Dozens of private medical insurance (PMI) providers offer cancer cover to suit a range of budgets, either as a standalone benefit or as a feature rolled into their traditional PMI plans.

Health insurer WPA's "My Cancer Drugs" is the only PMI plan on the market to be "drugs only" and was specifically designed to plug the NHS gap. It pays for cancer treatments licensed in the UK but not available on the NHS. The insurer has also just launched "NHS Health Top-Up" which is a health plan covering items such as dentistry bills, but also allows members to add cancer drugs cover for about £4 a month on top of their core premium. These top-up plans are competitive but they do come with a benefits cap of £50,000 and exclusions for those with a history of cancer and those aged 65 or above. Other providers offer cancer drugs cover as a standard benefit within their traditional PMI plans, with premiums ranging from £20 to £80 per month.