Bestmed Medical Scheme · Cancer

Oncology care programme

Cancer treatment (chemo/radiotherapy), oncologist consults, pathology, specialised scans and biological/high-cost medicine; PMB + evidence-based cover per option.

You must registerThis benefit does not start on its own. Until you register, you are paying for cover you are not receiving.

How: Registration required; biological/high-cost medicine pre-auth; registration never lapses

“To register members diagnosed with cancer on the Oncology programme, they need to forward ...”

At a glance

Scheme: Bestmed Medical Scheme
Benefit area: Cancer
Who it is for: Every Bestmed Medical Scheme option
Limit: Pace2 R210 208 / Pace3 R420 695 / Pace4 R622 628 (biological & high-cost medicine); other options PMB only · per beneficiary · annual
Who qualifies: Cancer confirmed by laboratory report; benign/premalignant excluded.
Where you may go: ICON (Independent Clinical Oncology Network) — member pays difference if non-ICON doctor charges above Scheme tariff

“Pace4 Biological and other high-cost medicine benefit of R622 628 per beneficiary, subject to pre-authorisation.”

“Bestmed has contracted ICON ... as our DSP ... funded up to 100% of the Bestmed Scheme tariff.”

Which plans carry it

Every Bestmed Medical Scheme option.

The scheme states every option.

“The Bestmed Oncology programme offers coverage for PMB (Prescribed Minimum Benefits) ... Oncology programme.”

Where this comes from

Managed Care Guide 20261.pdf, p.6-9 · managed_care_guide. Read from that document on 2026-08-16 for the 2026 plan year.

Every statement on this page is read from a Bestmed Medical Scheme document and quoted so you can check it. Where a document says nothing, this page says so rather than filling the gap.

Check what your own plan leaves you to pay Your plan, your family, your conditions — the shortfall in rands before you choose a gap policy.

Programme rules are set by the scheme and change at renewal. This page renders what Bestmed Medical Scheme’s own documents say, with the wording quoted so you can check it. Confirm with the scheme before you rely on it.