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ICICI Lombard Smart Super Health vs Niva Bupa Aspire Gold+

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ICICI Lombard

Smart Super Health

Restore up to 100% of the sum insured once in a policy year for a new illness after the cover is exhausted, with 60 days of pre-hospitalisation, 90 days after discharge and inpatient AYUSH treatment.

What Makes It Special:

Smart Super Health is an ICICI Lombard floater offered in Value, Classic and Uber variants, with sum insured options from ₹5 lakh to ₹1 crore. It covers in-patient hospitalisation, daycare, AYUSH and domiciliary treatment, with optional add-ons for maternity, critical illness and hospital cash.

Best For:

  • Buyers who may add maternity, critical illness or hospital cash cover later

  • Buyers who want restoration of the sum insured for a new illness in the same year

  • Buyers who need air ambulance cover within India, on the Uber variant

  • Buyers who want domiciliary treatment cover

  • Families who want a hospitalisation floater with a choice of three variants

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Niva Bupa

Aspire Gold+

Get health insurance with Booster+ benefits, unlimited ReAssure Forever protection, maternity-related M-iracle benefits and flexible optional covers for your healthcare needs.

What Makes It Special:

Niva Bupa Aspire Gold+ is a health insurance variant designed to provide hospitalisation protection alongside benefits that help preserve and extend coverage over time. It includes eligible inpatient and day-care treatment, modern treatments, AYUSH, pre- and post-hospitalisation expenses, home care, organ donor expenses and cashless annual health check-ups. ReAssure Forever...

Best For:

  • Customisable coverage: For people who want to consider optional benefits such as Claim Safeguard+, Cash-Bag, Borderless or Hospital Daily Cash.

  • Everyday healthcare support: For buyers interested in optional WellConsult OPD services, including consultations, diagnostics and pharmacy benefits.

  • Maternity-related planning: For those who want the M-iracle benefit and can plan around its 48-month waiting period.

  • Growing unused cover: For customers who want unused base sum insured carried forward through Booster+, within Gold+'s applicable limits.

  • Long-term health protection: For buyers seeking hospitalisation cover with ReAssure Forever after the first paid claim.

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Quick Decision Guide

ICICI Lombard Smart Super Health

  • Confirm the variant’s sum insured and feature list on the current policy schedule, since the wording reviewed is from around 2018 to 2019.

  • Confirm the co-payment position with ICICI Lombard on 1800 2666 before buying, since a third-party source mentions 20% in some cases.

  • Maternity needs a 3-year term and a 9-month wait, so decide early if you plan a pregnancy.

  • The 48-month PED waiting period is long, so buy early if you have existing conditions.

  • Choose the variant by need: Value is the lowest-cost option, and Uber adds air ambulance, dental and the highest sum insured.

Niva Bupa Aspire Gold+

  • Evaluate optional benefits: Compare the extra premium and conditions for WellConsult OPD, Cash-Bag, Safeguard+, Borderless and other available options.

  • Plan maternity benefits early: M-iracle has a 48-month waiting period under Gold+, so review eligibility and benefit limits before purchasing.

  • Review waiting periods: The brochure lists a 30-day initial waiting period. Confirm the applicable pre-existing disease and specific disease waiting periods in your policy schedule.

  • Understand Booster+: For Gold+, unused base sum insured carries forward up to 3X for entry ages 18–35, 2X for ages 36–45 and 1X for ages 46 and above.

  • Select your base sum insured: Choose from ₹3 lakh to ₹1 crore based on your healthcare needs and budget.

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Detailed Features Comparison

Compare the key features of different health insurance plans

Smart Super Health
Smart Super Health

Health Insurance Plan

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Aspire Gold+
Aspire Gold+

Health Insurance Plan

Brochure

Policy Wording

Room Rent

Smart Super Health

  1. Normal: Covered Up to Sum Insured
  2. ICU: Covered Up to Sum Insured
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Aspire Gold+

All room categories are covered

Advanced Treatments

Smart Super Health

  1. Robotic surgeries
  2. Stem cell therapy
  3. Deep brain stimulation
  4. Bronchial thermoplasty

     

  5. Intra-operative neuro monitoring (IONM)
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Aspire Gold+

Information Unavailable

ICU Charges

Smart Super Health

Covered within the sum insured under in-patient treatment. ICU charges are part of the room and ICU charges covered under in-patient treatment.

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Aspire Gold+

No restriction on ICU room rent

Co-payment

Smart Super Health

A co-payment applies in certain cases. If treatment is availed in a higher-tier city while paying a lower-tier premium, a 20% co-payment applies.

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Aspire Gold+

Not available

Disease-wise sublimits

Smart Super Health

No disease sublimit schedule is listed in the wording. Procedures under the 2-year waiting period apply. Convalescence and outpatient emergency have separate per-policy sub-limits.

VS

Aspire Gold+

No

Cashless Healthcare Providers

Smart Super Health

The policy provides access to over 10,000+ network hospitals, ensuring cashless treatment at recognized healthcare facilities​.

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Aspire Gold+

10,000+ Healthcare Providers

Restoration Benefit

Smart Super Health

Restores up to 100% of the sum insured once per policy year, when the sum insured and bonus are exhausted. Restoration applies only to a new illness, not one already claimed in that year. Unused restoration does not carry forward. It does not apply to add-ons.

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Aspire Gold+

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

Smart Super Health

Covers all day care procedures requiring hospitalization of less than 24 hours. Treatments such as cataract surgery, chemotherapy, and minor surgical procedures are included​.

VS

Aspire Gold+

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

Cumulative Bonus

Smart Super Health

Under age 45 at first policy inception: 50% of the expiring sum insured per year, up to 100% of the current sum insured. Age 45 to 65: 20% per year, up to 100%. A claim reduces the bonus proportionately in the following year (Appendix III).

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Aspire Gold+

Unutilised sum insured can be carried forward up to 3X (entry age 18–35 yrs), 2X (entry age 36–45 yrs), and 1X (entry age 46+ yrs)

AYUSH Treatment

Smart Super Health

Alternative treatments under Ayurveda, Yoga, Unani, Siddha, and Homeopathy (AYUSH) are covered.

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Aspire Gold+

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

Consumable Cover

Smart Super Health

Non-medical items such as toiletries, gloves and cotton are not payable. Prescribed medicines and certain items are payable (Appendix IV).

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Aspire Gold+

No. However, available as an add-on

Initial Waiting Period

Smart Super Health

30 days from inception, except for accidents

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Aspire Gold+

30 days

Specific Waiting Period

Smart Super Health

2 years for listed illnesses and procedures (clause 6.1.2)

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Aspire Gold+

2 years
 

PED Waiting Period

Smart Super Health

48 months (clause 6.1.3)

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Aspire Gold+

3 years
 

Modern Treatment

Smart Super Health

Robotic surgery is excluded (exclusion 36). Other modern treatments are not listed in the wording. Confirm with ICICI Lombard on 1800 2666.

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Aspire Gold+

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

Annual Health Checkup

Smart Super Health

Available at renewal for insured persons aged 18 and over, through the insurer’s empanelled providers. Basic, extended or comprehensive, depending on variant (Appendix II).

VS

Aspire Gold+

Health check-up is available once every policy year, from day 1 of the policy

Pre-Hospitalisation

Smart Super Health

Up to 60 days before admission, within the sum insured

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Aspire Gold+

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

Post-Hospitalisation

Smart Super Health

Up to 90 days after discharge, within the sum insured

VS

Aspire Gold+

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

Outpatient Department Cover (OPD Expense)

Smart Super Health

Up to 90 days after discharge, within the sum insured

VS

Aspire Gold+

OPD expense is not included

Deductible Option

Smart Super Health

No deductible option is listed in the wording. Hospital cash has a one-day deductible.

VS

Aspire Gold+

Available as optional feature.

Coverage Options

Smart Super Health

Value (₹5 lakh and ₹7.5 lakh), Classic (₹10 lakh to ₹20 lakh), Uber (₹20 lakh to ₹1 crore). Optional add-ons are hospital cash, maternity, critical illness and personal accident.

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Aspire Gold+

Available coverage options: 3L, 5L, 7.5L, 10L, 15L, 20L, 25L, 50L, 1cr

Claim Settlement Ratio

Smart Super Health

FY 24-25: ~84%

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Aspire Gold+

92.02%

Maternity Cover

Smart Super Health

Optional add-on, available only on a 3-year floater term with a 9-month waiting period. Covers up to 2 deliveries or terminations in a lifetime, for insured persons aged 18 to 45. Maternity limits are ₹35,000 to ₹1,00,000 by variant, and newborn cover is ₹25,000 to ₹1,00,000 for the first 90 days.

VS

Aspire Gold+

Available (specific terms apply).

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