apply to each adult member admitted to hospital per calendar year.
| Services we pay benefits for | Treatments & Features | Waiting periods Waiting periods explained Waiting periods are a length of time you need to wait after taking out your cover before you can claim or receive benefits covered by your policy. Waiting periods apply to new members or for new services, including if you're changing to a higher level of cover. If you're switching you will not need to re-serve waiting periods if you have already served your waiting periods and you change to a comparable or lower level of cover. If you change to a higher level of cover, we will recognise any waiting periods you have already served and pay benefits at your former lower level of cover until you serve the waiting periods for your higher level of cover. If you have only partially served your waiting periods on your former level of cover, you will need to serve the balance before you can claim at your former level of cover. A 12 month waiting period applies for all pre-existing conditions. Pre-existing condition A pre-existing condition is an ailment, illness or condition where signs or symptoms existed at any time during the six months before you either took out your new cover, or transferred to a higher level of cover. A 12-month waiting period applies for all pre-existing conditions. Call 134 190 to find out more. |
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No Excess for kids on a family membership No matter what hospital excess you pay, the excess will not apply if kids on your membership are admitted to hospital |
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Ambulance services^ For ambulance attendance or transportation to a hospital where immediate professional attention is required and your medical condition is such that you couldn't be transported any other way. |
2 months |
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Shoulder and knee reconstruction surgery & investigations Reconstructions to repair ligament tears, remove loose tissue and to treat other damage. |
2 months |
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Minor Gynaecological Surgery Surgery to treat conditions of the female reproductive system e.g. endometriosis. Excludes IVF |
2 months |
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Repair of Hernia Surgical repair and treatment of a hernia |
2 months |
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Appendicitis treatment Admission to hospital for a suspected inflamed appendix (appendicitis) and where appendectomy is not required. |
2 months |
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Appendix removal (Appendectomy) Surgery to remove an inflamed appendix. |
2 months |
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Tonsils & adenoids removal Surgery to remove tonsils and/or adenoids. |
2 months |
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Surgical removal of wisdom teeth The surgical removal of wisdom teeth in hospital in order to alleviate symptoms such as pain and infection associated with wisdom teeth. Includes benefits towards hospital accommodation and medical charges raised by doctors (e.g. anaesthetics) only where a Medicare benefit is payable. No benefits are payable under Hospital covers towards charges raised by dentists. |
2 months |
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Colonoscopy A procedure to examine the lining of the large bowel (colon) to investigate the cause of abdominal pain, bleeding, irregular bowel habits, to remove polyps or detect cancer. |
2 months |
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Palliative care Health care that offers support to people with a life-limiting illness. Its aim is to comfort and to relieve pain and distress for people who are dying. Benefits are only payable where admission to a palliative care unit in a hospital occurs. |
2 months |
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Psychiatric treatment The diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of mental health conditions, including addiction. For benefits to be payable, treatment needs to be provided at a Medibank-approved psychiatric facility. |
2 months |
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Rehabilitation treatment Therapy which assists in recovery following a major health-related event, such as a joint replacement or heart attack. Treatment needs to be provided at an approved rehabilitation facility and under an approved program. |
2 months |
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All other in-hospital services where a Medicare benefit is payable unless they are Restricted or Excluded. The Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) lists all the medical services subsidised by the Australian Government through Medicare. This includes thousands of in-hospital services that we pay benefits towards. |
2 months |
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Cover For Accidents Covers which have services that are normally Restricted or Excluded will be treated as an Included service where treatment is required for injuries sustained in an Accident that occurs after joining this cover, provided that the treatment is on the Medicare Benefits Schedule. Refer Cover Summary for full details. |
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Cover Summary
For further information on Core Hospital, please see the cover summary.
Cooling off period
If you're not completely happy with your cover in the first 30 days of joining, let us know and we'll transfer you to a more suitable cover or refund your premiums (as long as no claims have been made).
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