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Niva Bupa Health Assurance vs Care Ultimate

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Niva Bupa

Health Assurance

Choose a listed critical-illness lump sum, accident cover and daily hospital cash as fixed benefits you can combine, with hospital cash paid for each day in hospital up to 45 days a year.

What Makes It Special:

Health Assurance is a Niva Bupa family plan made up of three separate covers. CritiCare pays a lump sum for listed critical illnesses. HospiCash pays a fixed daily cash amount during hospitalisation. AccidentCare pays for accidental death, permanent disability and temporary disability.

Best For:

  • Buyers who want lifelong renewal on all three covers

  • Parents who want child education benefits paid on an accidental death or permanent disability of the proposer

  • Working adults who want accident death, disability and income-loss cover

  • Buyers who want daily cash to cover incidental costs during a hospital stay

  • Families who want a lump sum if a listed critical illness is diagnosed

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Care

Ultimate

Health insurance with unlimited restoration, moneyback rewards and long-term loyalty benefits.

What Makes It Special:

Comprehensive Health Insurance

Best For:

  • Health-conscious customers seeking wellness rewards and renewal discounts.

  • Individuals interested in unlimited restoration of their sum insured.

  • Customers who value rewards for remaining claim-free.

  • People looking for coverage options up to ₹1 crore.

  • Individuals and families seeking comprehensive hospitalisation coverage.

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Quick Decision Guide

Niva Bupa Health Assurance

  • The sum insured for AccidentCare and TTD is linked to annual income, so check the limits against your income.

  • Only 2 adults can be covered under a CritiCare family option, so check this before buying for a larger family.

  • AccidentCare has no waiting period, but it is available only to Risk Class 1 and 2 occupations, with a 50% loading for Risk Class 2.

  • HospiCash pays a fixed daily amount for up to 45 days a year, so it does not reimburse hospital bills.

  • CritiCare does not start for 90 days, and a 36-month PED wait applies, so buy early if you have a condition.

Care Ultimate

  • Review waiting periods: The standard waiting periods are 30 days for initial illnesses, 24 months for named ailments and 36 months for pre-existing diseases.

  • Evaluate wellness rewards: The optional Wellness Benefit offers renewal discounts based on qualifying healthy days and applicable conditions.

  • Look at Infinity Bonus: This optional benefit provides an additional 100% of base sum insured per year, irrespective of claims, with continuous renewal.

  • Consider the moneyback benefit: The optional Premium Payback benefit refunds the first policy year's base premium after five consecutive claim-free policy years, subject to renewal conditions.

  • Choose for comprehensive coverage: The brochure lists inpatient care, day-care procedures, advanced technology treatments, AYUSH and other hospitalisation benefits, subject to policy terms.

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Detailed Features Comparison

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Health Assurance
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Brochure

Policy Wording

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Ultimate
Ultimate

Health Insurance Plan

Brochure

Room Rent

Health Assurance

Normal: Covered up to Sum Insured

ICU: Covered up to Sum Insured

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Ultimate

All room categories are covered

Advanced Treatments

Health Assurance

Modern Treatments covered up to Sum Insured

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Ultimate

Information Unavailable

ICU Charges

Health Assurance

Under HospiCash, the ICU cash benefit is double the daily cash benefit for ICU stays, up to 7 days a year.

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Ultimate

No restriction on ICU room rent

Co-payment

Health Assurance

Optional co-payment available

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Ultimate

Not available

Disease-wise sublimits

Health Assurance

Information Unavailable

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Ultimate

No 

Cashless Healthcare Providers

Health Assurance

10,000+ Network Hospitals

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Ultimate

21700+ Healthcare Providers

Restoration Benefit

Health Assurance

Information Unavailable

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Ultimate

Yes, your sum insured restores to 100% each time you make a claim in a policy year, for both related and unrelated illnesses

Daycare Treatment

Health Assurance

Covered

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Ultimate

Covers medical expenses for treatments not requiring 24-hour hospitalization, up to annual sum insured

Cumulative Bonus

Health Assurance

AccidentCare renewal benefit: the sum insured rises by 5% for each claim-free year, up to a total of 25%. Applies to all AccidentCare benefits except TTD and accident hospitalisation.

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Ultimate

Your sum insured increases by 50% every year maximum upto 100%. However, you can pay an additional premium to increase sum insured up to 100%, every year.

AYUSH Treatment

Health Assurance

Covered up to Sum Insured

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Ultimate

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

Consumable Cover

Health Assurance

Please refer to the policy wording.

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Ultimate

No. However, available as an add-on

Initial Waiting Period

Health Assurance

CritiCare: 90 days. HospiCash: 30 days, except accidents. AccidentCare: none.

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Ultimate

30 days

Specific Waiting Period

Health Assurance

HospiCash only: 24 months for 17 listed conditions and procedures

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Ultimate

2 years
 

PED Waiting Period

Health Assurance

36 months for CritiCare and HospiCash

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Ultimate

3 years
 

Modern Treatment

Health Assurance

Not covered as a separate benefit. AccidentCare Hospitalisation covers surgery, room rent and related costs for accidental injury up to 2% of the AccidentCare sum insured.

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Ultimate

Hospital expenses for listed advanced treatments are covered up to your full sum insured during the policy period

Annual Health Checkup

Health Assurance

Kindly refer to the policy wording.

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Ultimate

Health checkup is not included as part of base cover. However, available as an add-on

Pre-Hospitalisation

Health Assurance

Information Unavailable

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Ultimate

You get cover for medical tests and doctor visits up to 60 days before hospitalisation, if your main claim is approved

Post-Hospitalisation

Health Assurance

Kindly refer to policy wording.

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Ultimate

You get cover for medical bills up to 90 days after discharge, including physiotherapy if your doctor prescribes it

Outpatient Department Cover (OPD Expense)

Health Assurance

Not covered.

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Ultimate

OPD expense is not included as part of base cover. However, available as an add-on

Deductible Option

Health Assurance

Kindly refer to the policy wording.

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Ultimate

Not available

Coverage Options

Health Assurance

AccidentCare (individual or family, with optional TTD and accident hospitalisation), CritiCare (individual or family floater, Option 1 lump sum or Option 2 lump sum with staggered payout), HospiCash (individual or family, daily cash).

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Ultimate

Available coverage options: ₹5L, 7L, 10L, 15L, 20L, 25L, 50L, 1 Cr

Claim Settlement Ratio

Health Assurance

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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Ultimate

96%

Maternity Cover

Health Assurance

Information Unavailable

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Ultimate

Not available

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