Vhi Health Insurance

FirstCare Extra 150 Day-to-Day

One of our most cost-effective plans, FirstCare Extra 150 Day-to-Day gives you access to great value family health insurance with a difference. 

Explore this plan's benefits

Your hospital accommodation – what you’re covered for…

• Full cover in a select range of public and private hospitals with semi-private room accommodation.

• 2,500 in-patient consultants.

• Medical costs of in-patient diagnosis and tests covered too.

• Private hospital excess - €150.

Your everyday medical expenses – what’s included…

• GP €20 per visit, max. 6.

• Dentist €20 per visit, max. 6.

• Physiotherapist €20 per visit, max. 6.

• Vhi Online Doctor – 6 visits, available through Vhi app.

Annual maximum of €1,000 and €1 excess per person, per year. The excess means that when your eligible benefits have exceeded the value of €1, we will then pay remaining eligible benefits up to the value of €1,000. Take a moment to review the Table of Benefits for more details.

Vhi 360 Health Centres - dedicated benefits for Vhi members

Health and wellbeing services delivered by a multidisciplinary team.

• Vhi Core Services, subject to €75 excess.

• Vhi personalised follow-up package following referral from Vhi Core Services.

See your Table of Benefits for full details.

Outpatient scans

We provide cover toward medical scans that include MRI, CT and PET-CT ranging from pay and claim back centres to direct pay centre arrangements, covered in accordance with our rules.

• MRI scans within your hospital list – full cover (pay and claim back centres subject to an excess of €125 per scan).

• PET-CT scans within your hospital list.

• CT scans, as listed in your Table of Benefits, within your hospital list.

Consultant and diagnostics

• Consultant visits - €60.

• X-rays and scans in an approved centre - €40.

• Blood tests in an approved centre - €40.

The annual excess per member, per year is €100. The excess means that when your eligible benefits have exceeded the value of €100, we will then pay remaining eligible benefits. Take a moment to review your Table of Benefits for more details.

Newborns, mums and more – what you’re covered for…

• Full cover in a public hospital for three days.

• In-patient maternity consultant fees – agreed charges.

• Midwife Support Service - access to a dedicated midwife for support and education throughout your pregnancy. Register on Vhi App.

New Maternity & Baby Bundle

Our new Maternity & Baby bundle gives you and your baby access to a wider range of new and improved benefits to support you throughout your pregnancy. 

You’ll have the flexibility to choose from benefits such as a maternity scan, yoga, Pilates and ante natal classes through to breast feeding consultations and baby swim classes.
Find out more in the table of benefits below.

Cover towards fertility - part of your plan...

Benefit towards the cost of specific fertility tests and treatments when carried out in a Vhi participating fertility treatment centre.

You get more with Vhi Healthcare – our extras

• You can access Snap & Send claiming, your digital membership card and your policy documents in MyVhi.

• NurseLine 24/7 - qualified nurses can answer your questions over the phone day and night.

• Offers and discounts – for example, you can avail of a 15% discount on laser eye surgery.

Mental health and well-being – part of your plan…

• In-patient mental health treatment for up to 100 days 

• 91 days in-patient treatment for alcoholism, drug or other substance abuse in any five-year period.

Caring for you and the family – home or away

• Cover of up to €65,000 for medical emergencies abroad, per calendar year.

Don't forget...

If you are taking out health insurance for the first time, renewing on a higher level of cover or moving from another Irish health insurer, waiting periods may apply.  Please read our terms and conditions to find out more about waiting periods.