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Monthly Costs (2025)
(Other benefits: Costs | Inhospital | Out of hospital | Medication | Maternity | Cancer | Mental Health | Dentistry | Optometry | Other/Extra Benefits | Wellness | Prosthetics)
Dentistry benefits (2025):
(Other benefits: Costs | Inhospital | Out of hospital | Medication | Maternity | Cancer | Mental Health | Dentistry | Optometry | Other/Extra Benefits | Wellness | Prosthetics)
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Assume scheme pays all these costs, unless otherwise stated
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Main Member: |
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Child: |
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- Main= R15,513
- Main+1= R31,025
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| Standard Dentistry: |
- Preventative dentistry: paid by Bestmed. Includes exam, radiographs, scaling and polishing, fissure sealing and space maintainers
- Standard dentistry: R6,835 per person and R13,728 per family fromday-to-day benefit.
- Benefit shared with specialised dentistry
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| Specialised Dentistry: |
- From day-to-day benefit
- R6,835 per person and R13,728 per family
- Benefit shared with standard dentistry
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| In-Hospital Dentistry: |
- Dental and oral surgery: R12,210 per family, in or out of hospital
- Major maxillofacial surgery: R15,945 per family
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| Orthodontics: |
- Subject to pre-authorisation
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| Note: |
- PMBs: Prescribed Minimum Benfits. To read more about PMBs click here
- DSPs: Designated Service Provders. Where stipulated, you must use specific specific providers to get full benefit.
- Co-payment: Paid out of pocket, or out of savings account. Sometimes this is refundable to you if you have a gap product
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Optometry benefits (2025):
(Other benefits: Costs | Inhospital | Out of hospital | Medication | Maternity | Cancer | Mental Health | Dentistry | Optometry | Other/Extra Benefits | Wellness | Prosthetics)
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Assume scheme pays all these costs, unless otherwise stated |
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Main Member: |
Adult: |
Child: |
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- Main= R15,513
- Main+1= R31,025
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| Optometry: |
| Limit: | Paid by scheme, every 24 months |
| Consult: | 1 per person |
| Frames: | R1,000 |
| Single lenses | 100% cost |
| Bifocals: | 100% cost |
| Multifocals | 100% cost |
| Contacts | R1,840 as alternative to glasses |
| Refractive Surgery: | R11,349 per eye |
| Notes: | Above benefits from network provider. Other limits apply to non-network providers. |
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- This section does not apply to opthamology benefits, which fall under "in-hospital" benefits. Some of those are PMBs, and are paid for in full by your scheme. You can read more about PMBs here.
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Wellness/Preventative benefits (2025):
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| Flu vaccination: |
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| Pneumonia vaccines: |
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| Biometric Screening: |
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| Child Immunisation: |
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| Pap Smear: |
- Covered , 18yrs+ every 24 months.
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| Mammogram: |
- Covered , women 40yrs+, every 24 months
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| PAS Test: |
- Covered , 50yrs+, every 24 months
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| HIV Test: |
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| Other: |
- Tempo Programme which includes bio screening, child assessments, nutrition assessments, fitness and nutritional interventions (biokineticist and dietician consults)
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View all the other benefits for this plan:
In-hospital |
Out-of-hospital |
Medication |
Maternity
Cancer |
Mental Health |
Dentistry |
Optometry
Other/Extra Benefits |
Wellness |
Prosthetics
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Other benefits for 2025:
(Other benefits: Costs | Inhospital | Out of hospital | Medication | Maternity | Cancer | Mental Health | Dentistry | Optometry | Other/Extra Benefits | Wellness | Prosthetics)
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