Key information you may need regarding our ongoing negotiations with Healthscope.
There are no changes for Bupa customers or their coverage at Healthscope hospitals.
Bupa Australia and Healthscope are pleased to announce they have reached a two-year in-principle agreement to ensure customers will continue to experience no additional out of pocket expenses when receiving care at a Healthscope hospital. This agreement ensures Bupa customers remain fully covered when receiving care at Healthscope hospitals with certainty that no additional hospital charges will be passed on.
Our aim has been, and always will be, ensuring our customers have access to high-quality, affordable private healthcare. We are proud to have reached an outcome that serves our customers’ best interests, while supporting the continued delivery of safe, high-quality care.
We acknowledge the uncertainty this may have caused and want to thank our customers for their patience and understanding throughout the past few months while Bupa and Healthscope were working towards an agreement. Our priority throughout negotiations has been ensuring private health remains affordable for our customers while also acknowledging the cost pressures hospitals are facing, and supporting Healthscope to continue to deliver high-quality care, in a sustainable way.
This new agreement means our customers can continue to access the full range of services offered at Healthscope’s 38 facilities around Australia with certainty that they won’t face additional hospital charges.
Bupa is proud to maintain one of the largest hospital networks in Australia, supporting access to private healthcare for over 4.4 million Australians. Working in partnership with Australia’s largest hospital groups and independent providers, in the last 12 months, Bupa has signed new agreements with Ramsay Health Care, St Vincent’s Health Australia, Mater Health, Healthe Care and now, Healthscope.
Healthscope is a national private hospital provider with a network of 38 hospitals.
| State | Site name |
| Australian Capital Territory | National Capital Private Hospital |
| New South Wales | Campbelltown Private Hospital Hunter Valley Private Hospital Lady Davidson Private Hospital Nepean Private Hospital Newcastle Private Hospital Northern Beaches Hospital Norwest Private Hospital Prince of Wales Private Hospital Sydney Southwest Private Hospital The Hills Private Hospital The Sydney Clinic Tweed Day Surgery Windsor Road Private Clinic |
| Northern Territory | Darwin Private Hospital |
| Queensland | Brisbane Private Hospital Gold Coast Private Hospital Peninsula Private Hospital Pine Rivers Private Hospital Sunnybank Private Hospital |
| South Australia | Ashford Hospital Flinders Private Hospital Griffith Rehabilitation Hospital The Memorial Hospital |
| Tasmania | Hobart Private Hospital |
| Victoria | Dorset Rehabilitation Centre Holmesglen Private Hospital John Fawkner Private Hospital La Trobe Private Hospital Knox Private Hospital Melbourne Private Hospital North Eastern Rehabilitation Centre Northpark Private Hospital Rehab at Home Ringwood Private Hospital The Geelong Clinic The Melbourne Clinic The Victoria Clinic The Victorian Rehabilitation Centre |
| Western Australia | Mount Hospital |
There is no change to your coverage at Healthscope hospitals. Bupa customers can continue to access the full range of services offered at Healthscope’s 38 facilities around Australia with certainty that they won’t face additional hospital charges.
As always, we encourage you to contact us prior to your admission to any hospital to understand how you are covered, and to seek Informed Financial Consent from the hospital and any treating medical specialists as part of your admission.
Informed Financial Consent means that:
- You've been informed about the costs you can expect, and what benefits you're getting for that cost. Your doctor and hospital have a responsibility to give you all the information before you have your treatment
- You consent to them, knowing what you're getting, and what you'll need to pay
Your Informed Financial Consent should include:
- Information about your procedure, including the item number, and the fee for each item
- What you'll pay for things like your accommodation, and use of the operating theatre
- What you'll pay for each doctor, including your anaesthetist
- What you'll pay for any prostheses you are having
- Your signature, or the signature of your guardian
Find out more about Informed Financial Consent.
Your doctor could also use the Australian Medical Association's (AMA) Template to give you Informed Financial Consent.
If you have any questions, please contact us.