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Sym Complete Gold Hospital & Superior Benefits

A Gold 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

$433.33a month

Single, NSW & ACT, $200 excess, before the rebate.

Medicare levy surcharge
Exempts you
Excess options
$200
Ambulance
Emergency and non-emergency, call-out fees included, 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 Gold hospital and extras policy in NSW & ACT

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

  1. Gold84 policies$433.3339th cheapest of 84
    $280.00$776.74
This policyEvery other Gold 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$433
QLD$433
WA$433
SA$433
NSW$433
ACT$433
VIC$433
TAS$433
CheaperDearer

To the nearest dollar, a month before the rebate. The tables below have every price to the cent.

$200 excessat most $400 a year for couples and families

All 38 clinical categories covered in full

  • Covered in full38

Covered 38

  • 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
  • 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

Waiting periods

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

Excess and other costs

Excess options: $200, paid when you are admitted.

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. Added in-hospital carer benefit of up to $60 per night for the carers accommodation with your stay in hospital and $30 per day for the carer’s in-hospital meals, up to a total of $500.

Pays towards 24 of 27 standard services

Yearly limits, per person, against the typical policy

  1. General dental
    $1,200typical policy $800
  2. Major dentalshared with endodontic (root canals), orthodontics
    $1,700typical policy $1,000
  3. Optical
    $350typical policy $220
  4. Physiotherapyshared with 4 other services
    $600typical policy $450
  5. Chiropracticshared with osteopathy
    $500typical policy $400
  6. Psychologyshared with 5 other services
    $500typical policy $400
This policyTypical policy

What it pays on common claims, against the typical policy

  1. Periodic oral exam (item 012)
    80% of the feetypical policy $35.20
  2. Scale and clean (item 114)
    80% of the feetypical policy $66.85
  3. Full crown, veneered (item 615)
    80% of the feetypical policy $773.80
  4. Single vision lenses and frames
    80% of the feetypical policy $220.00
  5. Physiotherapy, first visit
    80% of the feetypical policy $42.00
  6. Psychology, first visit
    80% of the feetypical policy $75.00
This policyTypical policy
ServiceWaiting periodYearly limit, per personExample benefits (all states)
General dentalNone$1,200Periodic oral exam (item 012): 80%Scale and clean (item 114): 80%Fluoride treatment (item 121): 80%Simple extraction (item 322): 80%
Major dental12 months$1,700shared with endodontic (root canals), orthodonticsFull crown, veneered (item 615): 80%
Endodontic (root canals)12 months$1,700shared with major dental, orthodonticsRoot canal filling (item 417): 80%
Orthodontics12 months$1,700shared with major dental, endodontic (root canals)Braces, upper and lower, with retainer (item 881): 80%
OpticalNone$350Multifocal lenses and frames: 80%Single vision lenses and frames: 80%
Non-PBS medicinesconditions applyNone$500Non-PBS prescription: 100%
PhysiotherapyNone$600shared with 4 other servicesPhysiotherapy, first visit: 80%Physiotherapy, later visit: 80%
ChiropracticNone$500shared with osteopathyChiropractic, first visit: 80%Chiropractic, later visit: 80%
PodiatryNone$300Podiatry, first visit: 80%Podiatry, later visit: 80%
PsychologyNone$500shared with 5 other servicesPsychology, first visit: 80%Psychology, later visit: 80%
AcupunctureNone$500shared with 5 other servicesAcupuncture, first visit: 80%Acupuncture, later visit: 80%
Remedial massageNone$500shared with 5 other servicesRemedial massage, first visit: 80%Remedial massage, later visit: 80%
Hearing aidsconditions apply12 months$500, 1 every 5 yearsHearing aid: 100%
Blood glucose monitors12 months$500shared with orthoticsBlood glucose monitor: 80%
AudiologyNone$200Audiology, first visit: 80%Audiology, later visit: 80%
Antenatal and postnatalNone$600shared with 4 other servicesAntenatal and postnatal, first visit: 80%Antenatal and postnatal, later visit: 80%
Chinese herbal medicineNone$500shared with 5 other servicesChinese herbal medicine, first visit: 80%Chinese herbal medicine, later visit: 80%
DieteticsNone$500shared with 5 other servicesDietetics, first visit: 80%Dietetics, later visit: 80%
Exercise physiologyNone$500shared with 5 other servicesExercise physiology, first visit: 80%Exercise physiology, later visit: 80%
OrthopticsNone$600shared with 4 other servicesOrthoptics, first visit: 80%Orthoptics, later visit: $80.00
Occupational therapyNone$600shared with 4 other servicesOccupational therapy, first visit: 80%Occupational therapy, later visit: 80%
Orthotics12 months$500shared with blood glucose monitorsOrthotics: 80%
OsteopathyNone$500shared with chiropracticOsteopathy, first visit: 80%Osteopathy, later visit: 80%
Speech therapyNone$600shared with 4 other servicesSpeech therapy, first visit: 80%Speech therapy, later visit: 80%

Not covered: health management programs, home nursing, vaccinations.

From the insurer: GU Health specialises in corporate health cover, providing superior health plans with executive benefits. Enjoy at least 80% back on a range of services including general dental, physiotherapy, chiropractic and remedial massage

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. One hearing aid appliance(s) every five years

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.