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ManipalCigna Sarvah Pratham vs Care Freedom

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ManipalCigna

Sarvah Pratham

Comprehensive health insurance with high sum insured options and flexible add-on benefits

What Makes It Special:

Comprehensive Health Insurance

Best For:

  • 1. Individuals who prefer flexible deductible and voluntary co-payment options.

  • Customers looking for optional benefits such as Restoration, Gullak and Sarathi.

  • People who want benefits such as AYUSH treatment and pre- and post-hospitalisation coverage.

  • Customers looking for coverage options ranging from ₹5 lakh to ₹3 crore.

  • Individuals and families looking for high sum insured options, broad hospitalisation coverage and optional benefits such as unlimited restoration and guaranteed cumulative bonus

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Care

Freedom

Health Coverage for Diabetes, Hypertension, and High BMI with Short 2-Year PED Waiting Period

What Makes It Special:

Care Freedom provides health insurance coverage without pre-policy medical check-ups for individuals managing Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, or high BMI.

Best For:

  • Buyers wanting consumable daily allowance

  • Families looking for annual health check-ups.

  • Individuals seeking health insurance without undergoing pre-policy medical screening.

  • Customer is looking for a short two year PED waiting period

  • Buyers managing diabetes, hypertension, or elevated BMI.

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ManipalCigna Sarvah Pratham

  • Check the available benefits, limits and optional covers carefully before choosing the plan to make sure they match your healthcare needs.

  • Consider Sarvah Pratham if you prefer flexibility through deductible and voluntary co-payment options.

  • This plan may be suitable if you want the option to add benefits such as Restoration, Gullak and Sarathi.

  • Consider this plan if you want hospitalisation coverage along with AYUSH treatment and pre- and post-hospitalisation benefits.

  • Consider Sarvah Pratham if you want coverage from ₹5 lakh to ₹3 crore with single private AC room coverage, AYUSH treatment, pre- and post-hospitalisation coverage, and the option to add benefits such as Restoration, Gullak and Sarathi. The plan also offers flexible deductible and voluntary co-payment options.

  • Co-payment provisions applied based on age

  • In-built, one time, automatic sum insured recharge

  • Includes annual health checkups for all covered adult member.

  • Requires no pre-policy medical checkup across all ages and sum insured choices.

  • Features are reduced 24 months waiting period for pre-existing diseases.

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Freedom
Freedom

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Room Rent

Sarvah Pratham

Single Private AC Room under the base policy. ICU expenses are covered up to the Sum Insured.

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Freedom

For ₹3 lakh and ₹5 lakh sum insured options, room rent is restricted to twin-sharing accommodation, subject to the applicable limit. For ₹7 lakh and ₹10 lakh options, single private room is covered.

ICU Charges

Sarvah Pratham

Covered up to the Sum Insured.

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Freedom

ICU charges are covered up to 2% of the sum insured per day for ₹3 lakh sum insured, while there is no limit for ₹5 lakh, ₹7 lakh and ₹10 lakh sum insured options.

Co-payment

Sarvah Pratham

Optional Voluntary Co-payment of 10%, 20% or 30%. No zonal co-payment applies.

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Freedom

20% co-payment is applicable per claim. An additional 10% co-payment applies from the policy year following the insured person attaining 71 years of age, subject to the policy terms.

Disease-wise sublimits

Sarvah Pratham

Hospitalisation for Heart, Cancer, Stroke and Major Organ/Bone Marrow Transplant is covered up to the applicable Sum Insured. Listed Modern and Advanced Treatments are subject to the specific limits stated in the Policy Schedule.

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Freedom

Yes. Sublimits apply to specified treatments including cataract, total knee replacement, hernia, hysterectomy, BPH, renal stones, cardiovascular and cerebrovascular disorders, cancer, other renal complications and bone fractures.

Restoration Benefit

Sarvah Pratham

Optional: Unlimited restoration of the Base Sum Insured for related and unrelated illnesses/injuries during the policy year.

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Freedom

Yes, the base sum insured is automatically recharged by 100% upon exhaustion, subject to the policy terms. The recharged sum insured can be used for future claims.

Cashless Healthcare Providers

Sarvah Pratham

15,000+ cashless hospitals/network providers are currently advertised by ManipalCigna. The exact network is subject to change and should be checked through the insurer's locator.

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Freedom

11,600+ cashless network hospitals are available across India.

Cumulative Bonus

Sarvah Pratham

Gullak – Optional: 100% of Base Sum Insured is added every policy year, up to a maximum of 1500% of the Base Sum Insured, irrespective of claims.

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Freedom

No cumulative bonus is available.

Daycare Treatment

Sarvah Pratham

Covered up to the Sum Insured for eligible Day Care Treatment related to the specified illnesses.

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Freedom

Covers all eligible Day Care Procedures up to the sum insured.

Consumable Cover

Sarvah Pratham

Not included in the base cover. Optional: Coverage for Non-Medical Items and Durable Medical Equipment is available.

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Freedom

Consumable allowance is available at ₹750 per day for ₹3 lakh and ₹5 lakh sum insured options, subject to a maximum of 7 days per hospitalisation after 3 days.

AYUSH Treatment

Sarvah Pratham

Covered up to the Sum Insured for eligible treatment related to the specified illnesses, subject to policy terms.

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Freedom

Covers AYUSH treatment expenses up to the sum insured during the policy period.

Initial Waiting Period

Sarvah Pratham

30 days, applicable under the standard waiting-period structure; accident claims are exempt.

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Freedom

30 days for all illnesses, except accidental injuries.

Specific Waiting Period

Sarvah Pratham

24 months for specified diseases/procedures, when the applicable Pratiksha optional cover is opted for.

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Freedom

2 years for specified named ailments.

PED Waiting Period

Sarvah Pratham

36 months under the base policy. Sarathi/Sarathi 2.0 can provide reduction for specified declared and accepted PED-related conditions, subject to its terms.

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Freedom

2 years for pre-existing diseases.

Modern Treatment

Sarvah Pratham

Covered for listed Modern and Advanced Treatments for the specified illnesses, subject to the applicable limits in the Policy Schedule.

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Freedom

Coverage for treatment using specified advanced technology methods is not available under the plan.

Annual Health Checkup

Sarvah Pratham

Available as an optional cover.

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Freedom

Annual health checkup is available for all adult members insured under the policy.

Pre-Hospitalisation

Sarvah Pratham

Covered for 90 days immediately before hospitalisation, subject to the policy terms.

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Freedom

Pre-hospitalisation expenses are covered subject to the applicable limit of 7.5% or 10% of payable hospitalisation expenses, depending on the plan option.

Post-Hospitalisation

Sarvah Pratham

Covered for 180 days after discharge, subject to the policy terms.

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Freedom



Outpatient Department Cover (OPD Expense)

Sarvah Pratham

Not covered under the base plan.

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Freedom

OPD expense is not included in the base plan.

Deductible Option

Sarvah Pratham

Optional Aggregate Deductible: ₹10,000, ₹25,000, ₹50,000, ₹1 lakh, ₹2 lakh, ₹3 lakh, ₹4 lakh, ₹5 lakh or ₹10 lakh. Daily Deductible options are also available: ₹1,000, ₹2,000, ₹3,000, ₹4,000 or ₹5,000 per day.

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Freedom

Not available as a standard deductible option.

Coverage Options

Sarvah Pratham

Base Sum Insured options from ₹5 lakh to ₹3 crore.

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Freedom

Available coverage options: ₹3L, ₹5L, ₹7L and ₹10L.

Claim Settlement Ratio

Sarvah Pratham

99.88% of claims settled within 3 months in FY 2024–25, based on the latest IRDAI-reported data. This is an insurer-level figure, not a Sarvah Pratham-specific ratio.

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Freedom

96.3% for the period April 2025 to December 2025.

Maternity Cover

Sarvah Pratham

Not available under Sarvah Pratham.

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Freedom

Not available.

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