Bestmed Pace 1:
dentistry, optometry and wellness (2025)

What's on this page:

  1. Monthly Costs (2025)
  2. Dentistry benefits (2025):
  3. Optometry benefits (2025):
  4. Wellness/Preventative benefits (2025):
  5. Other benefits for 2025:
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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)

Pace 1 2025 prices
Main member: Adult member: Child member:
Total Cost pm:
  • R5,706
  • R4,008
  • R1440
  • Only pay for 3 children
Savings:
  • R13,008
  • R9,132
  • R3,288
Extended Fund:
Extra funds from the scheme for (mostly) out of hospital claims, over and above any savings account
  • Main= R13,187
  • Main+1= R26,373
Children Rates:
  • Under 24 unless registered student, then under 26
  • Only pay for 3 children
Note:
  • Exclusions: Note that all schemes have extensive exclusions. We've tried to list the major ones, but you must consult with your scheme to get the full list.
  • All treatments and procedures are subject to authorisation and protocols
  • All benefits are listed as an indication only. Please verify with your broker and scheme
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Cancer | Mental Health | Dentistry | Optometry
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Dentistry benefits (2025):

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Bestmed: Pace 1
Assume scheme pays all these costs, unless otherwise stated
Summary of day-to-day benefits:
Main Member: Adult: Child:
Savings:
  • R13,008
  • R9,132
  • R3,288
Extended Fund:
Extra funds from the scheme for (mostly) out of hospital claims, over and above any savings account
  • Main= R13,187
  • Main+1= R26,373
Standard Dentistry:
  • Preventative dentistry: Paid by Bestmed. Includes exam, radiographs, scaling and polishing, fissure sealing and space maintainers
  • Standard dentistry: from day-to-day benefit
Specialised Dentistry:
  • From day-to-day benefit
In-Hospital Dentistry:
  • Dental and oral surgery: R9,768 per family, in or out of hospital
  • Major maxillofacial surgery: R15,800 per family
PMBs are always covered by the scheme, and cannot have sublimits or co-payments imposed. These include fracture of face bones, orbit and/or jaw. You can see a full list of maxillo facial PMB benefits here.
Orthodontics:
  • R4,998 per person and R10,412 per family, from day-to-day benefit
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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In-hospital | Out-of-hospital | Medication | Maternity
Cancer | Mental Health | Dentistry | Optometry
Other/Extra Benefits | Wellness | Prosthetics

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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)

Bestmed: Pace 1
Assume scheme pays all these costs, unless otherwise stated
Summary of day-to-day benefits:
Main Member: Adult: Child:
Savings:
  • R13,008
  • R9,132
  • R3,288
Extended Fund:
Extra funds from the scheme for (mostly) out of hospital claims, over and above any savings account
  • Main= R13,187
  • Main+1= R26,373
Optometry:
Limit:Paid by scheme, every 24 months
Consult:1 per person
Frames:R1,210 from network, or R750
Single lenses100% cost from network, or R215
Bifocals:100% cost from network, or R460
Multifocals100% cost from network, or R982
ContactsR2,025 as alternative to glasses
Refractive Surgery:R10,859 per eye
Notes:Above benefits from network provider. Other limits apply to non-network providers.
Note:
  • 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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In-hospital | Out-of-hospital | Medication | Maternity
Cancer | Mental Health | Dentistry | Optometry
Other/Extra Benefits | Wellness | Prosthetics

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Wellness/Preventative benefits (2025):

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Bestmed: Pace 1
Assume scheme pays all these costs, unless otherwise stated
Flu vaccination:
  • Covered
Pneumonia vaccines:
  • Covered
Biometric Screening:
  • Covered
Child Immunisation:
  • Covered
Pap Smear:
  • Covered , 18yrs+ every 24 months.
Mammogram:
  • Covered , women 40yrs+, every 24 months
PAS Test:
  • Covered , 50yrs+, every 24 months
HIV Test:
Other:
  • Tempo Programme which includes bio screening, child assessments, nutrition assessments, fitness and nutritional interventions (biokineticist and dietician consults)
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Cancer | Mental Health | Dentistry | Optometry
Other/Extra Benefits | Wellness | Prosthetics

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Other benefits for 2025:

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Pace 1
International Insurance: Leisure travel:
  • USA : 45 days and R1,000,000 per family.
  • All other countries: 90 days and R5 million for family
Business travel:
  • USA: 45 days and R1,000,000 per family.
  • All other countries: 60 days and R5 million for family
Other:
  • Wound care: R4,381 per family, from day-to-day benefit
  • Glucose Monitoring (CGM/FGM): See Appliance limit, above
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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    Important!
  • Unless specified, assume that all benefits are paid are paid at 100% scheme rate
  • No limits or co-payments can apply to treatment of PMBs, which is always unlimited, although subject to strict protocols and scheme rules.
  • "Unlimited" benefits are still subject to authorisation, protocols and sublimits
  • Assume that all benefits need to be pre-authorised

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