Basic Extras
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Understanding what's covered
Inclusions
Includes dental treatments like check-ups, cleaning and fluoride treatments, x-rays, fillings and basic extractions.
Fixed benefits and treatment limits apply. Contact Frank for a quote, prior to treatment. View Frank's Dental treatment rules here
Annual limit:
$350 per person
• Chiropractic care uses manual treatments (including spinal manipulations – termed ‘adjustments’)to treat disorders of the musculoskeletal system. Benefits will only be paid for one consultation and/or treatment per provider per day. A sublimit of 1 per year applies to Chiropractic X-rays on products which cover Chiropractic X-rays.
* Chiropractic Annual limit is shared with Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Osteopathy and Physiotherapy. Excludes Chiropractic X-rays.
Benefit:
$28 per visit
Annual limit:
$200* per person
Osteopathy is a holistic system of medicine that emphasises the inter-relationship of the body's nerves, muscles, bones and organs, and uses a ‘whole body’ approach to treatment.
Benefits will only be paid for one consultation and/or treatment per provider per day.
* Osteopathy Annual limit is shared with Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Chinese Medicine and Physiotherapy
Benefit:
$32 per visit
Annual limit:
$200* per person
Physiotherapy is concerned with the assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of disease and disability through physical means.
Benefits will only be paid for one consultation and/or treatment per provider per day.
* Physiotherapy Annual limit is shared with Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Chinese Medicine and Osteopathy
Benefit:
$32 per visit
Benefit for Group Physiotherapy:
$14 per visit
Annual limit:
$200* per person
Acupuncture is a broad term covering techniques for inserting and manipulating thin needles into specific points on the body in order to restore health and wellbeing.
Benefits will only be paid for one consultation and/or treatment per provider per day. You cannot claim on any herbs, supplements or pills prescribed by the provider, only consultations.
* Acupuncture Annual limit is shared with Chinese Medicine, Chiropractic, Osteopathy and Physiotherapy
Benefit:
$25 per visit
Annual limit:
$200* per person
Chinese herbal medicine takes a holistic approach to disease and prophylactic care and focuses as much on the prevention of illness as the treatment of it.
Benefits payable towards consultations only and not on any herbs or medication purchases.
* Chinese Medicine Annual limit is shared with Acupuncture, Chiropractic, Osteopathy and Physiotherapy
Benefit:
$25 per visit
Annual limit:
$200* per person
Extras FAQs
A waiting period is the time between joining Frank and when you're covered for a treatment or service, if included in your cover.
Extras waiting periods apply to:
New members to health insurance, existing members who have upgraded their cover or anyone who has transfered to Frank from a previous fund and:
- Still have waiting periods to finish serving
- Joined on a higher level of cover and haven't served waits on any new services or increased benefit limits
- Had a gap in their extras cover for more than 30 days
Waiting periods for extras services are as follows:
Waiting Period: 2 months
Any services that are not specified below.
Waiting Period: 6 months
Optical
Waiting Period: 12 Months -
Major dental services including full & partial dentures, orthodontics, crown & bridgework, endodontic services such as root canal, gold fillings, indirect restorations, surgical extractions of a tooth/teeth (including wisdom teeth).
Waiting Period: 12 Months - Health appliances
Don’t go with someone you don’t know. It’s your health so we let you choose your own provider. For members to claim with Frank, providers must hold active accreditation, be operating in a private practice and considered an Australian Provider.
We've partnered with smile.com.au to make dental care more affordable and accessible for our members across Australia. This means lower out of pocket costs for all dental treatment, as smile.com.au dentists will reduce their fees by at least 15%.
With more than 2,500 approved dentists in the smile.com.au network, chances are there is one near you.
- Person limit – The total amount you can claim on a service within a year.
- Membership limit – The maximum amount a membership can claim in a calendar year.
- Sub-limit – The total amount you can claim on a particular service or treatment within the overall annual limit.
- Lifetime limit – The maximum amount a person can claim a service during the entire lifetime of a membership.
- Multi-year limit – The maximum amount you can claim, every few years.
We work on a calendar year so your limits run from January–December and reset on 1 January each year.
With set benefits gives you the same amount back per visit, regardless of how much your provider charges you.
With percentage back we pay the % back that is included on your cover up to your annual limits.
Disclaimer
Rates are effective 1 April 2024. | All contribution quotes by this calculator are subject to variation and should therefore be considered indicative contribution rates. | All prices include the Australian Government Rebate on Private Health Insurance as per selected income level and do not include any applicable Lifetime Health Cover loading. | All payments are only available via direct debit from a bank/ credit union account.| Frank does not issue payment notices or invoices.
