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Restricted fund for the medical community.

2026 average premium increase

+3.67%

Individual policy increases vary.

Industry average: +4.41%(-0.74 pts vs avg)

Effective 1 April 2026.

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About Doctors' Health Fund

Restricted access fund (owned by Avant) for medical practitioners, students and their families. Known for high gold-tier cover and strong specialist agreements.

Typical strengths

  • Premium gold-tier cover
  • Strong specialist no-gap arrangements

Things to weigh up

  • Eligibility restricted to medical community
Rate rise history

Premium increases — last 5 years

How Doctors' Health Fund's gazetted average increase has tracked against the industry each April.

Below industry average At or above average Industry average

Doctors' Health Fund has come in under the industry average in every one of the last 5 rounds.

Source: Department of Health, Disability and Ageing, gazetted premium rounds 2022–2026. Years without a published figure are shown as gaps, not zero.

Ombudsman report

How Doctors' Health Fund performs for members

Size, complaints, retention and how much of a hospital bill members actually see covered — from the Ombudsman's 2023–24 report.

Complaints share

0.3%

Market share0.5%
Complaints share0.3%

Fewer complaints than Doctors' Health Fund's size would suggest.

Market share

0.5%

Share of all Australians with private health cover.

Member retention

90.1%

Members who stayed with the fund across the year.

Charges with no/known gap

92.2%

Hospital-related charges covered with no gap or a gap agreed up front.

Extras charges covered

51.6%

Average share of extras bills the fund's benefits pay.

Premiums returned as benefits

81.2%

Industry-leading funds return around 89–94% of premiums as benefits; the market typically returns 79–89%.

Agreement private hospitals

497

Private hospitals with agreements, where members are covered with no or known gaps.

Source: Commonwealth Ombudsman, State of the Health Funds Report 2023–24, and Comparify's hospital agreement dataset.

Policies listed with the Government (PHIO)

Policies Doctors' Health Fund has listed with the Government's PHIO dataset, as at August 2026.

Hospital
3listed policies
  • Basic—
  • Bronze1
  • Silver—
  • Gold2

3

Extras-only policies

From $15/mo

7

Combined policies

Full hospital and extras coverage bundled together

Lowest listed price

Cheapest hospital premium

$128/mo

Per month, before rebate

PHIO data, August 2026Sold in NSW, NT, QLD, SA, TAS, VIC, WA
Counts are distinct product families, not per-state variants

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Hospital pricing

How Doctors' Health Fund's hospital cover prices compare

Each row shows the whole market's monthly premiums for that tier, with Doctors' Health Fund's own open policies marked in purple.

Basic
Median$12071 open policies · 26 funds
$102$233

Doctors' Health Fund has no open policies at this level for the selected cohort.

Bronze1 Doctors' Health Fund policy
Median$15198 open policies · 29 funds
Smart Starter Bronze Plus $750 Excess — $164 per month
$128$208
Silver
Median$227201 open policies · 28 funds
$141$473

Doctors' Health Fund has no open policies at this level for the selected cohort.

Gold2 Doctors' Health Fund policies
Median$308105 open policies · 24 funds
Prime Choice Gold $750 Excess — $298 per month
Top Cover Gold $750 Excess — $409 per month
$192$600
Doctors' Health Fund policyMiddle 50% of the marketMarket medianFull market range

VIC, single cover, monthly premiums before rebate. Plus variants are folded into their base tier. Combined policies are excluded.

Extras pricing

How Doctors' Health Fund's extras cover prices compare

Extras-only policies grouped by what they actually cover, using the same VIC single cohort selected above.

Everyday extras1 Doctors' Health Fund policy
Median$3381 open policies · 26 funds
Lite Extras — $15 per month
$4$129
Mid extras
Median$7086 open policies · 22 funds
$18$262

Doctors' Health Fund has no open policies at this level for the selected cohort.

Top extras2 Doctors' Health Fund policies
Median$115219 open policies · 27 funds
Essential Extras — $99 per month
Total Extras — $162 per month
$16$295
Doctors' Health Fund policyMiddle 50% of the marketMarket medianFull market range
Everyday extras
General dental and everyday services — no major dental
Mid extras
Major dental covered, orthodontics not covered
Top extras
Major dental and orthodontics both covered
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Prices shown are PHIO-listed base premiums before the Australian Government Rebate and any age-based discount, sourced from the Government's Private Health Information Statement data (August 2026).

Comparify can arrange cover with these brands: HBF, see-u by HBF, Bupa, ahm, HCF, nib, Australian Seniors, ACA Health and Hunter Health Insurance. We don't compare every fund or every policy in the market.