VHIS Hong Kong
AIA · F00053-04-000-02

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 F00053-04-000-02. It entitles the insured to a semi-private room and covers treatment asia.

Premium by age, current schedule

AgeAnnual premium
30HK$1,870
45HK$2,721
60HK$5,362
75HK$13,891

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$1,250,000
Lifetime limitHK$6,250,000
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$5,000

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 applicationNo coverage for first 30 days of first Policy Year, full coverage from 31st day of first Policy Year onwards p.21
Waiting period30 days for unknown pre-existing conditions p.21
Cancellation and refundFull refund if cancelled within 21-day cooling-off period 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, 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 if a room class above Covered Room is used p.41
Geographical coverAsia p.44
Psychiatric treatment areaHong Kong and Macau only p.17
Emergency treatment abroadWorldwide, but reduced to 50% for US citizens in the US if stayed 182 days or more in the 12 months prior p.41
Full cover on core benefitsyes p.44
Annual limitUSD1,250,000 p.44
Lifetime limitUSD6,250,000 p.44
Deductible optionsUSD0 p.44
How the deductible appliesPer Policy Year, with an option to reduce at ages 50, 55, 60, 65, 70, 75, or 81 once in a lifetime p.22
Coinsurancenone p.44
Pre-admission outpatientAll prior outpatient visits or Emergency consultations within 30 days before each admission or Day Case Procedure, fully covered p.44
Post-discharge outpatientAll follow-up outpatient visits (except dietitian) within 90 days after discharge/Day Case Procedure, fully covered. 4 dietitian consultation follow-up visits within 90 days, USD85 per visit. p.44
General outpatientnone
Psychiatric treatmentUSD5,000 per Policy Year p.44
Diagnostic imaging coinsurancenone p.44
Non-surgical cancer treatmentfull cover p.44
Kidney dialysisFully covered p.44
Day case proceduresCovered as in-patient for various benefits; Day surgery cash benefit of USD200 per procedure, max 1 per Policy Year p.44
Home nursingFully covered, maximum 196 days per Policy Year (within 196 days after discharge from Hospital following surgery or ICU admission) p.44
Hospice careUSD10,000 per Policy Year p.45
Chinese medicineUSD75 per visit, max 15 follow-up visits per Confinement/Day Case Procedure (within 90 days) p.45
PhysiotherapyFully covered during Confinement and as post-discharge outpatient care. For Stroke, USD125 per visit, max 30 visits per Policy Year and USD12,500 per Incident. p.16
Congenital conditionsCovered if manifested or diagnosed after age 8 p.24
Pregnancy complicationsnone p.24
Emergency dentalFully covered within 3 months of the Accident p.45
Hospital cashUSD150 per day, maximum 60 days per Policy Year, for using a lower ward class p.45
Companion bedFully covered p.45
Second medical opinionAvailable through Personal medical case management services p.36
No-claim discountNo claim medical check-up services provided if no benefits paid in the preceding Policy Year p.36
Exclusions beyond the VHIS standard listTraditional Chinese medicine (except specific benefits); other alternative treatments (hypnotism, qigong, massage therapy, aromatherapy, naturopathy, homeopathy) 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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