Grace Hospital, Tauranga: what treatment costs, which insurers cover it and how to be referred

Written by Henry Smith · Reviewed by Smiths Insurance & KiwiSaver, licensed Financial Advice Provider (FSP712931) · Updated 2026-09-09 · Reviewed annually, or sooner if the rules it describes change.

Financial advice is provided by Craig Smith Business Services Limited, trading as Smiths Insurance & KiwiSaver, a licensed Financial Advice Provider (FSP712931). QuoteHub is a trading name.

Grace Hospital in Tauranga, New Zealand, opened in 2007 with 48 inpatient beds, 5 operating theatres and a two-bed HDU, and now has 6 theatres after a sixth opened in 2009, but it does not publish a fixed public surgery price list, only a Request an Estimate tool (Grace Hospital, Request an Estimate, retrieved 9 September 2026).

What is Grace Hospital and who owns it?

What is Grace Hospital in Tauranga?

Grace Hospital is a private hospital in Tauranga with 48 inpatient beds, 6 operating theatres, a two-bed HDU and day-stay procedure facilities, according to Grace Hospital's published campus history and facilities page (Grace Hospital facilities, retrieved 9 September 2026).

Grace Hospital sits in QuoteHub's wider private hospitals hub. It is one of several private hospitals people compare alongside the Southern Cross Hospitals network, Braemar Hospital Hamilton and Ormiston Hospital Auckland.

Who owns Grace Hospital?

Grace Hospital is a joint venture between Southern Cross Healthcare and Evolution Healthcare, according to Southern Cross Healthcare's network page (Southern Cross Healthcare, our network, retrieved 9 September 2026).

That makes it part of the broader Southern Cross hospital ecosystem people often compare with Southern Cross North Harbour Hospital, Southern Cross Wellington Hospital, Southern Cross Hamilton Hospital and Southern Cross Christchurch Hospital.

Where is Grace Hospital?

Grace Hospital's published address is 281 Cheyne Rd, Tauranga 3112, and its published phone number is 07 577 5270 (Grace Hospital facilities, retrieved 9 September 2026).

People in Bay of Plenty looking outside Tauranga often also compare options in other centres such as Kensington Hospital Whangārei, Royston Hospital Hastings, Wakefield Hospital Wellington and Forte Health Christchurch.

The headline facility number is 48 inpatient beds at opening, with a sixth theatre added in 2009 (Grace Hospital facilities, retrieved 9 September 2026).

What treatment costs are published?

Does Grace Hospital publish surgery prices?

Grace Hospital does not publish a fixed public price list for treatment or surgery, and instead publishes a Request an Estimate tool for patients to request pricing information directly from the hospital (Grace Hospital, Request an Estimate, retrieved 9 September 2026).

That means if you want a benchmark before contacting the hospital, QuoteHub's treatment costs tool and cost guides such as cost of private surgery in New Zealand, colonoscopy cost, MRI scan cost, cataract surgery cost and hernia surgery cost are more useful starting points.

Can I get an estimate from Grace Hospital?

Yes, Grace Hospital publishes an online Request an Estimate tool, but the hospital does not publish fixed treatment prices on that page, so the figure for any individual procedure is not published publicly (Grace Hospital, Request an Estimate, retrieved 9 September 2026).

For common procedures, people often compare market ranges using QuoteHub resources such as knee replacement cost, hip replacement cost, gallbladder surgery cost, ACL surgery cost, rotator cuff surgery cost and prostate surgery cost.

The headline pricing fact is that Grace Hospital publishes an estimate tool, but no fixed public price list (Grace Hospital, Request an Estimate, retrieved 9 September 2026).

What services and facilities are published?

What facilities does Grace Hospital have?

Grace Hospital publishes that it opened with 5 operating theatres, 48 inpatient beds, a two-bed HDU and an endoscopy procedure room, then added a sixth theatre in 2009 and an extra endoscopy room in 2021 (Grace Hospital facilities, retrieved 9 September 2026).

Does Grace Hospital have day-stay facilities?

Yes, Grace Hospital says a dedicated day-stay facility called the Oropi centre opened in 2014 with 2 procedure rooms, one for minor surgery and one for endoscopy (Grace Hospital facilities, retrieved 9 September 2026).

Does Grace Hospital have imaging on site?

Yes, Grace Hospital says Bay Radiology extended on-site CT and MRI imaging in 2010, and the MRI was upgraded in 2015 (Grace Hospital facilities, retrieved 9 September 2026).

The headline service number is 2 procedure rooms in the Oropi day-stay facility when it opened in 2014 (Grace Hospital facilities, retrieved 9 September 2026).

Which insurers may cover treatment at Grace Hospital?

Does Southern Cross cover treatment at Grace Hospital?

Southern Cross may cover eligible treatment at Grace Hospital, but Affiliated Provider status is provider-specific and not automatic for every hospital, and Southern Cross says its programme includes 2,438 healthcare providers and 1,874 Affiliated Provider agreements (Southern Cross Affiliated Provider programme, retrieved 9 September 2026).

If you hold a Southern Cross plan, compare Southern Cross health insurance, KiwiCare, RegularCare, UltraCare, Wellbeing One and Two and Wellbeing Plus and Options. For payment, Southern Cross says participating providers can use Easy-Claim, where the provider is paid directly and the member pays any remaining contribution (Southern Cross Easy-Claim, retrieved 9 September 2026).

Does nib cover treatment at Grace Hospital?

nib may cover eligible treatment at Grace Hospital, but nib says its First Choice network is a selected provider network and patients should check current provider status in nib's Find a Provider tool, because 100 percent cover at First Choice applies only to eligible costs at First Choice providers (nib First Choice network, retrieved 9 September 2026).

If you are comparing nib policies, see nib health insurance, Easy Health, Standard Health, Ultimate Health and Ultimate Health Max.

Does AIA cover treatment at Grace Hospital?

AIA's Private Health policy wording requires prior approval before non-emergency treatment or hospitalisation, and AIA does not publish a narrow named hospital network in that wording, so specific cover at Grace Hospital should be confirmed with AIA for your policy (AIA Private Health Umbrella Policy Wording PDF, retrieved 9 September 2026).

You can compare AIA against other insurers on compare insurers and in QuoteHub's health insurance companies guide.

Does Partners Life cover treatment at Grace Hospital?

Partners Life says its annual surgical benefit is up to $600,000 per life assured and its non-surgical hospital benefit is up to $500,000 per life assured, subject to exclusions and excesses, and members can choose covered surgical treatment privately in hospital or day stay (Partners Life Private Medical Cover overview PDF, retrieved 9 September 2026).

Does UniMed cover treatment at Grace Hospital?

UniMed says hospital cover pays private hospital treatment benefits per plan wording and requires prior approval, but QuoteHub could not verify a published named hospital network for Grace Hospital from the cited plan wording (UniMed Hospital Select Plus Modules plan PDF, retrieved 9 September 2026).

People comparing UniMed can also review UniMed health insurance, SmartCare, SmartCare Plus, SmartStay and KidSmart.

The headline insurer figure is 2,438 healthcare providers in Southern Cross's Affiliated Provider programme, but AP status is provider-specific (Southern Cross Affiliated Provider programme, retrieved 9 September 2026).

How do referrals and waiting lists affect access?

Do I need a referral to use Grace Hospital?

Grace Hospital's public pages in the sources above do not publish a referral pathway figure, but private hospital treatment in New Zealand commonly depends on specialist referral and insurer prior approval where insurance is involved, and some insurers explicitly require prior approval (AIA Private Health Umbrella Policy Wording PDF, retrieved 9 September 2026).

If you are weighing private versus public access, QuoteHub's public vs private healthcare guide, private surgery wait times guide and public surgery waiting list guide are useful context.

How long are public specialist and treatment waits in New Zealand?

At 31 March 2026, New Zealand had 196,166 people on the First Specialist Assessment queue, with 38.7 percent waiting more than four months, and 77,455 on the treatment waitlist, with 35.0 percent waiting more than four months (QuoteHub Research, retrieved 9 September 2026).

How long are orthopaedic waits in New Zealand?

At 31 March 2026, orthopaedics had 36,937 people on the First Specialist Assessment queue, with 56.5 percent waiting more than four months, and 14,733 on the treatment queue, with 44.5 percent waiting more than four months (QuoteHub Research, retrieved 9 September 2026).

What is the government's elective surgery target?

The government's elective-treatment Target 2 says 95 percent of people should wait under four months by 2030, but actual performance in the March 2026 quarter was 64.9 percent (DPMC Target 2 factsheet PDF, retrieved 9 September 2026).

Is there automatic ethnicity-based priority for elective surgery now?

No, there is no current national policy giving automatic ethnicity-based priority for elective surgery, because Health NZ says the ethnicity-weighted Equity Adjustor Tool was discontinued in August 2024 after independent review (Health NZ, Equity Adjustor Tool publication, retrieved 9 September 2026).

The headline public waitlist figure is 196,166 people on the First Specialist Assessment queue at 31 March 2026 (QuoteHub Research, retrieved 9 September 2026).

What should I compare before choosing Grace Hospital?

Is Grace Hospital part of Southern Cross Hospitals?

Yes, Grace Hospital is part of the wider Southern Cross hospital network through its joint venture ownership with Southern Cross Healthcare and Evolution Healthcare, according to Southern Cross Healthcare's published network information (Southern Cross Healthcare, our network, retrieved 9 September 2026).

How does Grace Hospital compare with other private hospitals?

Grace Hospital publishes 6 theatres from its facility history, which is a useful scale indicator, but direct treatment price comparisons are not published, so patients usually compare location, specialist access, insurer compatibility and estimate availability instead (Grace Hospital facilities, retrieved 9 September 2026).

Useful alternatives include Allevia Hospital Ascot Auckland, Allevia Hospital Epsom Auckland, Bowen Hospital Wellington, St George's Hospital Christchurch, Mercy Hospital Dunedin and Boulcott Hospital Lower Hutt.

Is private health insurance worth checking before booking at Grace Hospital?

Yes, private health insurance is worth checking before booking because insurer rules on prior approval, provider networks, excesses and direct billing can affect your out-of-pocket cost, and Grace Hospital does not publish fixed public prices for procedures (Grace Hospital, Request an Estimate, retrieved 9 September 2026).

QuoteHub's health insurance guide, health insurance cost guide, health insurance cost by age guide, waiting periods guide, pre-existing conditions guide and excess guide can help frame those trade-offs.

Can QuoteHub compare insurers for treatment at Grace Hospital?

Yes, QuoteHub can help you compare health insurers and plan types, but specific claim approval for Grace Hospital treatment depends on the hospital provider, your specialist, your policy wording and any prior approval required by the insurer, so confirm current terms with the insurer or via QuoteHub's compare insurers tool.

You can start with health insurance quotes, compare insurers, financial strength, claims and insurer strength research, how QuoteHub works and the methodology page.

Verdict

Grace Hospital is a significant private hospital in Tauranga with 48 inpatient beds at opening, 6 theatres from its published facility history, on-site imaging and a day-stay centre, but no fixed public treatment price list. QuoteHub's read is that it is best compared on insurer fit, specialist access and estimate availability, alongside Southern Cross Hospitals, Ormiston Hospital Auckland, Braemar Hospital Hamilton, Wakefield Hospital Wellington and the wider hospitals hub.

Financial advice is provided by Craig Smith Business Services Limited, trading as Smiths Insurance & KiwiSaver, a licensed Financial Advice Provider (FSP712931). QuoteHub is a trading name.

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Cite this page QuoteHub NZ (2026). Grace Hospital Tauranga: Costs, Insurers and Access. www.quotehub.co.nz/hospitals/grace-hospital-tauranga. Updated 2026-09-09.

References

• Grace Hospital home
• Grace Hospital facilities
• Grace Hospital Request an Estimate
• Southern Cross Healthcare, our network
• Southern Cross Affiliated Provider programme
• Southern Cross Easy-Claim
• nib First Choice network
• nib Find a Provider
• AIA Private Health Umbrella Policy Wording PDF
• Partners Life Private Medical Cover overview PDF
• UniMed Hospital Select Plus Modules plan PDF
• DPMC Target 2 factsheet, March 2026 quarter PDF
• Health NZ, Equity Adjustor Tool publication

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