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Digit Arogya Sanjeevani vs Care Joy

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Arogya Sanjeevani

Cover hospitalisation with a 5% co-pay on every admissible claim, cap room rent at 2% of the sum insured up to ₹5,000 a day, and add a 5% cumulative bonus each claim-free year up to 50%.

What Makes It Special:

Arogya Sanjeevani is a Niva Bupa standard health plan with a sum insured of ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakh, AYUSH and modern treatment cover, and a 15-day free-look period. It excludes maternity and carries a 5% co-payment on each claim. It provides in-patient hospitalisation cover on an individual or family...

Best For:

  • Buyers who want AYUSH and modern treatment cover

  • Buyers who do not need maternity or OPD cover

  • Families who want a floater with parents and children under one policy

  • Buyers who want basic in-patient cover at an affordable premium

  • First-time health insurance buyers

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Care

Joy

Maternity and newborn cover with a 9-month maternity waiting period

What Makes It Special:

Care Joy is a hospitalisation plan with built-in maternity and newborn cover. The Joy Today variant is the faster-access option, with a 9-month waiting period for maternity claims. The other variant, Joy Tomorrow, has a 24-month wait. Maternity benefits are capped at ₹35,000 on a ₹3 lakh sum insured and ₹50,000...

Best For:

  • Long-term peace of mind with 3-year policy term

  • Cashless treatment across 8,000+ hospitals

  • Comprehensive family protection during pregnancy

  • Maternity and Newborn health coverage

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Quick Decision Guide

  • Call 1860-500-8888 to confirm room rent limits and the current network before buying.

  • Confirm the waiting periods and any cataract sublimit on your policy schedule before buying.

  • The sum insured is capped at ₹5 lakh, so check whether it covers your expected treatment costs.

  • A 5% co-payment applies to each claim, so factor that into your out-of-pocket costs.

  • Maternity is excluded, so choose another plan if you need it.

  • You want cashless access to 8,000+ hospitals across India

  • You prefer short waiting period for maternity benefits (9 months)

  • You want maternity and newborn cover under one plan

  • You’re planning for pregnancy or expanding your family soon.

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Arogya Sanjeevani
Arogya Sanjeevani

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Joy
Joy

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Room Rent

Arogya Sanjeevani

  1. Normal:  Covered up to 2% of the sum insured, with a maximum limit of ₹5,000 per day.

     

  2. ICU: Covered up to 5% of the sum insured, with a maximum limit of ₹10,000 per day​.
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Joy

Covers a Single Private Room with AC. A higher room category means room, boarding, nursing, OT and doctor/surgeon fees are reduced in proportion to the difference in room rent.

Advanced Treatments

Arogya Sanjeevani

  1. Uterine Artery Embolization and HIFU (High intensity focused ultrasound) 
  2. Balloon Sinuplasty
  3. Deep Brain stimulation 
  4. Oral chemotherapy 
  5. Immunotherapy - Monoclonal Antibody to be given as injection 
  6. Intra vitreal injections 
  7. Robotic surgeries 
  8. Stereotactic radio surgeries 
  9. Bronchical Thermoplasty
  10. Vaporisation of the prostrate (Green laser treatment or holmium laser treatment)
  11. IONM - (Intra Operative Neuro Monitoring) 
  12. Stem cell therapy: Hematopoietic stem cells for bone marrow transplant for haematological conditions to be covered up to 50% of sum insured.
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Joy

Information Unavailable

ICU Charges

Arogya Sanjeevani

Covered as part of in-patient hospitalisation, up to the sum insured. Confirm any room or ICU limit on the policy schedule, or with 1860-500-8888.

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Joy

ICU charges (ICU bed, monitoring devices, critical care nursing and intensivist charges) are payable as part of in-patient hospitalisation up to the sum insured. There is no separate ICU sublimit.

Co-payment

Arogya Sanjeevani

5% co-payment is applicable to all claims, meaning the policyholder must bear 5% of the admissible claim amount​.

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Joy

20% of each admissible claim applies if the insured's entry age (eldest member for a floater) is 60 years or above. No co-payment applies for entry ages below 60.

Disease-wise sublimits

Arogya Sanjeevani

A cataract sublimit may apply. The standard product in other insurers’ versions caps cataract at 25% of the sum insured or ₹40,000, whichever is lower. Confirm Niva Bupa’s sublimits on the policy schedule, or with 1860-500-8888.

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Joy

No disease-specific caps apply to general hospitalisation, which is payable up to the sum insured. Fixed limits apply to maternity (₹35,000/₹50,000), newborn baby (₹30,000/₹50,000) and ambulance (₹1,000 per claim).

Cashless Healthcare Providers

Arogya Sanjeevani

Access to over 16,400 cashless network hospitals across India. 

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Joy

Cashless treatment is available at 11,400+ Care network hospitals across India. Pre-authorisation is required, and the network list can change, so check the hospital list before admission.

Restoration Benefit

Arogya Sanjeevani

Kindly refer to the policy wording.

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Joy

Not available. Once the sum insured is used, it is not restored within the same policy year. The optional No Claim Bonanza is a bonus for claim-free years, not a restoration benefit.

Daycare Treatment

Arogya Sanjeevani

Covers medical procedures requiring hospitalization for less than 24 hours, such as cataract surgery, chemotherapy, and dialysis, when conducted in a recognized hospital​.

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Joy

Covers a long list of procedures that need less than 24 hours of hospitalisation (for example cataract, dialysis, chemotherapy and radiotherapy, lithotripsy, tonsillectomy and arthroscopy). Cover is up to the sum insured and subject to waiting periods.

Cumulative Bonus

Arogya Sanjeevani

Kindly refer to the policy wording.

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Joy

Optional "No Claim Bonanza", available for an additional premium. After three consecutive claim-free policy years, the sum insured increases by 100% of the expiring sum insured. The accrued bonus cannot exceed 100% of the sum insured in the renewed policy. If a claim is made, the accrued bonus is not carried to the next renewal, but the base sum insured is never reduced. The bonus is lost if the policy is not renewed within the grace period.

AYUSH Treatment

Arogya Sanjeevani

Covers Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (AYUSH) inpatient treatments up to the sum insured, provided the treatment is taken at an AYUSH-recognized hospital​.

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Joy

Not offered as a standard benefit. Treatment under Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy, and other non-allopathic treatment, is excluded.

Consumable Cover

Arogya Sanjeevani

Kindly refer to the policy wording. Confirm with Niva Bupa on 1860-500-8888.

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Joy

Not covered. Non-medical items (for example gloves, masks, diapers, kits, belts, surcharges and similar items in the policy's non-payable list) are excluded. Some items, such as admission and registration charges, are treated as part of room or procedure charges and are not paid separately.

Initial Waiting Period

Arogya Sanjeevani

30 days from inception, except for accidents

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Joy

30 days

Specific Waiting Period

Arogya Sanjeevani

Kindly refer to the policy wording.

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Joy

24 months of continuous coverage for listed conditions and procedures. These include arthritis and spinal disorders, joint replacement, benign ENT disorders, benign prostatic hypertrophy, cataract, piles/fissure/fistula, hernia and hydrocele, hysterectomy for fibroids, kidney or gall bladder stones, and varicose veins. Accident-related claims are exempt. Prior continuous coverage can reduce the waiting period. If a listed condition is also pre-existing, the longer waiting period applies.

PED Waiting Period

Arogya Sanjeevani

Up to 48 months under the IRDAI standard. Confirm on the policy schedule, or with 1860-500-8888.

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Joy

36 months of continuous coverage from the first policy with Care. Pre-existing conditions must be declared at proposal. If the sum insured is increased, the waiting period applies afresh to the increased amount. Continuous prior coverage with another insurer can reduce the waiting period on porting.

Modern Treatment

Arogya Sanjeevani

Covered up to 50% of the sum insured, including robotic surgery and oral chemotherapy (BankBazaar). Confirm the limit on the policy schedule.

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Joy

Covers 12 listed advanced treatments within the sum insured: uterine artery embolization and HIFU, balloon sinuplasty, deep brain stimulation, oral chemotherapy, monoclonal antibody immunotherapy (injection), intravitreal injections, robotic surgeries, stereotactic radio surgeries, bronchial thermoplasty, laser prostate vaporisation (green laser or holmium laser), intra-operative neuro monitoring (IONM), and hematopoietic stem cell therapy for bone marrow transplant in blood disorders. Advanced methods outside this list are not covered.

Annual Health Checkup

Arogya Sanjeevani

Kindly refer to the policy wording. Confirm with Niva Bupa on 1860-500-8888.

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Joy

Not available as a benefit. Depending on age and sum insured, Care may ask for pre-policy medical tests at its own cost. If the proposal is declined or the policy is cancelled in the free-look period, the test cost is deducted from the refund.

Pre-Hospitalisation

Arogya Sanjeevani

Up to 30 days before admission under the IRDAI standard product. Confirm on the policy schedule, or with 1860-500-8888.

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Joy

30 days before admission. Expenses must relate to the same illness or injury and the hospitalisation claim must be admissible.

Post-Hospitalisation

Arogya Sanjeevani

Up to 60 days after discharge under the IRDAI standard product. Confirm on the policy schedule, or with 1860-500-8888.

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Joy

60 days after discharge. Expenses must relate to the same illness or injury and the main hospitalisation claim must be admissible.

Outpatient Department Cover (OPD Expense)

Arogya Sanjeevani

Not covered (not listed in the standard product’s benefits)

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Joy

Not covered. Routine consultations, tests and pharmacy bills without hospital admission are not payable. Pre- and post-natal expenses are covered only within the maternity limit and as part of the delivery hospitalisation claim.

Deductible Option

Arogya Sanjeevani

kindly refer to the policy wording.

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Joy

No deductible applies. This is a base indemnity plan, not a top-up.

Coverage Options

Arogya Sanjeevani

Individual or family floater, within the ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakh sum insured range

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Joy

Sum insured of ₹3 lakh or ₹5 lakh, on an Individual or Family Floater basis. Policy term is 3 years. Entry age is 18 to 65 years for adults, 1 day to 24 years for children, and 1 day to 90 days for newborns. Lifelong renewability. Maternity cover is available only for insured women aged 45 or below.

Claim Settlement Ratio

Arogya Sanjeevani

Claim Settlement Ratio (CSR) of 93.3% as a three-year IRDAI weighted average, and 95.6% in recent quarterly company disclosures (Q1 FY 2026-27).

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Joy

96.74% for FY 2024-25 (insurer-level, based on IRDAI public disclosures). This reflects Care Health Insurance overall, not Care Joy specifically.

Maternity Cover

Arogya Sanjeevani

Not covered. Maternity expenses are excluded.

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Joy

Covers delivery hospitalisation (normal and C-section) including pre-natal and post-natal expenses: up to ₹35,000 on a ₹3 lakh sum insured and up to ₹50,000 on a ₹5 lakh sum insured. Waiting period is 9 months of continuous coverage. Newborn baby cover applies if the maternity claim is admissible. Voluntary termination of pregnancy in the first 12 weeks and miscarriage (unless caused by an accident) are not covered. Ectopic pregnancy is covered under regular hospitalisation, not the maternity limit.

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