VHIS Hong Kong
AIA · F00053-02-000-02

AIA Voluntary Health Insurance Privilege Scheme

AIA Voluntary Health Insurance Privilege Scheme is a Flexi Plan certified under the Voluntary Health Insurance Scheme, certification number F00053-02-000-02. It entitles the insured to a semi-private room and covers treatment asia.

Premium by age, current schedule

AgeAnnual premium
30HK$7,208
45HK$10,464
60HK$21,232
75HK$55,912

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 coverasia
Annual limitHK$10,000,000
Lifetime limitHK$50,000,000
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 treatmentPaid in full
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 application0% for first 30 days of first Policy Year, 100% from 31st day of first Policy Year onwards p.21
Waiting periodnone p.21
Cancellation and refundFull refund if cancelled within 21-day cooling-off period; no refund after cooling-off period p.4
Switching from another planAllowed to switch to plans with upgraded/added 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.44
If a higher room is usedBenefits reduced by an Adjustment Factor (highest daily Covered Room charge / actual daily higher room charge) p.41
Geographical coverAsia p.44
Psychiatric treatment areaHong Kong and Macau p.17
Emergency treatment abroadWorldwide, with 50% reduction for US citizens staying 182+ days in US for Emergency Treatment in US p.41
Full cover on core benefitsyes p.45
Annual limit10000000 p.44
Lifetime limit50000000 p.44
Deductible options0, 16000 p.22
How the deductible appliesPer Policy Year, with option to reduce to zero at ages 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, 81 p.22
Coinsurancenone p.21
Pre-admission outpatientFully covered for all prior outpatient visits/emergency consultations within 30 days before admission/Day Case Procedure; 1 prior visit/consultation more than 30 days before p.44
Post-discharge outpatientFully covered for all follow-up outpatient visits (except dietitian) within 90 days after discharge/Day Case Procedure; 4 dietitian consultation visits at HKD680 per visit within 90 days p.44
General outpatientnone
Psychiatric treatment40000 p.44
Diagnostic imaging coinsurancenone p.44
Non-surgical cancer treatmentfull cover p.44
Kidney dialysisfull cover p.44
Day case proceduresCovered as in-patient for relevant benefits p.16
Home nursingFully covered, maximum 196 days per Policy Year (within 196 days after discharge from Hospital following surgery or ICU admission) p.44
Hospice careHKD80,000 per Policy Year p.45
Chinese medicineHKD600 per visit, max 1 visit per day, max 15 visits per Confinement/Day Case Procedure (within 90 days after discharge/completion) p.45
PhysiotherapyFully covered as follow-up outpatient care post-confinement/Day Case Procedure; HKD1,000 per visit, max 30 visits per Policy Year and HKD100,000 per Incident for Stroke ancillary benefit p.44
Congenital conditionsCovered from age 8 p.24
Pregnancy complicationsnone p.24
Emergency dentalFully covered within 3 months of the Accident p.45
Hospital cashHKD1,200 per day, max 60 days per Policy Year for using a room below Covered Room class in Hong Kong/Macau private hospital p.45
Companion bedFully covered p.45
Second medical opinionAvailable through Personal medical case management services p.37
Direct billing and pre-authorisationReimbursement basis for general benefits; network for no claim medical check-up services and personal medical case management services p.2
No-claim discountNo claim medical check-up services if no benefits paid in preceding Policy Year p.36
Exclusions beyond the VHIS standard liststandard VHIS exclusions only p.23

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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