Queensland Country Health Fund
Budget Hospital (Basic+) $750 excess & Essential Extras
Queensland Country Health Fund
How $251.16 is worked out
- Premium as filed - $330.99 a month
- Government rebate - 24.1% of the premium (never of the loading): -$79.83
- A month - $251.16
Go to insurer no commission on this policy
Hospital: what is covered
Covered (10)
- Bone, joint and muscle
- Dental surgery
- Diabetes management (excluding insulin pumps)
- Hernia and appendix
- Joint reconstructions
- Kidney and bladder
- Lung and chest
- Miscarriage and termination of pregnancy
- Skin
- Tonsils, adenoids and grommets
Restricted (3)
- Hospital psychiatric services
- Palliative care
- Rehabilitation
Not covered (25)
- Assisted reproductive services
- Back, neck and spine
- Blood
- Brain and nervous system
- Breast surgery (medically necessary)
- Cataracts
- Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy for cancer
- Dialysis for chronic kidney failure
- Digestive system
- Ear, nose and throat
- Eye (not cataracts)
- Gastrointestinal endoscopy
- Gynaecology
- Heart and vascular system
- Implantation of hearing devices
- Insulin pumps
- Joint replacements
- Male reproductive system
- Pain management
- Pain management with device
- Plastic and reconstructive surgery (medically necessary)
- Podiatric surgery (provided by a registered podiatric surgeon)
- Pregnancy and birth
- 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 admission. $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 - Offered for 18 to 29 year olds
- 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 applies for Dependent Children up to and including 21 years
Extras: what you get back
| Service | Waiting period | Example benefits, as filed | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| General dental | 2 months | Check-up (item 012): $39.00; Scale and clean (item 114): $63.00; Fluoride treatment (item 121): $16.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Major dental | 12 months | Tooth extraction (item 322): $126.00; Crown (item 615): $560.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Root canal | 12 months | Root canal (item 417): $119.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Braces | 12 months | Braces, upper and lower, with a retainer (item 881): $500.00 | $1,500 lifetime |
| Glasses and contact lenses | 2 months | Single vision glasses: $215.00; Multifocal glasses: $215.00 | $215 per person a year |
| Prescriptions not on the PBS | 2 months | Prescription: $45.00 | $300 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Physiotherapy | 2 months | First visit: $39.00; Follow-up visit: $33.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Chiropractic | 2 months | First visit: $39.00; Follow-up visit: $25.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Podiatry | 2 months | First visit: $28.00; Follow-up visit: $28.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Psychology | 2 months | First visit: $56.00; Follow-up visit: $56.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Acupuncture | 2 months | First visit: $25.00; Follow-up visit: $25.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Remedial massage | 2 months | First visit: $30.00; Follow-up visit: $30.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Audiology | 2 months | First visit: $35.00; Follow-up visit: $35.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Antenatal and postnatal | 12 months | First visit: $42.00; Follow-up visit: $42.00 | $42 per person a year |
| Chinese herbal medicine | 2 months | First visit: $25.00; Follow-up visit: $25.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Dietitian | 2 months | First visit: $53.00; Follow-up visit: $28.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Exercise physiology | 2 months | First visit: $35.00; Follow-up visit: $25.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Eye therapy (orthoptics) | 2 months | First visit: $42.00; Follow-up visit: $42.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Health management programs | 2 months | Benefit: $125.00 | $125 per person a year |
| Occupational therapy | 2 months | First visit: $56.00; Follow-up visit: $28.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Orthotics | 2 months | Benefit: 100% back | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Osteopathy | 2 months | First visit: $39.00; Follow-up visit: $28.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Speech therapy | 2 months | First visit: $56.00; Follow-up visit: $28.00 | $900 per person a year (shared with other services) |
| Vaccinations | 2 months | Vaccination: $45.00 | $300 per person a year (shared with other services) |
Not covered: Hearing aids, Blood glucose monitors, Home nursing.
Other services, as filed: Rewarding Limits - Once you have held your extras cover with us for one year, we will automatically increase your annual limits for dental (excluding orthodontics) and therapies by $50 per year, up to a maximum of $250. After five years of membership, your limits will increase to $1,150 per person per Membership Year. We honour this loyalty limit for as long as you continuously hold this product. Rewarding limits do not apply to sub-limits. $400 sub-limit applies for Western Herbalism, Naturopathy, Yoga, Pilates, Tai Chi, Shiatsu and Alexander Technique under combined Physiotherapy limit. Essential Extras also includes cover for: Western Herbalism (waiting period 2 months, $25 benefit for consultations up to sub-limit), Naturopathy (waiting period 2 months, $25 benefit for consultations up to sub-limit), Yoga (waiting period 2 months, $25 benefit for consultations, $12 for group consults up to sub-limit), Pilates (waiting period 2 months, $25 benefit for consultations, $12 for group consults up to sub-limit, Tai Chi (waiting period 2 months, $12 benefit for consultations up to sub-limit), Shiatsu (waiting period 2 months, $25 benefit for consultations up to sub-limit) and Alexander Technique (waiting period 2 months, $25 benefit for consultations, $12 for group consults up to sub-limit).
Health management (Healthy Living benefit) provides benefits towards the costs of metabolic dieticians or nutritionists consultations to assist with weight management, diabetes education consultations, quit smoking programs, skin checks for skin cancers (except where there is a Medicare benefit), bowel screening and bone density tests, a second yearly prostate specific antigen test not covered by Medicare, supermarket tours conducted by a dietitian or other allied health professional qualified to provide nutrition advice, and gym memberships/personal training sessions provided under an approved health management or chronic disease management program. Please contact the insurer for full details.
Ambulance
Emergency ambulance. Waiting period for emergency transport: 1 day.
Agreement hospitals in Queensland
Queensland Country Health Fund has agreements with 95 private hospitals here, as filed with the Ombudsman.
The list
- Belmont Private Hospital - Carina
- Brisbane Day Surgery - Spring Hill (day hospital)
- Brisbane Endoscopy Service - Sunnybank (day hospital)
- Brisbane Private Hospital - Brisbane
- Brisbane South Private Hospital - Springwood (day hospital)
- Buderim Gastroenterology Centre - Maroochydore (day hospital)
- Buderim Private Hospital - Buderim
- Caboolture Private Hospital - Caboolture
- Cairns Private Hospital - Cairns
- 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 Eye Hospital - Robina Town Centre (day hospital)
- 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 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 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)
- RiverCity Private Hospital - Auchenflower (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
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)
88.4% is the Commonwealth Ombudsman's figure for HBF, the insurer of Queensland Country 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 HB9/TMNY1D, filed by Queensland Country Health Fund, issued 9 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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