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Star Extra Protect insurance plan is an add-on cover under Star Health Insurance that enhances the limitations of your existing base policy. You can purchase this plan while buying or renewing your health policy with Star Health.

This add-on comes with two sections. Policyholders can choose either of the two sections mentioned below:

Section 1: Coverage Options

  • Enhanced Room Rent
  • Claim Guard (Coverage for Non-medical Items)
  • Enhanced Limit for Modern Treatments
  • Enhanced Limit for AYUSH Treatment
  • Home Care Treatment
  • Bonus Guard

Section 2: Coverage Options

  • Option to Choose Aggregate Deductible (discounts on premium as per policy clause)

Eligibility Criteria for Star Extra Protect Add-On Cover

Below are the eligibility criteria for buying the Star Extra Protect insurance plan and the sum insured it offers:

Entry AgeAs per the entry age of the base health policy (Applicable with Family Health Optima Insurance Plan / Star Comprehensive Insurance Policy / Medi Classic Insurance Policy (Individual))
Sum Insured (in Rs.)INR 10 - 20 Lakhs and above, same as the base policy (minimum base policy SI: INR 10 Lakhs)
Plan TypeApplicable on comprehensive Individual/Family Floater plans
Policy TermDepends on the base policy opted for
Initial Waiting PeriodSubject to the base policy's waiting period
PLAN DETAILS

Star Extra Protect Plan

Ultimate Care

Product Type Top Up and Super Top Up Individual and Family Health Insurance
Key Features
(Key features of the plan)
  • Base policy coverage enhancer
  • Extended family coverage
  • Claim guard for the base policy
  • Moneyback benefits
  • Newborn coverage
  • Medi vouchers
OPD Details
(In some policies, OPD (Out patient department) expenses are also covered.)
Not Covered Covered
Room Rent
(A limit of room rent cover during hospitalization if any)
Covered Covered
Domicillary Hospitalization
(It is the expenses incurred on treatment of the patient at home)
Not Covered Covered
Pre-hospitalization
(Expenses before the insured is hospitalized)
Not Covered Covered
Post-hospitalization
(Expenses after discharge from the hospital)
Not Covered Covered
Day Care Treatment Covered
(Day care treatments refers to the treatments that do not necessarily require 24hrs of hospitalization like MRI.)
Not Covered Covered
Hospital_network
(Number of Hospital Network in city)
14000 11400+
Organ Donor Expenses
(Expenses incurred on organ donor in case of organ transplants)
Covered Covered
Hospital Daily Allowance
(Some plans offer daily allowance to take care of expenses like food, etc)
Covered Not Covered
Ambulance Charges
(Expenses incurred on ambulance charges)
Covered Covered
Maternity Benefits
(All Hospitalization cost covered at the time of pregnancy.)
Not Covered Covered
New Born Baby Covered
(Newborn babies can be covered under the insurance plan after a certain period)
Not Covered Covered
Health Checkup
(An added benefit of one time full health checkup of policy holder.)
Covered Covered
Sub Limit
(Sub-limit is a monetary capping that applies on specific diseases like cataract)
Applicable Available
Co-pay
(Mentioned %, if any is to be borne by Insured and rest will be borne by insurer)
Not Applicable Not Available
Plan Entry Age depends on base health plan Minimum: Child - 91 days; Adult - 18 years. Maximum: Child - 24 years, Adult - Lifelong
Plan Premium Entry Age and S/A N/A 6491
Plan Waiting Period N/A 30
Plan Coverage - Hospitalization expenses, Pre and post-hospitalization expenses, Daycare treatments, AYUSH treatment cover, Organ donor cover, Ambulance cover
Plan Sample Premium - 6491
Plan Brochure Brochure URL Brochure URL
Policy Term N/A 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 years
ICU Charges Covered Covered
Covid-19 Treatment Covered Covered
Cataract Not Covered Covered
Automatic Restoration Not Covered Covered
Ayush Treatment Covered Covered
Modern Treatment Covered Covered
E Consultation Not Covered Covered
Air Ambulance Covered Covered
Global Coverage Not Covered Not Covered
Claim Ratio 99.06 97
Solvency Ratio 2.21 1.74
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