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Outpatient care

Find out how MediSave provides financial support for outpatient care, covering treatments for chronic conditions, vaccinations, and health screenings.

Last updated 30 October 2024

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MediSave500 or MediSave700 Scheme
Other outpatient uses

MediSave500 or MediSave700 Scheme

Patients with complex chronic conditions will be able to use up to $700 per patient yearly, while other patients will be able to use up to $500 per patient yearly for the following treatments.

Find out more about Medisave 500 or Medisave 700:

Outpatient treatments of the following 23 conditions under the Chronic Disease Management Programme (CDMP)

Diabetes, hypertension, lipid disorders, stroke, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), schizophrenia, major depression, bipolar disorders, dementia, osteoarthritis, anxiety, benign prostatic hyperplasia, Parkinson’s disease, nephrosis/nephritis, epilepsy, osteoporosis, psoriasis, rheumatoid arthritis, ischaemic heart disease, allergic rhinitis, gout, chronic hepatitis B.

From 1 February 2024, Singapore Citizens and Permanent Residents visiting their Healthier SG enrolled Primary Care Physician (PCP) for treatment of CDMP conditions can use MediSave to fully pay for their bill, up to prevailing MediSave withdrawal limits. They no longer need to copay 15% of the bill in cash.

Childhood vaccinations (under the National Childhood Immunisation Schedule)

  • Pneumococcal vaccinations (for children below 5 years of age)

  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV) (for females between 9 and 26 years of age)

    • Cervarix

    • Gardasil (4-valent HPV vaccine)

  • Hepatitis B vaccination

  • Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)

  • Tuberculosis (BCG)

  • Diphtheria, Pertussis & Tetanus (DTaP/Tdap)

  • Poliomyelitis

  • Haemophilus Influenza Type B (Hib)

  • Varicella

Adult vaccinations (for target populations under the National Adult Immunisation Schedule)

  • Influenza*

  • Pneumococcal vaccinations*

  • Human Papillomavirus (HPV) (for females between 9 and 26 years of age)

    • Cervarix

    • Gardasil (4-valent HPV vaccine)

  • Hepatitis B vaccination

  • Measles, Mumps and Rubella (MMR)

  • Diphtheria, Pertussis & Tetanus (DTaP/Tdap)

  • Varicella

*Also recommended for specific groups of children, including those with medical conditions or immunocompromised or with rare conditions.

Health screening

  • Mammogram Screenings (for women aged 50 and above)

  • Selected screening tests for newborns in the outpatient setting

Other outpatient uses

Flexi-MediSave for the elderly

$300 per patient per year from the patient's or patient's spouse's MediSave Account for outpatient medical treatment, as well as approved vaccinations and screenings. Both patient and patient's spouse should be aged 60 and above for the patient to tap on the spouse's MediSave account.

Flexi-MediSave can be used at:

  • Specialist Outpatient Clinics in the public hospitals and national specialty centres

  • Polyclinics

  • Participating Community Health Assist Scheme (CHAS) Medical GP clinics

Flexi-MediSave can be used together with other outpatient MediSave limits, such as the MediSave500/700 limit.

Outpatient renal dialysis treatment

Up to $450 a month from the patient’s MediSave Account.
Patients aged 21 and below may use their parents' MediSave Account as well.

The monthly limit can be used for haemodialysis (HD) conducted in approved renal dialysis centres, automated peritoneal dialysis (APD), continuous ambulatory peritoneal dialysis (CAPD) conducted at home and intermittent peritoneal dialysis (IPD) conducted in the outpatient setting at approved medical institutions.

List of consumables that can be paid for using MediSave for renal dialysis treatment at home are:

  • Arterio venous blood line

  • Arterio venous fistula needle

  • Dialysate

  • Peritoneal dialysis (PD) drainage bag

  • HD dialyser

  • Intravenous infusion set

  • Normal saline or bicarbonate solution

  • Transfer set

  • Disinfection cap

  • Connection shield

  • APD casette

  • HD locking solution

  • HD catheter cap and connector

  • Filters for portable reverse osmosis (RO) machines and HD machines

  • Anticoagulants for HD circuits

Outpatient radiotherapy for cancer patients

For External Therapy (except hemi-body radiotherapy), $80 per treatment

For Hemi-body radiotherapy, $80 per treatment

For Brachytherapy, $360 per treatment

For Stereotactic radiotherapy, $2,800 per treatment

For Proton Beam Therapy for approved clinical indications:

  • Category 1, $80 per treatment

  • Category 2, $360 per treatment

  • Category 3, $2,800 per treatment

Outpatient cancer drug treatment for cancer drugs on the Cancer Drug List

Up to $1,200 per month for cancer drug treatments on the Cancer Drug List with MediShield Life claim limit above $5,400. Up to $600 per month for all other cancer drug treatments on the Cancer Drug List

If more than one cancer drug from the list is used in a month, the patient may claim up to the amount not exceeding the highest MediSave claim limit applicable for the individual drugs.

Please refer to the Cancer Drug List.

Cancer Drug Services and Other Cancer Scans

Up to $600 per year per patient.

Outpatient scans for diagnosis or treatment of a medical condition

Up to $300 per year per patient

Does not apply to plain X-rays or scans that are already claimable under other MediSave schemes such as scans for cancer treatment, scans for chronic disease under the Chronic Disease Management Programme or antenatal scans.

Outpatient anti-retroviral treatment for HIV patients

Includes drugs used for the treatment of opportunistic infections.

Only the patient's own MediSave may be used. For patients aged 21 and below, their parents' MediSave may be used.

Outpatient Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Up to $100 per treatment cycle

Outpatient Intravenous Antibiotic Treatment

$600 per weekly cycle, up to $2,400 a year

Outpatient Long Term Oxygen Therapy and Infant Continuous Positive Airway Pressure Therapy

Up to $150 per month per patient may be used for the rental of the devices that provide concentrated oxygen or pressured oxygen for the above treatments.

Outpatient Immuno-Suppressants for patients who received organ transplants

Up to $300 per month per patient

Long-term Parenteral Nutrition

Up to $200 per month per patient

Outpatient Autologous Bone Marrow Transplant for multiple myeloma treatment

Up to $2,800 per year per patient

Desferrioxamine Drug and Blood Transfusion for Thalassaemia

Up to $550 per month per patient