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HDFC ERGO Optima Secure vs ICICI Lombard Health Booster

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HDFC ERGO

Optima Secure

Get up to 4X coverage with built-in benefits that increase your cover, restore your sum insured and protect you against specified non-medical hospital expenses.

What Makes It Special:

HDFC ERGO Optima Secure is a comprehensive health insurance plan offering coverage from ₹5 lakh to ₹2 crore for individuals and families. It provides a Secure Benefit that doubles your coverage from day one, Plus Benefit that grows it further on renewal, and Restore Benefit that reinstates the base sum after a...

Best For:

  • Comprehensive Family Health Insurance

  • Multi-Benefit Medical Protection Plan

  • Coverage with Automatic Sum Boost

  • Restoration-enabled Secure Health Policy

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ICICI Lombard

Health Booster

Buy a super top-up that pays hospital bills above a deductible of ₹3 lakh, ₹4 lakh or ₹5 lakh, with a sum insured from ₹5 lakh to ₹50 lakh, inpatient AYUSH cover and a once-a-year reset for an unrelated illness.

What Makes It Special:

Health Booster is a deductible-based health insurance product designed to provide additional financial protection when eligible hospitalisation expenses exceed the selected deductible. Its value depends on the relationship between the deductible, the available sum insured and the coverage provided by the policyholder's primary health insurance. Waiting periods, eligible expenses, exclusions...

Best For:

  • People who are comfortable checking waiting periods, exclusions and deductible conditions before purchasing additional cover.

  • Buyers comparing a top-up plan with a super top-up plan who want to understand how the deductible is applied to claims.

  • Families looking to increase their overall potential health insurance protection without relying entirely on a single base policy.

  • Buyers who can manage expenses up to the deductible and want cover for eligible expenses above that amount.

  • People who already have health insurance and want additional protection against large medical bills.

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HDFC ERGO Optima Secure

  • Coverage growth with Secure and Plus Benefits

  • Automatic sum insured restoration after claims

  • No room-rent or ICU restrictions

  • Annual health check-ups and preventive care

  • Long-term loyalty rewards and discounts

ICICI Lombard Health Booster

  • Before buying, compare the premium, deductible, sum insured and claim conditions with the cost of increasing your existing base policy.

  • If you expect to claim for a specific treatment, verify that the treatment is covered and that its waiting period and exclusions are satisfied.

  • If you have a pre-existing disease, check that it has been disclosed and accepted and understand the applicable waiting period before relying on the cover.

  • If you may have several hospitalisation claims in one year, confirm whether the deductible applies per claim or on an aggregate basis under your specific policy version.

  • If you already have a base health policy, compare its sum insured with the Health Booster deductible to identify any potential coverage gap.

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Detailed Features Comparison

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Optima Secure
Optima Secure

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Policy Wording

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Health Booster
Health Booster

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Brochure

Room Rent

Optima Secure

All room categories are covered

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Health Booster

  1. Normal: Single private A/C room
  2. ICU: No limit, expenses incurred would be covered by the policy.
ICU Charges

Optima Secure

No restriction on ICU room rent

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Health Booster

Information Unavailable

Advanced Treatments

Optima Secure

Information Unavailable

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Health Booster

  1. Uterine Artery Embolization and HIFU (High intensity focused ultrasound) 
  2. Immunotherapy- Monoclonal Antibody to be given as injection 
  3.  Vaporization of the prostrate (Green laser treatment or holmium laser treatment) 
  4. Stem cell therapy: Hematopoietic stem cells for bone marrow transplant for haematological conditions
  5.  Balloon Sinuplasty 
  6. Oral Chemotherapy and many more
Co-payment

Optima Secure

Not available

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Health Booster

This does not apply if the insured is 60 years of age or below. However, this condition will not be applicable if you were aged 45 years or below at the time of buying this policy for the first time and have renewed it continuously after that.

Disease-wise sublimits

Optima Secure

No

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Health Booster

No comprehensive disease-wise sublimit list has been confirmed for the referenced policy wording. Check the policy schedule and applicable benefit conditions.

Restoration Benefit

Optima Secure

Yes, your sum insured restores to 100% once every policy year

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Health Booster

Information Unavailable

Cashless Healthcare Providers

Optima Secure

16000+ Healthcare Providers

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Health Booster

10,896 cashless healthcare

Daycare Treatment

Optima Secure

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

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Health Booster

150 medical expenses incurred by you while undergoing Specified Day Care Treatment, which require less than 24 hours hospitalization are covered by the policy.

Cumulative Bonus

Optima Secure

Your sum insured increases by 50% every year, maximum up to 300%

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Health Booster

Additional Sum Insured increases by 10% of the base sum insured for each claim-free policy year, up to 50%. A claim in a subsequent policy period reduces the accrued amount by 10% of the sum insured at renewal.

AYUSH Treatment

Optima Secure

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

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Health Booster

Covered by the policy..

Consumable Cover

Optima Secure

Yes

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Health Booster

Not verified as a standard benefit for this policy version.

Initial Waiting Period

Optima Secure

30 days

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Health Booster

Subject to policy wording and applicable exceptions. Confirm the applicable schedule before publishing a definitive duration.

Specific Waiting Period

Optima Secure

2 years

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Health Booster

2 years for specified diseases and procedures, subject to policy terms.

PED Waiting Period

Optima Secure

3 years

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Health Booster

2 years for pre-existing diseases declared and accepted by the insurer.

Modern Treatment

Optima Secure

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

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Health Booster

Covered subject to the sum insured, deductible and policy terms.

Annual Health Checkup

Optima Secure

Health check-up is available after the first policy year

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Health Booster

Not confirmed for the policy wording referenced here.

Pre-Hospitalisation

Optima Secure

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

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Health Booster

Eligible medical expenses are covered for up to 60 days before hospitalisation, subject to policy terms.

Post-Hospitalisation

Optima Secure

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

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Health Booster

Eligible medical expenses are covered for up to 90 days after hospitalisation, subject to policy terms.

Outpatient Department Cover (OPD Expense)

Optima Secure

OPD expense is not included

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Health Booster

Routine outpatient consultations and treatment are not listed as a standard base-cover benefit.

Deductible Option

Optima Secure

Available as an option

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Health Booster

A deductible applies before eligible hospitalisation claims become payable. The selected amount and its application are specified in the policy schedule. Under the Super Top-up structure, the deductible applies to aggregate hospitalisation expenses during the policy year.

Coverage Options

Optima Secure

Available coverage options: ₹5L, ₹10L, ₹15L, ₹20L, ₹25L, ₹50L, ₹1 Cr and ₹2 Cr

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Health Booster

Available as a Super Top-up health insurance plan, with the selected sum insured, deductible and individual or floater configuration specified in the policy schedule.

Claim Settlement Ratio

Optima Secure

98%

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Health Booster

FY 24-25: ~84%

Maternity Cover

Optima Secure

Not in base plan; available as paid add-on.


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Health Booster

Not listed as a standard benefit in the referenced policy wording.

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Senior Citizen Health Plan

  • Secure against age-related medical costs

  • Tailored for seniors healthcare needs

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Family Health Plan

  • One policy covers the entire family

  • High sum insured with cashless care

  • Multiple coverage options based on your family needs

Maternity Health Plan

Maternity Health Plan

  • Covers delivery, newborn care, and maternity expenses

  • Reduces financial stress of childbirth costs

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