Basic · $750 excess · pregnancy no · psychiatric restricted · joints no
$204.20/mo
$2,450.40/yr before rebate
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Health insurance question · Victoria · Family · release 2026-10-01 · ranked 2026-11-09
Hospital cover under $250 a month in Victoria for a family
In Victoria, 45 open hospital policies for a family are published under $250 a month before the government rebate, from 17 insurers on 2 tiers (Basic Plus, Basic); the cheapest is ahm health insurance's ambulance hospital (basic) at $204.20 a month before the government rebate, or about $154.95 after the 24.118% rebate for under-65s on the base income tier (up to $210,000, 1 July 2026 to 31 March 2027), with a $750 excess per person, as published to the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman in its monthly open-data release dated 2026-10-01, read and ranked by OpenStream on 2026-11-09.
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The 10 cheapest of 45 under $250
Every open hospital policy for a family in Victoria with a published monthly premium under $250, cheapest first. The excess and the tier decide what you pay on admission and what is covered; open the policy before comparing on price alone.
1 Go to ahm health insurance2 
Basic · $750 excess · pregnancy no · psychiatric restricted · joints noGo to see-u by HBF$204.68/mo$2,456.16/yr before rebate3 
Basic · $750 excess · pregnancy no · psychiatric restricted · joints noGo to HBF Health Limited$205.01/mo$2,460.12/yr before rebate4 
Basic · $750 excess · pregnancy no · psychiatric restricted · joints noGo to GMHBA Limited$206.00/mo$2,472.00/yr before rebate5 Basic · $750 excess · pregnancy no · psychiatric restricted · joints noGo to HBF Health Limited$209.36/mo$2,512.32/yr before rebate6 Basic · $750 excess · pregnancy no · psychiatric restricted · joints noGo to see-u by HBF$213.56/mo$2,562.72/yr before rebate7 
Basic · $750 excess · pregnancy no · psychiatric restricted · joints noGo to HCF$214.90/mo$2,578.80/yr before rebate8 Basic · $750 excess · pregnancy no · psychiatric restricted · joints noGo to Phoenix Health Fund Limited$215.38/mo$2,584.56/yr before rebate9 Basic · $750 excess · pregnancy no · psychiatric restricted · joints noGo to HCF$215.70/mo$2,588.40/yr before rebate10 Basic · $750 excess · pregnancy no · psychiatric restricted · joints noGo to ahm health insurance$216.50/mo$2,598.00/yr before rebate
45 policies from 17 insurers answer this question in the release dated 2026-10-01; median $232.64 a month. Premiums are per month before the Australian Government rebate and any Lifetime Health Cover loading, as each insurer published them. Every tier and household in Victoria.
All 45, ranked
As published to the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman in its monthly open-data release dated 2026-10-01, read and ranked by OpenStream on 2026-11-09. Every qualifying policy with its excess, its published premium and that premium after the government rebate in each of the three age bands the rebate is published in.
What changes the figure
Set by law, not by the insurer; quoted from PrivateHealth.gov.au with the period each applies to.
The rebate takes money off
The government pays part of every premium, in four income tiers and three age bands. For 1 July 2026 to 31 March 2027: under 65 it is 24.118% on the base tier, 16.079% on tier 1, 8.038% on tier 2 and nothing on tier 3; from 65 it rises to 28.139% and from 70 to 32.158% on the base tier. Singles' base tier ends at $105,000, families' at $210,000 plus $1,500 a child after the first. Claim it as a lower premium through the insurer, or at tax time.
PrivateHealth.gov.au, Australian Government Rebate on private health insuranceLifetime Health Cover loading adds money on
Start hospital cover after the 1 July following your 31st birthday and 2% is added for every year you were over 30, up to 70%. It comes off after 10 continuous years of cover, and you can be without cover for 1,094 days in your life before it counts against you.
PrivateHealth.gov.au, Lifetime Health CoverQuestions
Answered from the release dated 2026-10-01.
- What is the highest tier available under $250 a month in Victoria for a family?
- Basic Plus: Defence Health Limited's Starter Hospital Basic Plus at $222.00 a month, as published to the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman in its monthly open-data release dated 2026-10-01, read and ranked by OpenStream on 2026-11-09.
- Is the premium what I would pay?
- No. $204.20 a month is the figure ahm health insurance published to the regulator for a family in Victoria on 2026-10-01, before the Australian Government rebate and before any Lifetime Health Cover loading; what you pay depends on your income tier, your age when you first took hospital cover and the excess you choose.
- What is the cheapest after the Australian Government rebate?
- ahm health insurance's ambulance hospital (basic) at $204.20 a month published comes to under 65 about $154.95 a month, 65 to 69 about $146.74 a month, 70 and over about $138.53 a month on the base income tier (1 July 2026 to 31 March 2027), as published to the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman in its monthly open-data release dated 2026-10-01, read and ranked by OpenStream on 2026-11-09. Every row below carries the same three figures.
Related
Other questions for a family in Victoria, the same question for other households, and the guides behind the settings.
- Cheapest hospital cover in Victoria for a family
- Cheapest hospital and extras cover in Victoria for a family
- Hospital cover to avoid the Medicare Levy Surcharge in Victoria for a family
- Hospital cover under $200 a month in Victoria for a family
- Hospital cover under $300 a month in Victoria for a family
- Hospital cover under $250 a month in Victoria for a single
- Hospital cover under $250 a month in Victoria for a couple
- Hospital cover under $250 a month in Victoria for a single parent
- The Medicare Levy Surcharge and hospital cover
- Lifetime Health Cover loading and the rebate
- Hospital cover tiers explained
- Every health insurance question, by state
Important information
General information only. Not advice.
- Every premium on these pages is the figure the insurer publishes to the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman's PrivateHealth.gov.au data, release dated 01-Oct-2026, shown per month before the Australian Government rebate and before any Lifetime Health Cover loading. What you pay depends on your income tier, your age when you first took hospital cover, your state and the excess you choose. It can be lower or higher than the figure shown.
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