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Silver Plus Advantage & Healthy Flex Extras 50

A Silver Plus hospital and extras policy from Phoenix Health Fund.

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

From

$200.84a 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 Silver hospital and extras policy in NSW & ACT

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

  1. Silver156 policies$306.0778th cheapest of 156
    $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.

Single premium in each state

NT$211
QLD$322
WA$277
SA$298
NSW$311
ACT$311
VIC$321
TAS$311
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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
    $311.24
  2. $750 excess$5.17 less than $500 excess
    $306.07

33 of 38 clinical categories covered in full, 1 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 full33
  • Restricted1
  • Not covered4

Covered 33

  • 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
  • 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)
  • Rehabilitation
  • Skin
  • Tonsils, adenoids and grommets

Restricted 1

  • Hospital psychiatric services

Not covered 4

  • Assisted reproductive services
  • Pregnancy and birth
  • 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.

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

From the insurer: Phoenix Health Hospital Cover features include... *Access Gap – Where your Doctor agrees to participate in our Access Gap Program, you can eliminate or reduce your out-of-pocket costs that you may have otherwise incurred towards your hospital procedure. *Hospital Care Programs – supporting you beyond a hospitalisation, you have access to programs designed to support your health and wellbeing before and after a hospital admission. *Full Ambulance Cover – medically required emergency and non-emergency Ambulance treatment and transport is covered on all of our Hospital Covers, Australia-wide.

Pays towards 8 of 27 standard services

Yearly limits, per person, against the typical policy

  1. General dental
    $700typical policy $800
  2. Major dentalshared with 6 other services
    $700typical policy $1,000
  3. Opticalshared with 6 other services
    $700typical policy $220
  4. Physiotherapyshared with 6 other services
    $700typical policy $450
  5. Chiropracticshared with 6 other services
    $700typical policy $400
This policyTypical policy

What it pays on common claims, against the typical policy

  1. Periodic oral exam (item 012)
    100% of the feetypical policy $35.20
  2. Scale and clean (item 114)
    100% of the feetypical policy $66.85
  3. Full crown, veneered (item 615)
    50% of the feetypical policy $773.80
  4. Single vision lenses and frames
    50% of the feetypical policy $220.00
  5. Physiotherapy, first visit
    50% of the feetypical policy $42.00
This policyTypical policy
ServiceWaiting periodYearly limit, per personExample benefits (all states)
General dentalconditions apply2 months$700Periodic oral exam (item 012): 100%Scale and clean (item 114): 100%Fluoride treatment (item 121): 100%
Major dental12 months$700shared with 6 other servicesSurgical extraction (item 322): 50%Full crown, veneered (item 615): 50%
Endodontic (root canals)12 months$700shared with 6 other servicesRoot canal filling (item 417): 50%
Optical6 months$700shared with 6 other servicesMultifocal lenses and frames: 50%Single vision lenses and frames: 50%
Physiotherapy2 months$700shared with 6 other servicesPhysiotherapy, first visit: 50%Physiotherapy, later visit: 50%
Chiropractic2 months$700shared with 6 other servicesChiropractic, first visit: 50%Chiropractic, later visit: 50%
Podiatry2 months$700shared with 6 other servicesPodiatry, first visit: 50%Podiatry, later visit: 50%
Remedial massage2 months$700shared with 6 other servicesRemedial massage, first visit: 50%Remedial massage, later visit: 50%

Not covered: orthodontics, non-pbs medicines, psychology, acupuncture, hearing aids, blood glucose monitors, audiology, antenatal and postnatal, chinese herbal medicine, dietetics, exercise physiology, orthoptics, health management programs, home nursing, occupational therapy, orthotics, osteopathy, speech therapy, vaccinations.

Other services: $700 General Dental limit. $700 Flex Limit combined for Major Dental, Endodontics, Optical ($200 sublimit), Physiotherapy, Chiropractic, Podiatry, Remedial Massage ($200 sublimit).

100% benefit available on preventative dental services– includes items 012, 013, 111, 114, 115, 121, 161. Claimable once per appointment, up to twice per person per calendar year up to General Dental limits.

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.