PLUS GAP COVER
Affordable cover that's right for you.
Affordable cover that's
right for you.
Monthly premiums
Why choose Plus Gap?
Plus Gap Cover is designed for established individuals and families who want robust, all-round protection against medical shortfalls. It offers enhanced cover for a wide range of potential expenses — from specialist tariff gaps and co-payments to hospital admissions and selected out-of-hospital procedures. With Plus Gap Cover, you can rest assured that most healthcare cost surprises are taken care of, giving you the freedom to focus on your family’s well-being without financial stress. It’s the ideal solution for those who want effective, worry-free cover that goes the extra mile.
Key benefits
OAL per beneficiary per annum: R223 000 (from 1 April 2026)
In-hospital Benefits
Gap Cover
This covers the difference (the shortfall or the gap) between what the medical scheme pays and the doctors and specialists charge in hospital. We settle claims up to 500%
Co-payments and Co-payments charges as a percentage
Co-payment cover is for the co-payments (including co-payments expressed as a percentage), excesses, or deductibles as stipulated, or imposed by a medical scheme, for specified procedures, cover for hospital admission fees, or surgical procedures. The co-payment must be part of your medical scheme rules which will be highlighted on the authorisation for your procedure. Subject to the OAL.
Refer to the Cancer Co-payment benefit for claims related to cancer.
Penalty Fee Co-payments
When you choose to use a hospital that is not on your medical scheme’s network, you may have to pay a stated amount or percentage of the accounts as specified by your medical scheme rules.
This benefit has a sub-limit of R16 000 per claim, limited to 1 claim per policy, irrespective of whether a rand amount or percentage penalty fee is charged by the medical scheme. Note that this is for the voluntary use of a non-designated service provider or network hospital and includes the use of a partial cover network hospital. Co-payments for administration charges are specifically excluded from cover on this option. Subject to the OAL.
Day Hospital/Clinic and/or In Room Surgical Procedures Cover
This benefit will cover the shortfall for any day hospital, clinic, or in-room procedures including acute hospitals if a policyholder elects to have the treatment that would normally be performed in hospital, done in a day hospital, clinic, or in a doctor’s room by a registered medical professional. Subject to the OAL.
Prescribed Minimum Benefit (PMB) Cover
Prescribed Minimum Benefits (PMB) give all scheme members access to certain minimum health benefits, regardless of your medical scheme option. Medical schemes are required to pay the full cost of diagnosis and treatment of a defined list of PMB medical conditions.
PMB Cover on this policy is only for the shortfalls resulting from the voluntary use of a non-designated service provider for a planned PMB procedure. This is not applicable in the event of an emergency. In the event of an emergency, PMB protocols should be adhered to. Subject to the OAL.
Hospital Account Shortfall
We also cover take-home medication that the medical scheme has not paid from risk and the cost of upgrading to a private ward up to the benefit amount. We pay up to R5 000 per policy, and R1 000 per claim. A R1 200 sub-limit is applicable to private room upgrades. Subject to the OAL.
Sub-limit Enhancer
This benefit has a sub-limit of R40 000 per policy, per annum, R15 000 per claim. This benefit caters for all sub-limits. We will provide cover when there is a benefit on your medical scheme option for devices like MRI & CT scans, cochlear implants, intraocular lenses, internal prostheses and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) procedure valves.
When you exceed your medical scheme benefit limit during the time of the event, resulting in a shortfall or “gap”, we will pay the shortfall depending on the Gap option you are on. If you claim and your medical scheme limit has been reached at the time of the event, meaning it was used up before the claim event, and your medical scheme does not contribute anything towards this benefit, we will not pay Subject to the OAL.
Out-of-hospital Benefits
Specialist Consultation Fee
This benefit covers the shortfall on the consultation at a specialist outside of hospital (excluding Psychiatrist and Psychologist) up to R5 000 per policy, and R1 000 per claim. This benefit is only applicable to consultation codes 0190, 0191, and 0192. The medical scheme needs to make at least partial payment towards the consultation code mentioned above. Subject to the OAL.
Casualty Benefit
There is a sub-limit of R15 000. This benefit covers the initial emergency at any registered casualty facility when you require immediate medical treatment due to an accident and trauma, or illness. We will cover a general practitioner (GP)’s consultation rooms if no other emergency facility is available within a 30 km radius. Ambulance costs are not covered by this benefit.
ACCIDENT / TRAUMA BENEFIT All costs related to the initial emergency illness event will be covered and paid up to R1 500 of the sub-limit, if you are liable to pay the costs out of your own pocket, or if paid from your medical scheme savings. This is applicable to any beneficiary 13 years and older who needs emergency treatment outside of normal consultation hours or treatment that can only be done in an emergency facility. CHILD EMERGENCY ILLNESS BENEFIT All costs related to the initial emergency illness event will be covered and paid up to R3 000 per claim of the sub-limit, if you are liable to pay the costs out of your own pocket, or if paid from your medical scheme savings. This is applicable to any beneficiary 12 years and younger who needs emergency treatment outside of normal consultation hours or treatment that can only be done in an emergency facility.Out of normal consultation hours means 18h00 to 07h00 on Monday to Friday, and all of Saturday, Sunday, and South African public holidays. Subject to the OAL.
Preventative Care Cover
If your medical scheme option makes provision for preventative care, we will pay up to R5 000 per policy, and up to R1 000 per claim.
The following procedures or treatments are covered: Pap smear, cholesterol test, blood glucose test, flu vaccination, childhood immunisation (Department of Health Formulary) – up to the age of 12 years, bone-density scans, prostate-specific antigen tests, mammogram, and contraceptive implantation only.
Alternatively, if there is no benefit available at the time of claim, up to R1 000 will be paid towards the tests/procedure/consultation fee.
Appliance Benefit
We will pay up to R6 500 per policy for the shortfall between the medical scheme benefit amount (if there is a defined rand limit) and the service provider account for the following appliances: hearing aids, wheelchairs, continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) machines, humidifiers, insulin pumps, glucometers, nebulisers, and Mirena devices.
Trauma Counseling
This benefit covers trauma counselling with a registered medical professional within the first 6 months after a traumatic event, such as but not limited to dread disease, hijacking, and/ or violent crime. We will pay up to R6 000 per policy.
Cancer Benefits
Cancer Co-payment Benefit
Cancer Benefit - Boost
The Cancer Boost Benefit is applicable to policyholders whose medical scheme option has a defined rand limit for cancer treatment and the rand limit on the medical scheme has been reached. We will cover the costs of ongoing treatment in line with the medical scheme’s registered treatment plan once the rand limit has been reached. Subject to the OAL.
Cancer Benefit - Breast Reconstruction
After a mastectomy, we will cover up to 500% above the medical scheme rate for the reconstructive surgery of the affected breast, if it is approved by your medical scheme. Up to R25 000 will be paid for the reconstruction of the unaffected breast per beneficiary if there is no payment by the scheme.
This benefit is only available within the first 18 months of the initial mastectomy. There is no benefit for any costs related to PMB services, treatments, or medical interventions, unless otherwise stated.
This benefit is available if the member was on Sirago at the time of the mastectomy or been on Sirago for a year after transferring from another Gap Provider. Subject to the OAL.
Value-added Benefits
Gap Cover Premium Waiver
Medical Scheme Premium Waiver
Sirago will pay the rand amount of the medical scheme premium, not higher than R4 500 per month for a 6-month period. This will be paid to the beneficiary for the upkeep of the medical scheme contributions in event of accidental death or total permanent disability of the Sirago policyholder and where all beneficiaries are linked to a single medical scheme.
This benefit is only payable for the medical scheme that the policyholder was on if there is dual medical scheme membership.
Accidental Death
This benefit will pay out for accidental death: R9 000 per dependant, registered on the policy.
Cancer Cover (Initial Diagnosis)
This benefit will pay out a lump sum of up to R24 000 when the policyholder or dependant is diagnosed with cancer for the first time, with lump sums based on the stage of diagnosis: R20 000 for stage 2R22 000, for stage 3 and R24 000 for stage 4, per dependant.
Sira'Go Baby
Sirago will pay out a lump sum of R2 000 to you, per newborn baby, when the baby is registered on your gap policy within 90 days of birth.
To register your newborn(s), Simply fill out the additional dependant form and submit it to changes@sirago.co.za together with your baby’s birth certificate.
Sirago Medcare - Free Medical Scheme Alternative Dispute Resolution Service (ADR)
This benefit gives you access to MedCare’s free ADR service for all disputed PMB claims exceeding R9 000. You can also access the MedCare service for all claims less than R9 000, including all potential medical scheme disputes, at a 60%, 20%, and/or 15% discounted rate depending on the required service.
Your broker can also access this service on your behalf and will subsequently have access to the MedCare website: siragomedcare.co.za
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