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ICICI Lombard Health Insurance Elevate vs Care Health Insurance Advantage

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What Makes It Special:

ICICI Lombard’s Elevate health insurance policy is designed to provide comprehensive protection and flexibility. It covers hospitalisation, day-care treatments, pre- and post-hospitalisation expenses (90 to 180 days), AYUSH treatments, ambulance services (road and air), and even worldwide cashless hospitalisation. The policy offers unlimited reset of sum insured, 100% annual increase...

Best For:

  • Comprehensive All-Round Protection

  • Global Health Insurance Coverage

  • Advanced Critical Illness Cover

  • Tech-Enabled Seamless Support

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Care Health Insurance

Advantage

Care Advantage Health Insurance

What Makes It Special:

Advantage focuses on providing essential health coverage at an affordable premium. It's designed for budget-conscious individuals who want reliable coverage.

Best For:

  • Nationwide cashless treatment network

  • High sum insured with flexible add-ons

  • Broad coverage including AYUSH and daycare

  • Comprehensive health and wellness protection

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Quick Decision Guide

Elevate

Elevate

  • You want global and all-round health coverage

  • You need CIBIL discount on good credit score

  • You need coverage on conditions like Asthma, BP, Cholesterol, Diabetes from Day 1

  • You need a good customer app which has a simplified claims experience

  • You need unlimited sum insured restoration benefits and high cumulative bonus

Advantage

Advantage

  • You want flexibility in sum insured and add-on benefits

  • You value regular health check-ups and ambulance coverage

  • You seek cashless hospitalization services across many hospitals

  • You prefer optional add-ons for extra critical illness cover

  • You want extensive hospital and daycare coverage

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Detailed Features Comparison

Compare the key features of different health insurance plans

Elevate
Elevate

Health Insurance Plan

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Advantage
Advantage

Health Insurance Plan

Room Rent

Elevate

Single private AC room is included as part of base cover. However, you can opt for Room Modifier Add-on to upgrade or downgrade the room category

(Option to modify room category)

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Advantage

All room categories are covered

ICU Charges

Elevate

No restriction on ICU room rent

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Advantage

No restriction on ICU room rent

Disease-wise sublimits

Elevate

No

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Advantage

No

Co-payment

Elevate

Available as an option


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Advantage

Available as an option

Restoration Benefit

Elevate

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

(per claim in a policy year for related/unrelated illnesses)

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Advantage

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

Cashless Healthcare Providers

Elevate

10300+ Healthcare Providers

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Advantage

21700+ Healthcare Providers

Cumulative Bonus

Elevate

Your sum insured increases by 20% every year maximum upto 100%. However, you can pay an additional premium to increase sum insured up to 100%, every year.

(Option to boost coverage by 1x annually)

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Advantage

For every year you don’t make a claim, your sum insured increases by 10%. You can pay an additional premium to increase Sum Insured up to 100%, every year, without any upper limit

Daycare Treatment

Elevate

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

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Advantage

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

AYUSH Treatment

Elevate

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


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Advantage

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

Consumable Cover

Elevate

No. However, available as an add-on

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Advantage

No. However, available as an add-on

Initial Waiting Period

Elevate

30 days

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Advantage

30 days

Specific Waiting Period

Elevate

2 years

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Advantage

2 years

PED Waiting Period

Elevate

3 years

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Advantage

3 years

Modern Treatment

Elevate

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

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Advantage

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

Annual Health Checkup

Elevate

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

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Advantage

Health checkup is not included as part of base cover. However, you can opt for the Annual Health Checkup Add-on to avail health checkup once per Policy Year

Pre-Hospitalisation

Elevate

You get cover for medical tests and doctor visits up to 90 days before hospitalisation, if your main claim is approved

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Advantage

You get cover for medical tests and doctor visits up to 30 days before hospitalisation, if your main claim is approved

Post-Hospitalisation

Elevate

You get cover for medical bills up to 180 days after discharge, including physiotherapy if your doctor prescribes it.


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Advantage

You get cover for medical bills up to 60 days after discharge, including physiotherapy if your doctor prescribes it

Outpatient Department Cover (OPD Expense)

Elevate

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

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Advantage

OPD expense is not included as part of base cover. However, you can opt for an add-on to avail this coverage

Deductible Option

Elevate

Not available

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Advantage

Available as an option

Coverage Options

Elevate

Available sum insured options: ₹5L, ₹7.5L, ₹10L, ₹15L, ₹20L, ₹25L, ₹50L, ₹1 Cr, ₹3 Cr and unlimited sum insured


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Advantage

Available coverage options: ₹25L, ₹50L,₹1Cr, ₹2Cr, ₹3 Cr, ₹6 Cr

Claim Settlement Ratio

Elevate

88.50%

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Advantage

87.10%

Maternity Cover

Elevate

No. However, available as an add-on.


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Advantage

Not available

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