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Cl Inpatriate Silver Plus Hospital And Cl Ancillary Benefits

A Silver Plus hospital and extras policy from GU Health.

  • Corporate policy, sold through employers and associations.

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

From

$246.25a month

Single, All states, no excess, before the rebate.

Medicare levy surcharge
Exempts you
Excess options
None
Ambulance
Emergency only, no limit
Who can join
Through an employer or group

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

GU Health's page for this policy

Against every other Silver hospital and extras policy in NSW & ACT

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

  1. Silver191 policies$246.2532nd cheapest of 191
    $200.20$738.80
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.

No excess

StateSingleFamily
All states$246.25$492.50

37 of 38 clinical categories covered in full

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 full37
  • Not covered1

Covered 37

  • Back, neck and spine
  • Blood
  • Bone, joint and muscle
  • Brain and nervous system
  • Breast surgery (medically necessary)
  • Cataracts
  • Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy for cancer
  • Dental surgery
  • Diabetes management (excluding insulin pumps)
  • Dialysis for chronic kidney failure
  • Digestive system
  • Ear, nose and throat
  • Eye (not cataracts)
  • Gastrointestinal endoscopy
  • Gynaecology
  • Heart and vascular system
  • Hernia and appendix
  • Hospital psychiatric services
  • Implantation of hearing devices
  • Insulin pumps
  • Joint reconstructions
  • Joint replacements
  • Kidney and bladder
  • Lung and chest
  • Male reproductive system
  • Miscarriage and termination of pregnancy
  • Pain management
  • Pain management with device
  • Palliative care
  • Plastic and reconstructive surgery (medically necessary)
  • Podiatric surgery (provided by a registered podiatric surgeon)
  • Pregnancy and birth
  • Rehabilitation
  • Skin
  • Sleep studies
  • Tonsils, adenoids and grommets
  • Weight loss surgery

Not covered 1

  • Assisted reproductive services

Waiting periods

Pre-existing conditions
None
Pregnancy and birth
None
Psychiatric, rehabilitation and palliative care
None
All other hospital treatment
None

Excess and other costs

No excess on any version of this policy.

From the insurer: Home support services and programs: This program allows you to leave hospital early and continue to receive expert in-home care, so you can recover in the comfort of your own home.

Pays towards 7 of 27 standard services

Yearly limits, per person, against the typical policy

  1. Physiotherapy
    No annual limittypical policy $450
  2. Chiropractic
    No annual limittypical policy $400
  3. Psychology
    No annual limittypical policy $400
This policyTypical policy

What it pays on common claims, against the typical policy

  1. Physiotherapy, first visit
    100% of the feetypical policy $42.00
  2. Psychology, first visit
    100% of the feetypical policy $75.00
This policyTypical policy
ServiceWaiting periodYearly limit, per personExample benefits (all states)
Non-PBS medicinesconditions applyNoneNo annual limitNon-PBS prescription: 100%
PhysiotherapyNoneNo annual limitPhysiotherapy, first visit: 100%Physiotherapy, later visit: 100%
ChiropracticNoneNo annual limitChiropractic, first visit: 100%Chiropractic, later visit: 100%
PsychologyNoneNo annual limitPsychology, first visit: 100%Psychology, later visit: 100%
Blood glucose monitorsNoneNo annual limitBlood glucose monitor: 100%
OrthoticsNoneNo annual limitOrthotics: 100%
OsteopathyNoneNo annual limitOsteopathy, first visit: 100%Osteopathy, later visit: 100%

Not covered: general dental, major dental, endodontic (root canals), orthodontics, optical, podiatry, acupuncture, remedial massage, hearing aids, audiology, antenatal and postnatal, chinese herbal medicine, dietetics, exercise physiology, orthoptics, health management programs, home nursing, occupational therapy, speech therapy, vaccinations.

From the insurer: Enjoy a generous 100% back on a range of services including physiotherapy occupational therapy and chiropractic.

Pharmaceutical benefits paid for items with an official pharmacy receipt, after you pay a sum equal to the Australian Government’s highest current PBS co-payment

Example benefits are what the policy pays for that item at a provider without a special arrangement with the insurer; a percentage is of the fee charged. The typical policy is the middle one of the 708 extras policies on the market that aren't sold only through employers.

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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.