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Astute Bronze Plus Hospital

Astute Bronze Plus Hospital

Offers private hospital cover, with an excess, for the included clinical categories and can be packaged with one of our Extras products.

Astute Bronze Plus Hospital offers you top hospital cover for the clinical categories included, with a $250 or $500 excess.

Astute Bronze Plus Hospital can be taken as a stand-alone hospital product if you only need hospital cover, or you can tailor your own combined hospital and extras package by combining Astute Bronze Plus Hospital with one of our Extras products.

This product provides members with cover for more than the minimum clinical category services for a Bronze tier product however it has some exclusions and restriction benefits for psychiatric services.
 
The clinical category of hospital psychiatric services is a restricted service meaning the benefit is limited, once the excess is deducted, to the public hospital shared ward room rate if you elect to be treated as a private patient in a public hospital.  There is very limited cover for a restricted service in a private hospital. If you do elect to be treated in a private hospital for the restricted services significant out-of-pocket costs will apply.  Some clinical categories are excluded from cover and therefore no benefit is payable.

Astute Bronze Plus Hospital 250

Hospital Cover Single Excess Couples & Family Excess
  Per calendar year Per person, per calendar year Maximum per policy, per calendar year
Astute Bronze Plus Hospital 250 $250 $250 $500
Astute Bronze Plus Hospital 500 $500 $500 $1,000

The excess for adults will apply to both overnight and same-day hospitalisations. The same-day excess will be half the chosen excess up to the maximum product excess. The excess does not apply to children covered by the policy.

For information on waiting periods, including pre-existing conditions click here.

For information on exclusions, restrictions and/or excesses refer to our membership conditions.

A full list of the private hospitals and day hospital facilities that are contracted with the underwriter St Lukes is available here.

Dependant extension option available on this product:
Our dependant extension option means that your non-student child dependant can remain on their parent’s policy for an additional premium, provided they are aged between 23 and 25, not studying full-time and are not married or living in a defacto relationship.

For more information on Dependant Extension, contact Astute Simplicity Health on 1300 090 960.

Hospital Benefits

Rehabilitation

Hospital psychiatric services (R)

Palliative care

Ear, nose & throat

Tonsils, adenoids and grommets

Bone, joint and muscle

Joint reconstruction

Hernia and appendix

Gynaecology

Brain and nervous system

Digestive system

Gastrointestinal and endoscopy

Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy for cancer

Pain management

Breast surgery (medically necessary)

Eye (not cataracts)

Kidney and bladder

Male reproductive system

Miscarriage and termination of pregnancy

Skin

Diabetes (excluding insulin pumps)

Dental surgery

Lung and chest

Blood

Plastic and reconstructive surgery (medically necessary)

Implantation of hearing devices

Back, neck and spine (incl. fusion)

Heart and vascular system

Podiatric surgery (provided by an accredited podiatric surgeon)

Pregnancy and birth

Assisted reproductive services

Insulin pumps

Pain management with device

Sleep Studies

Cataracts

Joint replacements

Dialysis for chronic kidney disease

Weight loss surgery

Need help deciding

Our friendly staff are only a phone call away and are trained to provide personalised service to assist you in choosing the level of health cover you require.