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HBF vs HIF

What each sells a single in WA, priced from the statements every insurer files

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Priced for a single in WA, after the 24.1% rebate (the full rebate), under 65, with no Lifetime Health Cover loading. Answer a few questions to price it for your age and income.

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Cheapest hospital cover at Silver or higher, a year
$1,242
Essential Silver Hospital $750/$1500 Excess · $750 a stay
$1,343
Silver Hospital $750/$1500 · $750 a year

HBF's cheapest costs $100 a year less than HIF's.

Tier at least, and the most you'd pay towards a hospital stay
HBFHBF
HIFHIF
Cheapest at Silver or higher
excess of $750 or less
Essential Silver Hospital $750/$1500 Excess
Silver Plus · $750 a stay
Silver Hospital $750/$1500
Silver Plus · $750 a year
A year after the rebate
$1,242
$103.53 a month
$100 a year less · Lower price a year
$1,343
$111.89 a month
Categories covered
as a private patient
29 of 38
1 more restricted
29 of 38
1 more restricted
Ambulance
on that policy
Emergencies
Emergencies and transfers
Policies at Silver or higher
any excess
20
excess $250 to $750
6
excess $200 to $750
Policies you can buy
for this household, in this state
50
40 hospital · 10 extras
28
14 hospital · 9 extras · 5 combined
Hospital tiers sold
Basic, Bronze, Silver, Gold
Basic, Bronze, Silver
Age-based discount
up to 10% off hospital cover for under-30s
Not offered
Not offered

Every Silver or higher hospital policy, a year

Point at a dot for its policy
HBF$1,242 · Essential Silver Hospital $750/$1500 Excess · $750 a stay$1,262 · Essential Silver Hospital $750/$1500 Excess & Ambulance Care · $750 a stay$1,354 · Silver Hospital $750/$1500 Excess · $750 a stay$1,374 · Silver Hospital $750/$1500 Excess & Ambulance Care · $750 a stay$1,465 · Essential Silver Hospital $500/$1000 Excess · $500 a stay$1,485 · Essential Silver Hospital $500/$1000 Excess & Ambulance Care · $500 a stay$1,611 · Silver Hospital $500/$1000 Excess · $500 a stay$1,630 · Silver Hospital $500/$1000 Excess & Ambulance Care · $500 a stay$1,866 · Silver Hospital $250/$500 Excess · $250 a stay$1,886 · Silver Hospital $250/$500 Excess & Ambulance Care · $250 a stay$1,906 · Silver Hospital Plus $750/$1500 Excess · $750 a stay$1,926 · Silver Hospital Plus $750/$1500 Excess & Ambulance Care · $750 a stay$2,107 · Silver Hospital Plus $500/$1000 Excess · $500 a stay$2,127 · Silver Hospital Plus $500/$1000 Excess & Ambulance Care · $500 a stay$2,325 · Silver Hospital Plus $250/$500 Excess · $250 a stay$2,345 · Silver Hospital Plus $250/$500 Excess & Ambulance Care · $250 a stay$3,408 · Gold Hospital Elevate $750/$1500 Excess · $750 a stay$3,428 · Gold Hospital Elevate $750/$1500 Excess & Ambulance Care · $750 a stay$3,619 · Gold Hospital Elevate $500/$1000 Excess · $500 a stay$3,639 · Gold Hospital Elevate $500/$1000 Excess & Ambulance Care · $500 a stayHIF$1,343 · Silver Hospital $750/$1500 · $750 a year$1,507 · Silver Hospital $500/$1000 · $500 a year$1,590 · Silver Hospital $200/$400 · $200 a year$1,874 · Silver Plus Hospital $750/$1500 · $750 a year$1,974 · Silver Plus Hospital $500/$1000 · $500 a year$2,149 · Silver Plus Hospital $200/$400 · $200 a year$1,242$1,842$2,441$3,040$3,639

Each dot is one hospital policy at Silver or higher with an excess of $750 or less, a year for a single in WA, after the 24.1% rebate (the full rebate); the filled one is the headline's. Policies with a co-payment on top of the excess are left out.

HBF · Essential Silver Hospital $750/$1500 Excess
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HIF · Silver Hospital $750/$1500
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Priced for a single in WA, after the 24.1% rebate (the full rebate), with no Lifetime Health Cover loading. HBF's cheapest Silver-or-higher hospital policy with an excess of $750 or less costs $1,242 a year and HIF's $1,343. At the 1 April 2026 round, HBF's premiums here rose by a median 1.3% and HIF's 2.0%. Premiums from the Private Health Information Statements every insurer files with PrivateHealth.gov.au, October 2026 release; extras paid back are worked out at typical fees, so yours may differ. Each row says which figure is lower or higher, nothing more.

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