MedVital
While you are busy realising your dreams, MedVital will ensure that you have private hospital and emergency medical cover, and benefits for minor expenses such as doctors' visits, medicine and contraceptives. Completing your health and screening tests will unlock additional benefits. Pay 25% less when opting for MedVital Elect, the network alternative of this plan.
Added insured benefits
Women’s & men’s health tests
Contraceptives
Maternity & baby benefits
Screenings & immunisations
Core benefits
Specialised radiology
Emergency transport services | Post-hospital | Trauma cover
Hospital benefits (no overall annual limit)
MedVital Elect Network hospitals
270 PMB conditions - diagnosis, treatment & care
26 chronic illnesses (CDL)
Day-to-day benefits
Insured benefits
M = R 1 300 | M+ = R2 600
Care extender benefit
MedVital Elect | MedVital | ||
Principal member | ![]() | R1 650 | R2 100 |
Dependant | ![]() | R1 200 | R1 602 |
Child dependant <26 years | ![]() | R648 | R690 |
Pay for only 2 children under the age of 18 and pay child dependant rates until they turn 26. |
These benefits are provided in addition to your insured day-to-day benefits and are activated when you register on HealthPrint, Medihelp’s free wellness programme for members, on the Member Zone. Your health screening results from Dis-Chem or Clicks will automatically upload to your health record on HealthPrint.
Health screening tests
an individual test (blood glucose or cholesterol) | Preventive care benefits
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Maternity benefits
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Contraceptives
| Supporting wellness
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Babies <2 years
2 consultations at a paediatrician/ GP/ ear, nose and throat specialist | Child immunisation
Standard immunisation up to 7 years |
*Care extender benefits are extra benefits activated when a beneficiary make use of certain added insured benefits.
In-hospital treatment and life-essential services (insured benefits)
Hospitalisation MedVital Elect: Network hospitals and day procedure network applies for certain day procedures | Emergency transport (Netcare 911)
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Trauma that necessitates hospitalisation Unlimited | Specialised radiology
Angiography, MRI and CT imaging – unlimited |
Post-hospital care for speech therapy, occupational therapy and
physiotherapy R2 000 per member and R2 800 per family | Childbirth
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Treatment of life-threatening conditions Unlimited Includes 270 PMB and 26 Chronic Diseases List (CDL) conditions | PMB medicine Unlimited |
Cancer treatment
| Mental health
(psychiatric treatment) R20 800 per person to a maximum of R31 600 per family |
Health-essential functional
prostheses R24 900 per person
| Other prostheses
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Organ transplants PMB – unlimited Cornea implants – R31 100 per implant | Palliative care R20 800 per family |
Other core benefits Including renal dialysis, oxygen, hospice, subacute care and private nursing services as an alternative to hospitalisation |
Consultations, acute medicine, immunisations, physiotherapy and visits to emergency units MedVital Elect GP network and specialist referrals by a network GP
apply | Radiography R1 150 per family |
Dentistry (DRC network) Removal of impacted teeth in the dentist’s chair |
An additional GP
consultation | R450 for self-medication Activates for the family once the first claim for a combo health screening (blood glucose, cholesterol, BMI & blood pressure measurement) is paid from your added insured benefits |