Gap 500 Plus 2026
The details
GAP 500 PLUS covers you and your family at a lower premium, but with cover for sub-limits and oncology excluded.
R573 per month
Seniors (over 75): R885 per month
Plan Summary
Total annual limit
Subject to an Overall Annual Limit (OAL) of R223,000 per insured person.
Tariff shortfalls
We pay up to an additional 500% for shortfalls on doctors’ procedures performed in-hospital. We also pay up to an additional 500% on doctors’ procedures performed out of hospital, but deemed to be in-hospital by the medical scheme and paid from risk.
Co-payments / deductibles
We pay the full defined co-payment/deductible amount that medical aid schemes have specified for co-payments or deductibles.
Casualty Benefit
We pay when you have accidental trauma-related or crime-related injuries which require treatment in a hospital out-patients or casualty unit. The limit is R13,000 per event.
Illness-related emergencies for infants and children under the age of 8 will be covered at any time of the day or night.
Illness-related emergencies for members 8 years and older will be covered between 6pm and 8am.
All illness-related emergencies are limited to R3,000 per event and R8,000 per family per annum.
Medical Aid Assist and GAP Premium Waiver
We pay a maximum amount of R3,500 per month for a period of 6 months to assist with medical aid premiums in the event of the death or permanent disability of the principal member.
We will also provide free Gap 500 Plus cover for a period of 12 months, provided that the insured member remains insured on the medical aid.
Consumables
We pay for shortfalls on medicine, materials, and appliances used during an in-hospital procedure or used by doctors during procedures performed in rooms that are deemed by the medical scheme to be ‘in-hospital’. Annual limit of R3,000, limited to R500 per event.
Non-DSP Hospital Co-Payment
We pay up to R15,000 per annum for any penalty fee that the medical scheme may impose, should you choose to voluntarily use a hospital or day clinic outside the medical scheme’s designated network.
Private room
We pay up to 50% of the additional cost of a private room in any ward, to a maximum of R5,000 per event..
Specialised dentistry
We pay for root canal and/or surgical extractions. The annual limit is R4,000 per family per annum only. This benefit does not include the dentist’s
consultation fee.
Specialist radiography
We pay for MRI and CT scans not covered by the medical scheme. The limit is R4,000 per event and R10,000 per policy per annum.
Accidental death
We pay R20,000 in the event of accidental death of the principal member.
Registered Nurse Benefit
We pay for visitations to a registered nurse in a pharmacy, up to R1,000 pa, limited to R500 per event. This includes the medicine dispensed in the pharmacy after the visit.
Our products
Linksave provides a range of gap cover options to make
sure a medical crisis doesn’t become a financial crisis.
COMPREHENSIVE
FAMILY
Top of the range medical
gap cover for the
whole family.
R820 pm
COMPREHENSIVE
INDIVIDUAL
Top of the range medical
gap cover for
one person..
R540 pm
GAP 300
Family
Top of the range medical
gap cover for the
whole family.
R495 pm
GAP 500
PLUS
A focused list of benefits
at a lower premium for you and your family.
R573 pm
NETWORK
PLUS
A focused number of
procedures at Network
hospitals.
R472 pm
CORPORATE
GAP COVER
Very competitive group rates and bespoke solutions for corporates, businesses and large organisations.
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