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Core Extras

Cover for 18 popular services including Occupational Therapy and Podiatry. From * per week
Get up to 14 weeks FREE on us
Limited time offer for new members who join with hospital & extras cover. 14 weeks applied over 26 months. View full eligibility and T&Cs.

Great value dental cover

Enjoy a combined $800 annual limit for Preventative General, Restorative General Dental and Major Dental & Implants

Covered for psychology and counselling

Use your combined $400 annual limit across a range of services*

Covered for therapies

Use your combined $400 annual limit across a range of services*

Included services

An inclusion is a treatment, service or good that we will pay a benefit towards. Core Extras includes cover for the following services:

If you need cover for any of the excluded services, you may want to compare our higher cover options.

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4 things to ask yourself before you buy extras cover

Thinking about buying extras cover? Here’s what you need to consider.

Also known as health cover, health insurance is an umbrella term for the types of insurances available to help cover your healthcare costs in Australia: hospital insurance and extras insurance.

Hospital insurance

Also known as hospital cover, hospital insurance helps cover some of the costs when you're admitted to hospital. It can help cover some of the costs for things like doctors' fees, accommodation and theatre fees.

Extras insurance

Also known as ancillary cover or extras cover, extras insurance helps cover some or all of the costs for everyday healthcare services including things like dental check-ups, physio appointments and glasses or contacts. These services are generally not covered by Medicare.

With HBF, you can choose to purchase hospital or extras insurance on their own, or you can buy both to create a combined policy.

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An annual limit is the maximum amount of money you can claim for a service within a calendar year. Each person on your policy has their own annual limits.

The amount you can claim back on extras services depends on your benefits (the amount you get back when you claim) and your annual limits (the maximum amount you can claim in a year).

Nearly all extras insurance policies only cover services to a limited extent, which means you'll usually pay for some of the service out of your own pocket.

What makes extras insurance worthwhile is that Medicare generally doesn't cover extras services, so without extras insurance you'd have to cover the full cost of treatment every time you receive a service.

The specific extras services you're covered for depends on your health fund, level of cover and the specific policy you choose. Here are some examples of common services extras insurance can cover:

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Also known as ancillary cover or extras cover, extras insurance helps cover the cost of everyday healthcare services including things like dental check-ups, physio appointments and glasses or contacts. These services are generally not covered by Medicare.

There are some situations where your health fund cannot pay a benefit (because they legally can't), but Medicare will. For example, a visit to a doctor outside of hospital, like a General Practitioner, is not covered by health insurance, no matter what health fund you're with — this is covered by Medicare.

Consultation fees for a doctor or a specialist appointment outside of hospital, tests and examinations like x-rays or blood tests and eye tests performed by an optometrist are common situations where your health fund won't pay a benefit but Medicare will.

HBF has a range of extras cover products to suit all budgets. Private Health Insurance with extras cover helps cover some or all of the costs for everyday healthcare services including things like dental check-ups, physio appointments and glasses or contacts. The price of each product is based on the level of restrictions and exclusions on these eservices.

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Yes. With HBF, you can purchase extras cover on its own. Extras insurance helps cover some or all of the costs for everyday healthcare services including things like dental check-ups, physio appointments and glasses or contacts. These services are generally not covered by Medicare.

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