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Payment & Insurance
Hospital Fees & Charges
Hospital charges can include accommodation, use of theatre, prostheses and essential pharmacy items for your care. Charges can vary depending on treatment required, prostheses provided and individual private health insurance contracts. Hospital costs do not include non-hospital or medical provider costs, such as your doctor, anaesthetist, pathology and X-ray.
All known hospital costs (other than those covered by contracted insurers) are payable on admission. They may be paid in cash, by most credit cards, money orders or traveller’s cheques. The hospital also has EFTPOS facilities; however, cash out service is not available. If any additional patient costs arise related to your procedure, you are required to pay these prior to or on discharge.
Private Health Insurance
If you have private health insurance please speak to your health fund prior to admission to hospital to ensure you understand your level of cover.
Important questions are:
- Am I covered for the procedure at Springwood Day Surgery?
- What level of cover do I have?
- Does my health fund cover allied health expenses?
- Do I have to contribute to the hospital costs e.g. is there an excess or co-payment payable?
Department of Veterans' Affairs (OVA)
If you have DVA cover:
- Gold Card holder no approval necessary
- White Card holder you must provide your approval letter from DV A prior to or on admission.
If you're
SELF INSURED
If you are paying the hospital account yourself you will need to contact Springwood Day Surgery on telephone to obtain a quote once you have discussed your admission with your doctor.
As a self insured patient you are required to pay for all estimated hospital costs on admission. If additional costs arise you are required to pay these prior to discharge.
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