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AIA · F00025-03-000-03

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 F00025-03-000-03. It entitles the insured to a semi-private room and covers treatment worldwide.

Premium by age, current schedule

AgeAnnual premium
30HK$7,120
45HK$10,568
60HK$21,392
75HK$54,288

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; no refund after cooling-off period unless specified otherwise p.4
Switching from another planAllowed to switch to another plan with upgrade/addition of benefits (re-underwriting limited to new benefits) or downgrade/reduction of benefits (no re-underwriting, company discretion) p.13
Room classSemi-Private Room in Hong Kong, Macau or Mainland China; Standard Private Room elsewhere p.42
If a higher room is usedBenefits reduced by an Adjustment Factor if a higher room class than Covered Room is used p.40
Geographical coverAsia (Afghanistan, Australia, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Brunei, Cambodia, Mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Macau, Malaysia, Maldives, Mongolia, Myanmar, Nepal, New Zealand, North Korea, Pakistan, the Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Tajikistan, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan, and Vietnam) p.42
Psychiatric treatment areaHong Kong only p.43
Emergency treatment abroadWorldwide p.43
Full cover on core benefitspartial p.43
Annual limitHKD5,000,000 p.43
Lifetime limitHKD20,000,000 p.43
Deductible options0, 25000 p.22
How the deductible appliesPer Policy Year, with an option to reduce at ages 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, or 81 p.22
Coinsurancenone (except 30% for Prescribed Diagnostic Imaging Tests) p.43
Pre-admission outpatient1 visit or emergency consultation prior to confinement/day case procedure p.43
Post-discharge outpatient3 follow-up visits within 90 days after discharge from hospital or completion of day case procedure p.43
General outpatientnone
Psychiatric treatmentHKD40,000 per Policy Year p.43
Diagnostic imaging coinsurance30% p.43
Non-surgical cancer treatmentHKD2,000,000 per Policy Year p.43
Kidney dialysisFully covered for haemodialysis or peritoneal dialysis for chronic and irreversible kidney failure p.19
Day case proceduresCovered as in-patient for various benefits p.15
Home nursingFully covered, maximum 196 days per Policy Year (within 196 days after discharge from hospital following surgery or ICU admission) p.43
Hospice careHKD80,000 per Policy Year p.44
Chinese medicineHKD600 per visit, 1 follow-up visit per day, max 15 visits per confinement/day case procedure (within 90 days post-discharge) p.44
PhysiotherapyCovered during confinement under miscellaneous charges; covered as follow-up outpatient care; covered under Stroke ancillary benefit (HKD1,000 per visit, max 30 visits/year, HKD100,000/incident) p.16
Congenital conditionsCovered from age 8 p.24
Pregnancy complicationsnone p.24
Emergency dentalFully covered for emergency treatment due to injury to sound natural teeth within 3 months of accident p.35
Hospital cashHKD1,600 per procedure, max 1 procedure per Policy Year p.44
Companion bedFully covered for an extra bed for one companion during confinement p.33
Second medical opinionAvailable through personal medical case management services p.36
No-claim discountNo claim medical check-up services p.36
Exclusions beyond the VHIS standard listvenereal and sexually transmitted diseases; purchase of durable medical equipment or appliances; traditional Chinese medicine and other alternative treatments (except as specified) p.23

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$6,880 to HK$10,568.

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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