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What is Post-Hospitalisation in health insurance?
Pays for recovery expenses after you are discharged - like follow-up doctor visits, physiotherapy, and medicines - for a set number of days. This matters a lot after major procedures like heart surgery or knee replacement, where recovery can stretch over weeks or months.
Also called: post-hospitalisation expenses · expenses after discharge · follow-up care after discharge
Every plan, ranked11 · 8 standard · 3 limited
Star HealthStandardSuper Star180 days
Standard
Medical expenses for the 180 days after discharge are paid up to your Sum Insured, with no separate rupee cap. The expenses have to be for the same condition you were admitted for, and the in-patient claim itself has to be admitted.
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Coverage Days After Discharge180 days
Expense limitCovered up to full Sum Insured
Day-Extension Rider AvailableNo
Claim Settlement TypeReimbursement Only
Watch out
180 days covers most recovery periods, including physiotherapy after a knee replacement or follow-up scans after cancer surgery. If you buy the Maternity Expenses optional cover, post-hospitalisation expenses are not paid under it.
HDFC ERGOStandardOptima Restore180 days
Standard
Follow-up consultations, tests and medicines for 180 days after discharge are paid from your Sum Insured, with no separate rupee cap. 180 days is longer than the 60 or 90 days most Indian policies give, and that gap matters after heart surgery or a joint replacement, where the follow-ups run for months.
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Coverage Days After Discharge180 days
Expense limitCovered up to full Sum Insured
Day-Extension Rider AvailableNo
Claim Settlement TypeReimbursement Only
Watch out
The 180 days only cover the condition you were admitted for, and only if the in-patient or day care claim was admitted. A new illness that starts in those months is a fresh claim, not post-hospitalisation.
ICICI LombardStandardElevate180 days
Standard
Follow-up expenses for the 180 days after you are discharged are covered up to your full Sum Insured, with no separate limit. Physiotherapy can be included when it is medically necessary and prescribed by the treating doctor. Like the pre-hospitalisation benefit, it pays only if the claim was accepted.
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Coverage Days After Discharge180 days
Expense limitCovered up to full Sum Insured
Day-Extension Rider AvailableNo
Claim Settlement TypeReimbursement Only
Watch out
The wording says physiotherapy may be considered, so keep the doctor's written prescription with the bills. Expenses linked to a claim under the Optional Covers section are not paid under this benefit.
Aditya BirlaStandardActiv One · VYTL180 days
Standard
Follow-up visits, medicines and tests for 180 days after discharge are paid up to the Sum Insured, with no separate rupee cap, as long as they are for the same condition that put you in hospital.
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Coverage Days After Discharge180 days
Expense limitCovered up to full Sum Insured
Day-Extension Rider AvailableNo
Claim Settlement TypeReimbursement Only
Watch out
You have only 15 days after the post-hospitalisation treatment finishes to send the bills in, which is a tighter window than the 30 days allowed for the hospital claim itself. These are reimbursement claims, so you pay first and claim back.
Care HealthStandardCare Supreme180 days
Standard
Recovery expenses for the 180 days after discharge are paid up to the Sum Insured, provided they relate to the same illness or injury as the accepted hospitalisation.
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Coverage Days After Discharge180 days
Expense limitCovered up to full Sum Insured
Day-Extension Rider AvailableNo
Claim Settlement TypeReimbursement Only
Watch out
180 days is a long window, and it matters after surgery like a knee replacement where physiotherapy and follow-up visits run for months. Track the 30-day document deadline that starts once the 180 days end.
Star HealthStandardStar Health Assure180 days
Standard
Medical expenses for the 180 days after discharge are paid, up to the Sum Insured, with no separate rupee cap. A 180-day window is at the generous end of the Indian market and it applies at every Sum Insured.
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Coverage Days After Discharge180 days
Expense limitCovered up to full Sum Insured
Day-Extension Rider AvailableNo
Claim Settlement TypeReimbursement Only
Watch out
Only expenses for the same condition that caused the admission count, and only if the in-patient claim was admitted. After a bypass or a joint replacement, that covers months of follow-up visits, physiotherapy and medicines.
HDFC ERGOStandardOptima Secure · Optima-Select180 days
Standard
Follow-up visits, medicines and physiotherapy for 180 days after discharge are paid, as long as they relate to a hospital stay the insurer has already admitted. Optima Lite is the exception at 60 days. There is no separate rupee cap - these bills come out of your sum insured.
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Coverage Days After Discharge180 days
Expense limitCovered up to full Sum Insured
Day-Extension Rider AvailableNo
Claim Settlement TypeReimbursement Only
Watch out
180 days covers most recovery periods, including the long ones after bypass surgery or a joint replacement. The expenses must relate to the same treatment, so keep the discharge summary and every follow-up prescription together.
Niva BupaStandardReAssure 3.0 · Classic180 days
Standard
Follow-up consultations, medicines, physiotherapy and tests for 180 days after discharge are paid up to your Sum Insured, on every plan. That is twice the common market window, and it covers the long tail after heart surgery or a knee replacement. You can change the 180 days to 30, 60, 90, 270 or 365 days, but only when you buy.
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Coverage Days After Discharge180 days
Expense limitCovered up to full Sum Insured
Day-Extension Rider AvailableYes
Day Modify Options30 days, 60 days, 90 days, 270 days, 365 days
Claim Settlement TypeReimbursement Only
Watch out
Only expenses for the same condition count, and only if the hospitalisation claim itself was paid. The day-count change cannot be opted for, modified or removed at renewal.
Star HealthLimitedStar Comprehensive90 days
Limited
Medical expenses for up to 90 days after you are discharged are paid up to your Sum Insured. The follow-up has to be recommended by the doctor or hospital that treated you, the hospitalisation claim has to be admitted, and the expenses have to be for the same illness. No separate rupee cap applies.
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Coverage Days After Discharge90 days
Expense limitCovered up to full Sum Insured
Day-Extension Rider AvailableNo
Claim Settlement TypeReimbursement Only
Watch out
Post-hospitalisation is not paid at all on a delivery or newborn claim. On bariatric surgery it is not paid on top either: the ₹2,50,000 or ₹5,00,000 bariatric limit has to cover the follow-up as well.
Star HealthLimitedFamily Health Optima90 days
Limited
Follow-up costs for 90 days after discharge are paid with no separate rupee cap, but only under three heads: consultant fees, diagnostic charges, and medicines and drugs recommended by the hospital or your doctor. The expenses must relate to the illness you were hospitalised for.
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Coverage Days After Discharge90 days
Expense limitCovered up to full Sum Insured
Day-Extension Rider AvailableNo
Claim Settlement TypeReimbursement Only
Watch out
Physiotherapy, home nursing and appliances are not among the three heads, so those recovery bills are not paid here. The claim is filed after the 90 days finish, and you then have 15 days to send it in.
Care HealthLimitedCare Advantage60 days
Limited
Follow-up visits, medicines and repeat tests in the 60 days after discharge are paid up to your full Sum Insured, as long as the hospitalisation claim was admitted and the expenses relate to the same illness or injury.
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Coverage Days After Discharge60 days
Expense limitCovered up to full Sum Insured
Day-Extension Rider AvailableYes
Day Modify Options180 days, 270 days, 365 days
Claim Settlement TypeReimbursement Only
Watch out
Sixty days is short for recovery after a heart procedure or a knee replacement, where physiotherapy and review visits often run past three months. Optional Cover 13 can stretch the window to 180 days or remove the day limit.
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