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SILVER+ Pregnancy Hospital Cover (Excess1) (Family)

Hunter Health Insurance (a CDH Benefits Fund policy)

Silver Plus$250 excessNo ambulance cover
Tasmania My family Change your answers
$438.51†a month after the base-tier rebate (24.1%)
$577.88a month, as filed with the Ombudsman
How $438.51 is worked out
  • Premium as filed - $577.88 a month
  • Government rebate - 24.1% of the premium (never of the loading): -$139.37
  • A month - $438.51

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Hospital: what is covered

Covered (30)

  • Back, neck and spine
  • Blood
  • Bone, joint and muscle
  • Brain and nervous system
  • Breast surgery (medically necessary)
  • Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy for cancer
  • Dental surgery
  • Diabetes management (excluding insulin pumps)
  • Digestive system
  • Ear, nose and throat
  • Eye (not cataracts)
  • Gastrointestinal endoscopy
  • Gynaecology
  • Heart and vascular system
  • Hernia and appendix
  • Implantation of hearing devices
  • Insulin pumps
  • Joint reconstructions
  • Kidney and bladder
  • Lung and chest
  • Male reproductive system
  • Miscarriage and termination of pregnancy
  • 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
  • Tonsils, adenoids and grommets

Restricted (3)

  • Hospital psychiatric services
  • Palliative care
  • Rehabilitation

Not covered (5)

  • Assisted reproductive services
  • Cataracts
  • Dialysis for chronic kidney failure
  • Joint replacements
  • 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

Waiting periods

As filed by the insurer: NSW/ACT residents -Ambulance coverage is included Australia wide. Residents of all other States please contact the fund for details. NOTE: This Hospital cover provides cover for a Gap Cover Scheme minimising Out-of-Pocket expenses for Doctors services. ***Accident cover is allowed provided you are admitted to hospital (1 day waiting period).

Ambulance

No ambulance cover.

Agreement hospitals in Northern Territory

Hunter Health Insurance has agreements with 2 private hospitals here, as filed with the Ombudsman.

The list
  • Darwin Day Surgery - Wanguri (day hospital)
  • Darwin Private Hospital - Tiwi

This policy's other options

Every state, household and excess the insurer filed for this policy, with the premium before the rebate.

StateWho is coveredExcessA month, as filed
NSW Me and my partner $500$493.68
NSW Me and my partner $250$525.36
NSW My family $500$493.68
NSW My family $250$525.36
NSW Just me $500$246.84
NSW Just me $250$262.68
NT Me and my partner $500$543.04
NT Me and my partner $250$577.88
NT My family $500$543.04
NT My family $250$577.88
NT Just me $500$271.52
NT Just me $250$288.94
QLD Me and my partner $500$543.04
QLD Me and my partner $250$577.88
QLD My family $500$543.04
QLD My family $250$577.88
QLD Just me $500$271.52
QLD Just me $250$288.94
SA Me and my partner $500$543.04
SA Me and my partner $250$577.88
SA My family $500$543.04
SA My family $250$577.88
SA Just me $500$271.52
SA Just me $250$288.94
TAS Me and my partner $500$543.04
TAS Me and my partner $250$577.88
TAS My family $500$543.04
TAS My family $250$577.88
TAS Just me $500$271.52
TAS Just me $250$288.94
VIC Me and my partner $500$543.04
VIC Me and my partner $250$577.88
VIC My family $500$543.04
VIC My family $250$577.88
VIC Just me $500$271.52
VIC Just me $250$288.94
WA Me and my partner $500$543.04
WA Me and my partner $250$577.88
WA My family $500$543.04
WA My family $250$577.88
WA Just me $500$271.52
WA Just me $250$288.94

Member retention (hospital cover)

89.5% is the Commonwealth Ombudsman's figure for CDH, the insurer of Hunter Health Insurance, 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 H6/TCCR2D, filed by CDH Benefits Fund, issued 1 Apr 2026.

† Monthly premium: the premium the insurer filed with the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman for this state, household and excess, before the Australian Government rebate. Answer the income and age questions and every figure becomes the premium after your rebate, with any Lifetime Health Cover loading added to the hospital share (the rebate never applies to the loading) and the age-based discount taken off it where the policy offers one. Insurers may quote a different payment frequency and round each step; check the figure with the insurer before you join.

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