And there are times when things work out as they are supposed to. after some chest pain i ended up in the cardio ICU of a private hospital.my GP had appointed a cardiologist who after doing an angio fitted a stent. the medical aid (hospital plan only) paid the full bill of the hospital as well as the 100% of the good cardiologist's. that was about four months ago. i've been to the cardiologist's rooms twice for checks since & each visit has cost R350. i was expecting to pay R1000+ per visit.