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Basic Hospital Plus & Ambulance Care

A Basic Plus hospital policy from HBF.

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

From

$59.79a month

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

Medicare levy surcharge
Exempts you
Excess options
$500, $750
Ambulance
Emergency and non-emergency, call-out fees included, no limit
Who can join
Anyone

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

Against every other Basic hospital policy in NT

Single cover, each policy at its cheapest excess, counting policies anyone can buy.

  1. Basic45 policies$59.7921st cheapest of 45
    $39.30$158.45
This policyEvery other Basic 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$65
QLD-
WA$99
SA$121
NSW-
ACT-
VIC$124
TAS-
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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 NT, a month. The excess is what you pay towards a hospital stay before the policy pays.

  1. $500 excess
    $65.09
  2. $750 excess$5.30 less than $500 excess
    $59.79

$500 excessat most $1,000 a year for couples and families

$750 excessat most $1,500 a year for couples and families

5 of 38 clinical categories covered in full, 3 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 full5
  • Restricted3
  • Not covered30

Covered 5

  • Dental surgery
  • Gynaecology
  • Hernia and appendix
  • Joint reconstructions
  • Tonsils, adenoids and grommets

Restricted 3

  • Hospital psychiatric services
  • Palliative care
  • Rehabilitation

Not covered 30

  • 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
  • Diabetes management (excluding insulin pumps)
  • Dialysis for chronic kidney failure
  • Digestive system
  • Ear, nose and throat
  • Eye (not cataracts)
  • Gastrointestinal endoscopy
  • Heart and vascular system
  • Implantation of hearing devices
  • Insulin pumps
  • Joint replacements
  • 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
  • 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.

From the insurer: Basic Hospital Plus provides private room coverage (subject to availability) for agreed services at an HBF Member Plus Hospital and there is no excess payable for any dependent children on a family policy. Ambulance Care covers you for the times when you need non-urgent ambulance.

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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.