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Basic Extras Set Benefits
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Inclusions
Bronze Plus Package with AIA Vitality, Silver Package with AIA Vitality, Essential Extras, Core Extras & Premium Extras:
Benefits are per person per calendar year.
Basic Extras, Mid Extras, Top Extras:
The benefits shown are the annual limits for each type of dental service. The annual limit is a combined general and major dental limit. There are further sub limits within some of these dental services.
Overall dental annual limit is per person, per calendar year.
General Dental:
Diagnostic services, simple extractions (not including surgical extractions of wisdom teeth) and restorative services (limited benefits apply to precious restorations).
Major Dental:
Major dental services (including full & partial dentures, orthodontics, crown & bridgework, endodontic services such as root canal, gold fillings, indirect restorations, surgical extractions of a tooth/teeth including wisdom teeth). Note: Basic Extras, Bronze Plus Package with AIA Vitality and Essential don't cover major dental.
Annual limit per person, per calendar year
$1,000
Combined annual limits for General Dental and Preventative Dental
Sub-limit of $300 applies for Preventative Dental
Benefit - General Dental
Periodic oral examination (012) - $31.00
Scale & clean (114) - $57.75
Fluoride treatment (121) - $18.15
Excludes Major Dental treatment
Waiting period
2 months
Includes prescription lenses, spectacle frames, and contact lenses. Non-prescription sunglasses and repairs are excluded.
Laser surgery claimable on Gold Extras only.
Annual limit per person, per calendar year
$150
Benefit
80%
Waiting period
6 months
Treatment by a physiotherapist which uses physical means to relive pain, regain range of movement, restore muscle strength and return patients to return patients to normal activities of daily living
Hydrotherapy, involves the use of water for pain relief and treatment. The term encompasses a broad range of approaches and therapeutic methods that take advantage of the physical properties of water, such as temperature and pressure, for therapeutic purposes, to stimulate blood circulation and treat the symptoms of certain diseases
Annual limit per person, per calendar year
$300
Annual limit per policy, per calendar year
$600
Combined annual limits for Physiotherapy, Hydrotherapy and Myotherapy
Benefit - Physiotherapy
Initial consult - $33.00
Subsequent consult - $25.00
Benefit - Hydrotherapy
Initial consult - $33.00
Subsequent consult - $25.00
Waiting period
2 months
Myotherapy is a branch of manual medicine which focuses on the treatment and rehabilitation of musculoskeletal pain and associated conditions. This involves an extensive physical evaluation and an integrated therapeutic approach to affected muscles, joints, nerves, and associated viscera (organs) and is used in the treatment of acute or chronic conditions and in the area of preventative management
Annual limit per person, per calendar year
$300
Annual limit per policy, per calendar year
$600
Combined annual limits for Physiotherapy, Hydrotherapy and Myotherapy
Benefit
Initial consult - $33.00
Subsequent consult - $25.00
Waiting period
2 months
Any S4 or S8 non PBS products may be claimed (excluding contraception, fertility and IVF).
Annual limit per person, per calendar year
$150
Annual limit per policy, per calendar year
$350
Combined annual limits for Pharmacy and Travel Vaccinations
Benefit
Per script - $21
Waiting period
2 months
Benefits are payable for selected travel vaccinations administered by a doctor or at a vaccine clinic if you have a pharmacy receipt, doctor's account or vaccine clinic account.
Annual limit per person, per calendar year
$150
Annual limit per policy, per calendar year
$350
Combined annual limits for Pharmacy and Travel Vaccinations
Benefit
Per script - $21
Waiting period
2 months
Occupational Therapy assists and supports people to participate in day to day life by enhancing their ability to engage in everyday activities.
Annual limit per person, per calendar year
$300
Annual limit per policy, per calendar year
$600
Benefit
Initial consult - $30.00
Subsequent consult - $23.00
Waiting period
2 months
Annual limit per person, per calendar year
$30
Benefit
Per repair - 75%
Waiting period
2 months
Refer to medical devices (such as a knee brace) fitted immediately following surgery or to heal an injury.
Must be custom made and GMHBA specified and approved.
A doctor's letter of recommendation is required prior to claiming and are limited to one item per membership every 3 years.
Annual limit per person, every three years
$200
Benefit
Per appliance - $71.00
Waiting period
12 months
Garment that applies continual pressure over large areas of healing skin after burns, lymphodaema, or post operative surgery.
Garments must be supplied through a private company or therapist in private practice. A doctor's letter recommending the appliance must accompany each claim for benefits.
A doctor's letter of recommendation is required prior to claiming.
Annual limit per person, every three years
$100
Benefit
Per garment - $42
Waiting period
12 months
Fluoride benefits are payable towards the cost of dietary fluoride supplements (tablet or liquid form) when dispensed by a chemist or dentist in a private practice.
Annual limit per person, per calendar year
$45
Benefit
Per supplement - $16.00
Waiting period
2 months
Bronze Plus Package with AIA Vitality, Silver Package with AIA Vitality, Essential Extras, Core Extras & Premium Extras:
100% of cost, limited to 1 service per person per year. Where you are entitled to any rebate or reimbursement from Medicare for any extras service, you cannot claim any out of pocket expenses with us.
Quit Smoking Program:
1 per person per year up to the annual limit on Top Extras Set Benefits, Top Extras 75% Benefits, Mid Extras Set Benefits, Mid Extras 65%, Basic Extras Set Benefits and Basic Extras 55%. Combined with Melanoma Surveillance Photography and Nicotine Replacement Patches.
Annual limit per person, per calendar year
$50
Annual limit per policy, per calendar year
$100
Combined annual limits for Melanoma Surveillance Photography, Quit Smoking Programs and Nicotine Replacement Patches
Benefit
100% - 1 per year
Waiting period
2 months
Bronze Plus Package with AIA Vitality, Silver Package with AIA Vitality, Essential Extras, Core Extras & Premium Extras:
100% up to 1 x 12 week course of patches per year.
Quit Smoking Program:
1 per person per year up to the annual limit on Top Extras Set Benefits, Top Extras 75% Benefits, Mid Extras Set Benefits, Mid Extras 65%, Basic Extras Set Benefits and Basic Extras 55%. Combined with Melanoma Surveillance Photography and Nicotine Replacement Patches.
Annual limit per person, per calendar year
$50
Annual limit per policy, per calendar year
$100
Combined annual limits for Melanoma Surveillance Photography, Quit Smoking Programs and Nicotine Replacement Patches
Benefit
1 x 12 week course of patches per year
Waiting period
2 months
Extras FAQs
A waiting period is the time between joining GMHBA and when you're covered for a treatment or service. If you receive a service or treatment during a waiting period, you are not eligible to receive a benefit payable from us, regardless of when you submit the claim.
Extras waiting periods apply to:
New members to health insurance, existing members who have upgraded their cover or anyone who has transfered to GMHBA from a previous fund and:
- Still have waiting periods to finish serving
- Joined on a higher level of cover and haven't served waits on any new services or increased benefit limits
- Had a gap in their extras cover for more than 30 days
Waiting periods for extras services are as follows:
Waiting Periods - 12 Months
Major Dental including Orthodontics, Hearing Aids, Health Appliances and Foot Orthotics
Waiting Periods - 6 Months
Optical
Waiting Periods - 2 Months
All other services
Waiting Periods - 0 days
Ambulance transport and subscriptions
Our members have freedom of choice when selecting their preferred provider. For members to claim with GMHBA, providers must hold active accreditation, be operating in a private practice and considered an Australian Provider.
We've partnered with smile.com.au to make dental care more affordable and accessible for our members across Australia. This means lower out of pocket costs for all dental treatment, as smile.com.au dentists will reduce their fees by at least 15%.
With more than 2,500 approved dentists in the smile.com.au network, chances are there is one near you.
A extras policy can have four different types of limits:
- Policy limit - The total amount for a service that can be claimed for the policy in a calendar year.
- Person limit - The maximum amount a single person can claim towards a service within the calendar year.
- Membership limit - The maximum total between everyone on the policy, that can be claimed towards a service within the calendar year.
- Sublimit – A cap on benefits set by GMHBA towards a particular service or treatment within the overall annual limit.
Annual limits reset on 1 January each year for most services.
Some services such as hearing aids and health appliances have a benefit period of three years. This means that if you have claimed your full hearing aid benefit you will be unable to claim an additional benefit for three years from the date of the initial claim.
With set benefits you get the same benefit back each time you visit the provider up to your annual limits.
A percentage back allows you to get a percentage of the overall charge back up to your annual limits.
Our promise
Not the right cover for you? We'll refund your premium provided you haven't made a claim.
We’ve been helping Australian’s manage their health care for over 85 years.
We’re not for profit, so we always put the health and wellbeing of our members first.
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Find the right cover for you, join online and we'll take care of the rest. Plus, you'll serve no waiting periods if you switch to the same or lower level of cover.
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Full information about your chosen cover's applicable waiting periods, excess, co-payments, exclusions, restrictions, limits, pre-existing conditions, accident protection and services covered is available within the policy factsheet. The price shown excludes any Lifetime Health Cover (LHC) loading.
Rates are effective 1 October 2023. | All contribution quotes by this calculator are subject to variation and should therefore be considered indicative contribution rates. | Weekly and fortnightly payment frequencies are only available for direct debits | Calculations include the 2% Direct Debit Discount available only via bank account direct debit, excluding products with AIA Vitality packages| All prices include the Australian Government Rebate on Private Health Insurance as chosen | Hospital Cover contributions do not include any applicable Lifetime Health Cover loading. | Health insurance and AIA Vitality are separate products, with the combined price including your health insurance premium and monthly AIA Vitality fee, less 5% discount off both. When packaged with a single or single parent health insurance policy, AIA Vitality costs $10 per month (less applicable discounts) and entitles one eligible adult member to an AIA Vitality membership. When packaged with a couple or family health insurance policy, AIA Vitality costs $20 per month (less applicable discounts) and entitles two eligible adult members to AIA Vitality memberships. If you cancel your AIA Vitality membership, you will lose your associated discount on your health insurance product. | GMHBA with AIA Vitality packages are only available for members paying by direct debit. Please call 1300 425 499 if you would like the health insurance product only.