VHIS Hong Kong
AXA · F00018-06-000-03

AXA Smart Medicare

AXA Smart Medicare is a Flexi Plan certified under the Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme, certification number F00018-06-000-03. It entitles the insured to a private room and covers treatment worldwide.

Premium by age, current schedule

AgeAnnual premium
30HK$1,825
45HK$3,030
60HK$4,832
75HK$9,794

Female non-smoker, the plan currency, before levy. Age is the only thing that changes down this table; it is the plan's own filed schedule, not a quotation.

What it pays

RoomPrivate
Geographical coverworldwide
Annual limitNone
Lifetime limitNone
Room and boardHK$570
Hospital chargesHK$4,380
Doctor's visitsHK$570
Specialist feesHK$1,250
Intensive careHK$1,000
Surgeon's feeHK$20,000
AnaesthetistAs stated in the schedule
Operating theatreAs stated in the schedule
Diagnostic imagingHK$3,750
Non-surgical cancer treatmentHK$10,390
Outpatient before and afterHK$875
Psychiatric treatmentHK$3,898

Also includes outpatient general, dental, kidney dialysis, a death benefit.

What the plan document states

Read from the certified Terms and Benefits. Each page link opens that page of the filed document. Fields the document does not state are left out.

Guaranteed renewal to age100 p.13
Pre-existing conditions unknown at applicationFirst Policy Year no coverage, Second Policy Year 25% reimbursement, Third Policy Year 50% reimbursement, Fourth Policy Year onwards full coverage p.23
Waiting periodnone
Cancellation and refundFull refund within 21-day cooling-off period if no benefit paid p.4
Switching from another planPossible to switch to another plan with upgrade or addition of benefits, subject to re-underwriting for the upgraded/added benefits p.15
Room classnot restricted p.18
If a higher room is usednot restricted p.18
Geographical coverworldwide p.18
Psychiatric treatment areaHong Kong only p.22
Emergency treatment abroadCovered worldwide p.18
Full cover on core benefitsno p.40
Annual limitNil p.41
Lifetime limitNil p.18
Deductible optionsnone
Coinsurance30% for Prescribed Diagnostic Imaging Tests p.40
Pre-admission outpatient1 prior outpatient visit or Emergency consultation per Confinement/Day Case Procedure, $123 per visit, up to $875 per Policy Year p.40
Post-discharge outpatient3 follow-up outpatient visits per Confinement/Day Case Procedure within 90 days, $123 per visit, up to $875 per Policy Year p.40
General outpatientnone
Psychiatric treatment$3,898 per Policy Year p.40
Diagnostic imaging coinsurance30% p.40
Non-surgical cancer treatment$10,390 per Policy Year p.40
Kidney dialysisOutpatient kidney dialysis, $25,000 per Policy Year p.35
Day case proceduresCovered as in-patient for various benefits, subject to individual benefit limits p.19
Home nursingnone
Hospice carenone p.29
Chinese medicinenone p.25
PhysiotherapyCovered during Confinement under Miscellaneous charges, and as follow-up outpatient visit within 90 days post-discharge, subject to respective benefit limits p.20
Congenital conditionsCovered from age 8 p.25
Pregnancy complicationsnone p.25
Emergency dentalEmergency Treatment and surgery during Confinement arising from an Accident p.25
Hospital cashnone
Companion bednone
Second medical opinionnone
Direct billing and pre-authorisationnone p.1
No-claim discount15% of annual premium if no claim made for 3 preceding policy years p.37
Exclusions beyond the VHIS standard liststandard VHIS exclusions only p.24

What a claim on this plan would look like

Private hospitals publish what they billed for common operations. These pages take those bills and work out what a plan pays of them.

Colonoscopy with or without polypectomyHK$21,098 to HK$54,834 depending on the hospital
ColposcopyHK$23,320 to HK$43,971 depending on the hospital
Trigger finger releaseHK$25,622 to HK$58,423 depending on the hospital
Cystoscopy with or without biopsyHK$23,116 to HK$62,569 depending on the hospital
CircumcisionHK$25,841 to HK$55,602 depending on the hospital
Gastroscopy with or without polypectomyHK$18,484 to HK$72,307 depending on the hospital

Every procedure with published bills

The certified plan document as filed, on the Health Bureau's VHIS site.

Price this plan for your age

Premiums are annual, in the plan currency, before the Insurance Authority levy, taken from the Standard Premium Schedules filed with the Health Bureau. Rate records come from every schedule archived on data.gov.hk since March 2021 and are a track record, not a forecast. Information only, not regulated advice.

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