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Star Cancer Care Platinum vs Niva Bupa GoActive

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Cancer Care Platinum

For people already diagnosed with cancer, this pays hospital bills for cancer and other illnesses, includes lifetime hospice care up to 20% of the sum insured, and offers an optional lump sum if cancer returns or spreads.

What Makes It Special:

A health insurance plan built for people who have already been diagnosed with cancer (any stage). It pays hospital bills for both cancer and non-cancer illnesses, needs no pre-policy medical tests, and offers an optional lump-sum payout if cancer comes back, spreads, or a new unrelated cancer develops.

Best For:

  • Buyers who prefer no pre-policy medical tests (past medical records are submitted instead)

  • Families planning for possible recurrence or spread of cancer through a lump-sum payout

  • Patients who want help with costs of advanced treatments like oral chemotherapy, immunotherapy and robotic surgery

  • Cancer survivors who want cover for both cancer and everyday hospital needs

  • People already diagnosed with cancer who find it hard to get regular health insurance

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Niva Bupa

GoActive

Cover doctor visits and hospital stays together, refill the base sum insured, and get 90 days of pre-hospitalisation cover plus 180 days after discharge.

What Makes It Special:

GoActive combines in-patient cover with OPD consultations, a personal health coach and an annual health check-up. It has a refill benefit, an optional sum insured escalator, and a renewal discount for buyers who start young.

Best For:

  • Buyers who do not need maternity cover

  • Buyers who want the sum insured to grow over time through I-Protect

  • Buyers who want a health coach and an annual check-up

  • Families who visit doctors often and want OPD reimbursement

  • Younger, active buyers who want the 10% early-age discount and a renewal discount for healthy habits

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Star Cancer Care Platinum

  • Things to Consider: 10% co-payment applies if the insured person's entry age is 61 or above; maternity is not covered.

  • Things to Consider: Several treatments have sub-limits (modern treatments, cataract, rehabilitation, hospice care).

  • Things to Consider: Room is limited to a Single Standard A/C room; post-hospitalisation is capped at 2% of SI per hospitalisation.

  • Things to Consider: Sum Insured is limited to Rs.5L, 7.5L or 10L and cannot be increased later, even on renewal.

  • Things to Consider: Pre-existing diseases, including the cancer itself, have a 30-month waiting period.

  • Reasons to Consider: Includes hospice care (up to 20% of SI), rehabilitation and pain management, health check-up and second medical opinion.

  • Reasons to Consider: Optional Section II pays a lump sum (50% of base SI) on recurrence, metastasis or a second unrelated cancer.

  • Reasons to Consider: No pre-policy medical tests, irrespective of age.

  • Reasons to Consider: Covers hospitalisation for both cancer and non-cancer conditions.

  • Reasons to Consider: Designed specifically for people with a cancer diagnosis, aged 5 months to 65 years.

  • Zone 2 adds a 20% co-payment in four cities, so choose Zone 1 unless you know you will not be treated there.

  • The 1% room rent cap applies to the lower sum insured options, so pick ₹5 lakh or above if you want room choice.

  • The 36-month PED waiting period is long, so buy early if anyone has an existing condition.

  • Maternity is excluded, so choose another plan if you plan to start a family.

  • Check the OPD limit for your sum insured and number of adults, since the limit is shared across the family.

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Detailed Features Comparison

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Cancer Care Platinum
Cancer Care Platinum

Health Insurance Plan

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GoActive
GoActive

Health Insurance Plan

Room Rent

Cancer Care Platinum

Single Standard AC Room

Covered up to Sum Insured

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GoActive

Normal:

For Sum Insured below ₹5 Lakhs: 1% of Base Sum Insured per day

For Sum Insured ₹5 Lakhs and above: No room rent restriction (except Suite Room and above)

ICU:

For Sum Insured below ₹5 Lakhs: 2% of Base Sum Insured per day

For Sum Insured ₹5 Lakhs and above: Covered up to Sum Insured

Advanced Treatments

Cancer Care Platinum

Covered

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GoActive

Covered up to Sum Insured

ICU Charges

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

Up to 2% of base sum insured per day for the ₹1 lakh to ₹4 lakh options. Covered up to the sum insured for ₹5 lakh and above. Confirm the split on the policy schedule.

Co-payment

Cancer Care Platinum

Applicable for Senior Entry Ages

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GoActive

No mandatory age-based co-payment mentioned

Disease-wise sublimits

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

No general disease sublimit in the prospectus. Robotic surgery has a ₹1 lakh sub-limit, and OPD, diagnostics and some optional covers have their own limits.

Waiting Period

Cancer Care Platinum

Initial Waiting Period: 30 Days

Pre-existing Disease Waiting Period: 30 Months

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GoActive

Information Unavailable

Cashless Healthcare Providers

Cancer Care Platinum

Available

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GoActive

4,200+ Network Hospitals

Restoration Benefit

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

Refill benefit: up to 100% of base sum insured in a policy year, for a different illness from one already claimed. It is available on a floater basis and does not carry forward. Maximum liability per claim after refill is the base sum insured plus any I-Protect amount.

Daycare Treatment

Cancer Care Platinum

Covered

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GoActive

Covered up to Sum Insured

Cumulative Bonus

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

Not offered. The optional I-Protect adds 10% of base sum insured every renewal year.

AYUSH Treatment

Cancer Care Platinum

Covered

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GoActive

Covered up to Sum Insured

Consumable Cover

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

Medicines, drugs, consumables, IV fluids, blood, injection charges and OT charges are covered within in-patient care. Items in Annexure A (for example baby food, belts, gloves, diapers and Vasofix) are not payable.

Initial Waiting Period

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

30 days from policy start. Waived after 12 months of continuous coverage. Accidents are covered from day 1.

Specific Waiting Period

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

24 months for listed conditions and procedures. Cancer is covered after 30 days.

PED Waiting Period

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

36 months

Modern Treatment

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

Covered up to the sum insured, covering uterine artery embolisation, HIFU, deep brain stimulation, oral chemotherapy, immunotherapy, intravitreal injections, robotic surgery, stereotactic radiosurgery, and other listed treatments. Robotic surgeries have a ₹1 lakh sub-limit, except robotic prostatectomy for cancer, robotic cardiac surgery, robotic partial nephrectomy, and robotic surgery for malignancies.

Annual Health Checkup

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

Covered for insured persons aged 18 and over, booked through the Niva Bupa app or website. Not available on the ₹1 lakh and ₹2 lakh options. Unused check-ups do not carry forward.

Pre-Hospitalisation

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

Up to 90 days before admission, within the sum insured

Post-Hospitalisation

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

Up to 180 days after discharge, within the sum insured

Outpatient Department Cover (OPD Expense)

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

Covered. Number of consultations per policy year depends on the sum insured and the number of adults. Reimbursement is up to ₹600 per consultation in Zone 1 and ₹500 in Zone 2. The limit is shared by all members.

Deductible Option

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

Optional annual aggregate deductible of ₹25,000, ₹50,000, ₹1 lakh, ₹2 lakh, ₹3 lakh, ₹5 lakh or ₹10 lakh. It does not apply to health check-ups, second opinions, OPD, behavioural assistance or personal accident.

Claim Settlement Ratio

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

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).

Maternity Cover

Cancer Care Platinum

Information Unavailable

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GoActive

Not offered. Maternity and related childbirth expenses are excluded.

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