Bestmed Medical Aid

Bestmed’s main goal is to offer you sound, reliable and quality medical care. Their only care is providing you with medical aid that gives you value for your money and the option to choose the plan that suits your specific needs.

Bestmed offers an extensive network of providers

With the Bestmed app, you can search their extensive network of healthcare providers for the nearest facility to you. They currently boast more than 4,300 family doctors across their widespread network.

In addition, they’re proud to say that they’ve established solid relationships with over 16,000 medical service providers in the country.

What is a self-administered scheme?

A self-administered medical scheme means that the members of the scheme are responsible for taking care of the administrative responsibilities. These include the paying of claims, processing pre-administration and any other administrative duties.

Bestmed has adopted this popular and successful business model to provide you with quality medical care you can trust.

Bestmed’s value-added benefits

Consistency is key to good business and Bestmed has been consistent in the service they provide and its pricing schedule. They keep up with every stage of life and offer you 13 expertly put-together medical aid plans to ensure that there’s a plan to suit everyone's needs.

They are proud to announce that for the past 5 years, the increase in premiums has been kept at a minimum to ensure that you can enjoy the quality care you deserve at affordable prices.

Adding to the benefits, Bestmed believes in providing outstanding preventative care like vaccinations and contraceptives.

Achievements to be proud of

In 2020, Bestmed was first in the performance category for medical aids. They boast their sixth annual Titanium Award for excellence. Bestmed is also South Africa’s largest self-administered medical scheme and the fourth-largest open medical aid in the country.

Bestmed’s first and only priority is to provide you with outstanding customer service and access to medical care that regards your health as a top priority. Knowing that you’re part of a family that cares about your health is a comforting thought.

Choose the plan that suits your needs

Bestmed has a selection of 13 medical plans you can choose from. These plans range from hospital plans to comprehensive plans. The hospital plans comprise two options:

• Beat1 plan – Starting from R1,570 per month you can enjoy hospital and emergency care, maternity benefits, preventative care, day-to-day and medicine.
• Beat1 Network plan – This plan starts from R1,746 per month and gives you access to hospital and emergency benefits, day-to-day, maternity benefits, preventative care, and medicines.

The following plan options are:

• Rhythm1 plan – Starting from R1,307 per month you’ll enjoy benefits like hospital stay and emergency care, optometry and basic dentistry on the day-to-day benefits, chronic medicine and maternity benefits.
• Rhythm2 plan – Hospital stay and emergency care, mental health treatment, family practitioner consults, wound care, dentures, chronic and acute medicine, preventative care and maternity benefits.

The Bestmed savings plans comprise 4 different plan options, each with its own set of benefits and features. Pricing for these plans are:

• Beat2 Network plan from R1,919 per month
• Beat2 plan from R2,133 per month
• Beat3 Network plan from R2,914 per month
• Beat3 plan from R3,239 per month

Cover your medical needs comprehensively

For comprehensive medical aid, Bestmed has compiled 5 plan options to choose from. Depending on your lifestyle and medical needs, these plans offer comprehensive quality medical care.

• Pace1 plan – from R4,242 per month
• Beat4 plan – from R5,062 per month
• Pace2 plan – from R6,026 per month
• Pace3 plan – from R6,918 per month
• Pace4 plan – from R8,642 per month