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Everyday Silver Plus Hospital

A Silver Plus hospital policy from CBHS Health.

  • CBHS Health only takes current and past employees of Commonwealth Bank Group, franchisees, contractors, and their families.

Premiums for every state, cover type and excess this policy is sold with, and what it covers, from the statement CBHS Health files with the government. Monthly, before the rebate and any Lifetime Health Cover loading.

From

$96.94a month

Single, NT, $750 excess, before the rebate.

Medicare levy surcharge
Exempts you
Excess options
$500, $750
Ambulance
Emergency only, call-out fees included, no limit
Who can join
Restricted

The Private Health Information Statement for this price, on PrivateHealth.gov.au.

Against every other Silver hospital policy in NSW & ACT

Single cover, each policy at its cheapest excess, corporate and restricted policies included.

  1. Silver161 policies$156.529th cheapest of 161
    $141.25$429.83
This policyEvery other Silver policy

Monthly premium by state and cover type

NSW prices also apply in the ACT. Each price in the tables opens its official Private Health Information Statement on PrivateHealth.gov.au, with a PDF to download.

Single premium in each state

NT$107
QLD$185
WA$148
SA$179
NSW$172
ACT$172
VIC$192
TAS$184
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To the nearest dollar, a month before the rebate. The tables below have every price to the cent.

What a higher excess saves

Single cover in NSW & ACT, a month. The excess is what you pay towards a hospital stay before the policy pays.

  1. $500 excess
    $171.56
  2. $750 excess$15.04 less than $500 excess
    $156.52

28 of 38 clinical categories covered in full, 2 restricted

Restricted means the policy pays only the minimum, about what a public hospital charges, so a private hospital stay can leave a large bill. Not covered means the policy pays nothing for that treatment in hospital.

  • Covered in full28
  • Restricted2
  • Not covered8

Covered 28

  • 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
  • Joint reconstructions
  • Kidney and bladder
  • Lung and chest
  • Male reproductive system
  • Miscarriage and termination of pregnancy
  • Pain management
  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery (medically necessary)
  • Podiatric surgery (provided by a registered podiatric surgeon)
  • Rehabilitation
  • Skin
  • Sleep studies
  • Tonsils, adenoids and grommets

Restricted 2

  • Hospital psychiatric services
  • Palliative care

Not covered 8

  • Assisted reproductive services
  • Cataracts
  • Dialysis for chronic kidney failure
  • Insulin pumps
  • Joint replacements
  • Pain management with device
  • Pregnancy and birth
  • Weight loss surgery

Waiting periods

Pre-existing conditions
12 months
Psychiatric, rehabilitation and palliative care
2 months
All other hospital treatment
2 months

Excess and other costs

Excess options: $500, $750, paid when you are admitted. No excess for dependants.

Offers the age-based discount for people who join between 18 and 29.

From the insurer: A mid-level Hospital cover offering the comfort of knowing there’s coverage for treatments such as heart and vascular, and rehabilitation services. We’ve excluded high-cost services such as pregnancy and joint replacement to help keep your cover more cost-effective. If your doctor or specialist participates in our Access Gap Cover scheme, you may be able to reduce or eliminate your out-of-pocket medical costs. When clinically appropriate, Hospital Substitute Treatment program gives suitable members the option to receive acute care in the home instead of the hospital.

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Source: PrivateHealth.gov.au data (Private Health Insurance Ombudsman) via data.gov.au, licensed CC BY 3.0 AU. Normalised by The Finance Algorithm from the extract dated 1 Oct 2026, read on 23 Oct 2026.

Premiums are monthly and shown before the Australian Government rebate and any Lifetime Health Cover loading or age-based discount. Confirm the price and the cover with the insurer before you buy; the official statement for every policy is on PrivateHealth.gov.au. This is general information, not advice, and no insurer pays to be listed or ranked here.