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AIA · F00025-02-000-03

AIA Voluntary Health Insurance Prime Scheme

AIA Voluntary Health Insurance Prime Scheme is a Flexi Plan certified under the Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme, certification number F00025-02-000-03. It entitles the insured to a semi-private room and covers treatment worldwide.

Premium by age, current schedule

AgeAnnual premium
30HK$8,480
45HK$12,288
60HK$24,952
75HK$63,320

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

RoomSemi-private
Geographical coverworldwide
Annual limitHK$5,000,000
Lifetime limitHK$20,000,000
Room and boardPaid in full
Hospital chargesPaid in full
Doctor's visitsPaid in full
Specialist feesPaid in full
Intensive carePaid in full
Surgeon's feePaid in full
AnaesthetistPaid in full
Operating theatrePaid in full
Diagnostic imagingPaid in full
Non-surgical cancer treatmentHK$2,000,000
Outpatient before and afterPaid in full
Psychiatric treatmentHK$40,000

Also includes outpatient general, dental, chinese medicine, health check, home nursing, a companion bed, hospital cash, rehabilitation, hospice care, kidney dialysis, reconstructive surgery, a death benefit, no claim.

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 agelifetime p.12
Pre-existing conditions unknown at applicationFirst 30 days of the first Policy Year no coverage; 31st day of the first Policy Year onwards full coverage p.21
Waiting period30 days for unknown pre-existing conditions p.21
Cancellation and refundFull refund within 21-day cooling-off period if no benefits paid p.4
Switching from another planAllowed to switch to plans with upgraded/additional benefits (re-underwriting limited to new benefits) or downgraded/reduced benefits (no re-underwriting, discretion to accept/reject) p.13
Room classSemi-Private Room in Hong Kong, Macau or Mainland China; Standard Private Room elsewhere in Asia; Standard Private Room outside Asia for Emergency Treatment p.43
If a higher room is usedBenefits reduced by an Adjustment Factor p.40
Geographical coverAsia p.43
Psychiatric treatment areaHong Kong only p.43
Emergency treatment abroadWorldwide p.43
Full cover on core benefitsyes p.43
Annual limit5000000 p.43
Lifetime limit20000000 p.43
Deductible options16000 p.43
How the deductible appliesPer Policy Year, with option to reduce at ages 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 81 p.22
Coinsurancenone p.43
Pre-admission outpatient1 visit per Confinement/Day Case Procedure p.43
Post-discharge outpatient3 visits per Confinement/Day Case Procedure within 90 days after discharge p.43
General outpatientnone
Psychiatric treatment40000 p.43
Diagnostic imaging coinsurancenone p.43
Non-surgical cancer treatment2000000 p.43
Kidney dialysisFully covered p.43
Day case proceduresCovered as in-patient for various benefits p.43
Home nursingFully covered, maximum 196 days per Policy Year p.43
Hospice care80000 per Policy Year p.44
Chinese medicine600 per visit, maximum 15 visits per Confinement/Day Case Procedure within 90 days after discharge p.44
PhysiotherapyCovered during Confinement under miscellaneous charges; covered as follow-up outpatient care; covered under Stroke ancillary benefit p.16
Congenital conditionsCovered if manifested or diagnosed at or after age 8 p.24
Pregnancy complicationsnone p.24
Emergency dentalFully covered within 3 months of the Accident p.44
Hospital cash1600 per procedure, maximum 1 procedure per Policy Year p.44
Companion bedFully covered p.44
Second medical opinionAvailable through Personal medical case management services p.36
No-claim discountNo claim medical check-up services if no benefits paid in preceding Policy Year p.36
Exclusions beyond the VHIS standard listExpenses not Medically Necessary; Venereal and sexually transmitted disease; Purchase of durable medical equipment or appliances; Traditional Chinese medicine treatment and other alternative treatments p.22

Premium record since 2021

At a constant age of 45, AIA has filed 5 schedule changes on this plan since 2021, an average of +8.0% a year, taking the premium from HK$8,000 to HK$12,288.

YearChange
2022no change
2023+9.0%
2024+10.0%
2025+17.0%
2026+9.5%

A record of what has been filed, not a forecast of what you will pay.

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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