RT Health
Basic Plus Starter Hospital $750 Excess and Value Extras
RT Health
How $231.30 is worked out
- Premium as filed - $304.82 a month (hospital share $226.46)
- Government rebate - 24.1% of the premium (never of the loading): -$73.52
- A month - $231.30
Go to insurer no commission on this policy
Hospital: what is covered
Covered (9)
- Dental surgery
- Eye (not cataracts)
- Gastrointestinal endoscopy
- Gynaecology
- Hernia and appendix
- Joint reconstructions
- Male reproductive system
- Miscarriage and termination of pregnancy
- Tonsils, adenoids and grommets
Restricted (3)
- Hospital psychiatric services
- Palliative care
- Rehabilitation
Not covered (26)
- Assisted reproductive services
- Back, neck and spine
- Blood
- Bone, joint and muscle
- Brain and nervous system
- Breast surgery (medically necessary)
- Cataracts
- Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy for cancer
- Diabetes management (excluding insulin pumps)
- Dialysis for chronic kidney failure
- Digestive system
- Ear, nose and throat
- Heart and vascular system
- Implantation of hearing devices
- Insulin pumps
- Joint replacements
- Kidney and bladder
- Lung and chest
- Pain management
- Pain management with device
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery (medically necessary)
- Podiatric surgery (provided by a registered podiatric surgeon)
- Pregnancy and birth
- Skin
- Sleep studies
- Weight loss surgery
Restricted means partially covered for hospital costs as a private patient in a public hospital; in a private room or private hospital you may face significant expenses.
Excess, waiting periods and hospital
- Tier - Basic Plus
- Hospital - Private or public hospital
- Excess - Capped per person and per policy per year. $750 per person a year. $1,500 per policy a year.
- Co-payments - None.
- Known gap - Yes, with the fund's doctors
- Age-based discount - Not offered
- Accident cover - Yes
- Travel and accommodation benefits - Yes
Waiting periods
- Most treatments - 2 months
- Existing conditions - 12 months
- Pregnancy and birth - 12 months
- Rehabilitation, psychiatric and palliative care - 2 months
As filed by the insurer: No excess for dependents under the age of 22.
Extras: what you get back
| Service | Waiting period | Example benefits, as filed | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| General dental * | 2 months | Check-up (item 012): $30.00; Scale and clean (item 114): $57.00; Fluoride treatment (item 121): $37.00; Tooth extraction (item 322): $152.00 | $500 per person a year, $1,000 per policy a year |
| Glasses and contact lenses * | 2 months | Single vision glasses: 100% back; Multifocal glasses: 100% back | $200 per person a year |
| Prescriptions not on the PBS | 2 months | Prescription: $35.00 | $300 per person a year, $600 per policy a year |
| Physiotherapy | 2 months | First visit: $40.00; Follow-up visit: $35.00 | $350 per person a year, $700 per policy a year |
| Chiropractic | 2 months | First visit: $37.00; Follow-up visit: $30.00 | $300 per person a year, $600 per policy a year (shared with other services) |
| Acupuncture | 2 months | First visit: $31.00; Follow-up visit: $26.00 | $300 per person a year, $600 per policy a year |
| Remedial massage | 2 months | First visit: $30.00; Follow-up visit: $30.00 | $200 per person a year, $400 per policy a year |
| Blood glucose monitors | 12 months | Blood: 80% back | $300 per person a year |
| Dietitian | 2 months | First visit: $35.00; Follow-up visit: $35.00 | $300 per person a year, $600 per policy a year |
| Eye therapy (orthoptics) | 2 months | First visit: $30.00; Follow-up visit: $25.00 | $300 per person a year, $600 per policy a year |
| Occupational therapy | 2 months | First visit: $38.00; Follow-up visit: $36.00 | $300 per person a year, $600 per policy a year |
| Osteopathy | 2 months | First visit: $39.00; Follow-up visit: $31.00 | $300 per person a year, $600 per policy a year (shared with other services) |
| Vaccinations | none | Vaccination: $50.00 | $150 per person a year |
Not covered: Major dental, Root canal, Braces, Podiatry, Psychology, Hearing aids, Audiology, Antenatal and postnatal, Chinese herbal medicine, Exercise physiology, Health management programs, Home nursing, Orthotics, Speech therapy.
* 100% back on a range of no-gap services through our More for program, and no-gap network providers, subject to your cover, waiting periods and annual & membership limits. Find out more: https://www.rthealth.com.au/health-services/find-a-dental-clinic and https://www.rthealth.com.au/health-services/find-an-optical-provider.
Other services, as filed: RT Health members pay no gap on a range of popular dental and optical services through HCF Dental or Optical Centres and the More for provider network. Health aids include blood pressure monitors, CPAP machines, tens machines, wheelchairs, wigs (conditions apply). Annual, membership, service and sub limits apply.
Ambulance
Emergency ambulance. Call-out fees covered. Waiting period for emergency transport: 1 day. Emergency limit $5,000 per person a year.
Agreement hospitals in Queensland
RT Health has agreements with 101 private hospitals here, as filed with the Ombudsman.
The list
- Avive Clinic Brisbane - Windsor
- B.Braun Morayfield Renal Care Centre - Morayfield (day hospital)
- Belmont Private Hospital - Carina
- Brisbane Day Surgery - Spring Hill (day hospital)
- Brisbane Endoscopy Service - Sunnybank (day hospital)
- Brisbane Private Hospital - Brisbane
- Buderim Gastroenterology Centre - Maroochydore (day hospital)
- Buderim Private Hospital - Buderim
- Bundaberg Private Day Hospital - Kensington (day hospital)
- Caboolture Private Hospital - Caboolture
- Cairns Private Hospital - Cairns
- Cancer Care Noosa - Noosaville (day hospital)
- Canossa Private Hospital - Oxley
- Chermside Day Hospital - Chermside (day hospital)
- Chermside Dialysis Clinic - Chermside (day hospital)
- Currumbin Clinic - Currumbin
- Eastern Endoscopy Centre - Birkdale (day hospital)
- Eden Private Hospital - Cooroy
- Eye-Tech Day Surgeries - Spring Hill (day hospital)
- Eye-Tech Day Surgeries Southside - Upper Mount Gravatt (day hospital)
- FMC Dialysis Clinic North Lakes - North Lakes (day hospital)
- Far North Day Hospital - Cairns (day hospital)
- Friendly Society Private Hospital - Bundaberg West
- Gold Coast Private Hospital - Southport
- Greenslopes Private Hospital - Greenslopes
- Hervey Bay Surgical Hospital - Pialba
- Hillcrest - Rockhampton Private Hospital - Rockhampton
- Icon Cancer Centre Chermside - Chermside (day hospital)
- Icon Cancer Centre Mackay - Mackay (day hospital)
- Icon Cancer Centre North Lakes - North Lakes (day hospital)
- Icon Cancer Centre South Brisbane - South Brisbane (day hospital)
- Icon Cancer Centre Southport - Southport (day hospital)
- Icon Cancer Centre Townsville - Hyde Park (day hospital)
- Icon Cancer Centre Wesley - Auchenflower (day hospital)
- Ipswich Day Hospital - Ipswich (day hospital)
- John Flynn Private Hospital - Tugun
- Kawana Private Hospital - Birtinya
- Lady Bjelke-Petersen Community Hospital - Kingaroy
- Logan Endoscopy Services - Browns Plains (day hospital)
- Mackay Private Hospital - Mount Pleasant
- Mackay Specialist Day Hospital - North Mackay (day hospital)
- Maroochy Private Hospital - Maroochydore
- Mater Private Day Hospital Brookwater - Brookwater (day hospital)
- Mater Private Hospital (South Brisbane) - South Brisbane
- Mater Private Hospital Bundaberg - Bundaberg
- Mater Private Hospital Gold Coast - Southport
- Mater Private Hospital Mackay - North Mackay
- Mater Private Hospital Mackay (Wellington Street Campus) - Mackay (day hospital)
- Mater Private Hospital Redland - Cleveland
- Mater Private Hospital Rockhampton - Rockhampton
- Mater Private Hospital Springfield - Springfield Central
- Mater Private Hospital Townsville - Pimlico
- Mater Private Hospital Townsville (Hyde Park Campus) - Hyde Park
- Mater Women's & Children's Private Health Services - South Brisbane
- Moreton Day Hospital - North Lakes (day hospital)
- Nambour Selangor Private Hospital - Nambour
- Noosa Day Hospital - Noossaville
- Noosa Hospital - Noosaville
- North Lakes Day Hospital - North Lakes (day hospital)
- North Queensland Day Surgical Centre - Pimlico (day hospital)
- North West Private Hospital (Qld) - Everton Park
- Pacific Day Surgery Centre - Fortitude Valley (day hospital)
- Pacific Private Hospital - Southport
- Peninsula Private Hospital (Qld) - Kippa-Ring
- Pindara Day Procedure Centre - Benowa (day hospital)
- Pindara Private Hospital - Benowa
- Pine Rivers Private Hospital - Strathpine
- Ramsay Clinic Cairns - North Cairns
- Ramsay Clinic Caloundra - Caloundra
- Ramsay Clinic New Farm - New Farm
- Ramsay Surgical Centre Cairns - Cairns (day hospital)
- Ramsay Surgical Centre Cleveland - Cleveland (day hospital)
- Robina Private Hospital - Robina
- Roderick Street Day Surgery - Ipswich (day hospital)
- Short Street Day Surgery - Southport (day hospital)
- South Brisbane Day Hospital - Woolloongabba (day hospital)
- Southside Endoscopy Centre - Springwood (day hospital)
- Spring Hill Specialist Day Hospital - Spring Hill (day hospital)
- St Andrew's Ipswich Private Hospital - Ipswich
- St Andrew's Toowoomba Hospital - Toowoomba
- St Andrew's War Memorial Hospital - Spring Hill
- St Stephen's Hospital Hervey Bay - Urraween
- St Vincent's Private Hospital Brisbane - Kangaroo Point
- St Vincent's Private Hospital Northside - Chermside
- St Vincent's Private Hospital Toowoomba - Toowoomba
- Sunnybank Private Hospital - Sunnybank
- Sunshine Coast Day Surgery - Maroochydore (day hospital)
- Sunshine Coast Haematology and Oncology Clinic - Buderim (day hospital)
- Sunshine Coast University Private Hospital - Birtinya
- Tasman Health Care Day Infusion Unit - Southport (day hospital)
- The Solace Clinic - Maroochydore (day hospital)
- The Southport Private Hospital - Southport
- The Wesley Hospital - Auchenflower
- Toowoomba Surgicentre - Toowoomba (day hospital)
- Townsville Day Surgery - Townsville (day hospital)
- Townsville Private Clinic - Townsville City
- Vision Centre Day Surgery - Southport (day hospital)
- Westside Haematology And Oncology Clinic - Taringa (day hospital)
- Westside Private Hospital - Taringa
- Wide Bay Private Day Hospital - Bundaberg West (day hospital)
- iMH Nundah Private Hospital - Nundah
This policy's other options
Every state, household and excess the insurer filed for this policy, with the premium before the rebate.
Member retention (hospital cover)
83.7% is the Commonwealth Ombudsman's figure for HCF, the insurer of RT Health, in its State of the Health Funds Report 2024-25 (Table 1, page 15; data at 30 June 2025).
The Ombudsman describes it as one measure of the comparative effectiveness of insurers and of their level of member satisfaction: the percentage of members, hospital memberships only, who have remained with the insurer for 2 years or more (page 12). It is published for the insurer, not for this policy, and is not adjusted for policies that lapse when a member dies. The Ombudsman cautions that no single indicator shows an insurer's overall performance (page 27).
It is shown as published. The list is not sorted, filtered or ranked by it.
Member retention is the Commonwealth Ombudsman's figure, from its State of the Health Funds Report 2024-25. Source: Licensed from the Commonwealth Ombudsman under a Creative Commons 4.0 licence. This report is available from the Commonwealth Ombudsman website at www.ombudsman.gov.au.
Where this comes from
Policy details come from the PrivateHealth.gov.au dataset published by the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman on data.gov.au (release of 1 Oct 2026), licensed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Australia. Statement BHC/NGSX2D, filed by RT Health - a division of The Hospitals Contribution Fund, issued 1 Apr 2026.
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