Using MediSave for outpatient treatments

You can use MediSave to cover outpatient services, including chronic disease treatments and preventative care at GPs, polyclinics and Specialist Outpatient Clinics (SOCs).

You can use up to $500 for non-complex conditions, or $700 for complex chronic conditions per annum per patient, under the MediSave500/700 scheme.

You can use MediSave to pay for 23 approved chronic conditions under the Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP). Cash co-payment of 15% applies to these treatments, except if you are enrolled in a Healthier SG clinic.

Pay with: Your own or approved dependants’ MediSave, under the MediSave500/700 scheme

Metabolic conditions

• Diabetes
• Hypertension
• Lipid disorders
• Stroke

Mental health conditions

• Anxiety
• Bipolar disorder
• Major depression
• Schizophrenia

Respiratory conditions

• Asthma
• Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)
• Allergic rhinitis

Other conditions

• Parkinson’s Disease
• Osteoarthritis
• Nephrosis/nephritis
• Benign prostatic hyperplasia
• Dementia
• Epilepsy
• Osteoporosis
• Psoriasis
• Rheumatoid arthritis
• Ischaemic heart disease
• Gout
• Chronic hepatitis B

You can use MediSave to pay for your children’s treatments, including health screenings and all vaccinations under the National Childhood Immunisation Schedule (NCIS). 

Pay with: Your own or approved dependants’ MediSave

Newborn health screening:

• Hearing
• G6P deficiency 
• Metabolic
• Thyroid function

Vaccinations under the NCIS:

• Hepatitis B
• Pneumococcal (PCV) (for children aged 5 and below)
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) (for female patients aged 9 to 26)
• 5-in-1 combination vaccination covering Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Haemophilus Influenzae type B, Inactivated Poliomyelitis
• 6-in-1 combination vaccination covering Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus, Haemophilus Influenzae type B, Inactivated Poliomyelitis and Hepatitis B vaccinations
• Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis (DTaP/Tdap)
• Tuberculosis (TB)
• Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)
• Oral Poliomyelitis vaccine (OPV)
• Inactivated Poliomyelitis vaccine (IPV)
• Haemophilus influenzae type b (Hib)
• Varicella (chickenpox)
• Influenza
• Pneumococcal (PCV13/PPSV23)

You can use MediSave to pay for vaccinations under the National Adult Immunisation Schedule (NAIS) that protect you against infectious diseases.

Pay with: Your own or approved dependants’ MediSave

Vaccinations include:

• Hepatitis B
• Varicella
• Measles, mumps and rubella (MMR)
• Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis (DTaP/Tdap) for pregnant women only
• Human Papillomavirus (HPV) (for female patients aged 9 to 26)
• Influenza and pneumococcal for recommended risk groups – speak to your doctor about these

You can use MediSave to pay for the costs of health screenings that your physician has recommended.

Pay with: Your own or approved dependants’ MediSave

Health screenings include:

• Mammograms (for women aged 50 and above)

You can use MediSave to pay for prolonged, regular treatments required for certain conditions, which may be costly over time.

You can use MediSave for cancer drug treatments on the Cancer Drug List at SOCs subject to a limit of $600 or $1,200 per month per patient depending on the cancer drug treatment.¹  

For patients receiving treatment for multiple primary cancers², you can use MediSave to pay up to the sum of the highest cancer drug treatment limit amongst the claimable treatments received for each primary cancer per month. 

Radiotherapy treatments are limited to $80 - $2,800 per treatment, depending on the type of radiotherapy.

Cancer drug services and other cancer scans, are limited to $600 per annum per patient for patients receiving treatment for one primary cancer or $1,200 per annum per patient for patients receiving treatment for multiple primary cancers².

• External radiotherapy (except Hemi-body radiotherapy), $80 per treatment 
• Hemi-body radiotherapy, $80 per treatment
• Brachytherapy, $360 per treatment 
• Stereotactic radiotherapy, $2,800 per treatment 
• Proton Beam Therapy – Category 1, $80 per treatment 
• Proton Beam Therapy – Category 2, $360 per treatment 
• Proton Beam Therapy – Category 3, $2,800 per treatment 

Pay with: Your own or approved dependants’ MediSave

¹ Refer to the Cancer Drug List on the MOH website for the applicable withdrawal limit.

²Defined as two or more cancers arising from different sites and/or are of a different histology or morphology group. The claim limits for patients receiving treatment for multiple primary cancers are accorded on an application basis; doctors are to send the application form to MOH for assessment.

You can use your MediSave for renal dialysis treatment up to a limit of $450 per month per patient.

• Haemodialysis received at any approved centre
• Haemodialysis received at the patient’s home
• Continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis received at the patient's home
• Automated Peritoneal Dialysis received at the patient's home
• Intermittent Peritoneal Dialysis received in outpatient setting in approved medical institutions on or after 15 March 2021

Pay with: Your own MediSave only*

*For patients aged 21 and below, the parents’ MediSave may be used.

You can use MediSave to cover the costs of outpatient intravenous antibiotic treatment at SOCs up to a limit of $600 per weekly cycle, up to $2,400 per annum.

Pay with: Your own or approved dependants’ MediSave

You can use your MediSave to pay for other outpatient uses at SOCs, including the following:

• Anti-retroviral drugs for treatment of HIV/AIDS
• Desferrioxamine drug and blood transfusion for treatment of thalassaemia
• Immuno-suppressant drugs organ transplant
• Hyperbaric oxygen therapy
• Devices for long-term oxygen therapy and infant continuous positive airway pressure therapy 
• Long-term parenteral nutrition
• Bone marrow transplant 

Pay with: Your own or approved dependants’ MediSave