National Capital Private Hospital
Private maternity hospital in Garran, ACT
National Capital Private Hospital is a private maternity hospital in Garran, ACT. In a private hospital your own obstetrician leads your care, and there are separate bills for the hospital and for the doctors. It is one of 3 maternity hospitals listed in Australian Capital Territory.
At a glance
- Type Private maternity hospital
- Location Garran, ACT 2605
- Neonatal intensive care Not listed at this hospital
- Birth centre Not listed at this hospital
What private maternity care means here
In a private hospital your care is led by an obstetrician you have chosen, and they are usually the person at your birth. You will generally have a private room, and the length of stay tends to be longer than in the public system.
You choose your obstetrician first, and they admit to a particular private hospital, so in practice the doctor decides the hospital. Private health insurance with obstetric cover carries a twelve month waiting period, which is the one thing here that cannot be arranged late.
What it costs
There are two separate bills: the hospital, which your insurance mostly covers apart from your excess, and the doctors, which it does not. Obstetric, anaesthetic and paediatric fees each carry a gap that is yours to pay. Without obstetric cover the full hospital cost falls to you.
Care models you may be able to access
- Private obstetric care, with the obstetrician you have chosen leading your pregnancy and birth
- A privately practising midwife with visiting rights, where the hospital allows it
Questions worth asking
- Do I live in your catchment, and if not, what are my options?
- Which care models do you offer, and how early do I need to book for each?
- Can I tour the birth suite, and when do tours run?
- What are your rates of induction, caesarean and instrumental birth?
- What happens if my baby needs more care than you can provide here?
- Who will be with me during labour, and how often do staff change over?
- What support is there for feeding and for the first days afterwards?
Other maternity hospitals nearby
- Centenary Hospital for Women and Children, Garran public, about 2 km
- North Canberra Hospital, Bruce public, about 10 km
- Queanbeyan District Hospital, Queanbeyan public, about 11 km
- Tumut District Hospital, Tumut public, about 82 km
- Goulburn Base Hospital, Goulburn public, about 85 km
- Cooma Hospital, Cooma public, about 100 km
3 maternity hospitals are listed in Australian Capital Territory.