Insurance & Risk

Health Insurance Need Calculator

Find how much health cover your family needs based on city, age and existing insurance

Family details

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Recommended health cover

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How the Health Insurance Need Calculator works

Medical costs vary sharply by city and family size. This calculator starts with a base cover per adult and child for your city tier, then adjusts for age and medical inflation over a 5-year horizon.

Base cover = (Adults × per-adult base) + (Children × per-child base)
Age factor applies at 45+ and 60+  •  Inflation-adjusted = Base × (1 + inflation)5

The additional cover needed is the inflation-adjusted recommendation minus your existing policy. Minimum recommended cover is ₹5 lakh for any family.

Why use it

Detailed features

City-tier bases

Metro, Tier-2 and Tier-3 bases reflect typical hospitalisation costs in each region.

Family floater ready

Enter adults and children separately to size a family floater policy correctly.

Inflation aware

Projects cover forward using your medical inflation assumption so you do not under-insure.

On the go

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Understand the result

What the Health Insurance Need Calculator tells you

This calculator helps you build a first estimate of family health cover from location, members and medical risk. It turns a small set of inputs into a clear suggested health cover, then shows the supporting breakdown so you can understand what moved the answer.

Inputs to check

  • Family size: use a recent statement, quote or realistic assumption.
  • City and age: use a recent statement, quote or realistic assumption.
  • Existing cover: use a recent statement, quote or realistic assumption.

Try three scenarios

Run a likely case, a conservative case and a better case. Change one input at a time so you can see which assumption matters most.

How to use this estimate in a real decision

Write down the values you entered and the date you checked them. Compare options using the same assumptions, then include any fee, tax, penalty or provider rule that sits outside the calculator. A mathematically precise answer can still be incomplete when the inputs are old or optimistic.

Treat the result as a planning range, not a quote, approval or guaranteed outcome. Recalculate whenever your rate, price, income, goal date or business cost changes.

Frequently asked questions

Metro hospitalisation can cost Rs 5 lakh to Rs 20 lakh for a single serious episode. A family floater of Rs 10 lakh to Rs 25 lakh is a common starting point depending on city and lifestyle.
Floater shares one sum insured among family members and is cheaper per person. Separate individual policies give each member their own limit, useful for parents or high-risk profiles.
Top-up kicks in after a deductible per claim. Super top-up aggregates expenses across the year. Both are cheaper ways to raise cover above your base policy.
Corporate cover ends when you switch jobs or retire. Personal policy gives continuity and no-claim bonus history you keep.
Critical illness pays a lump sum on listed diseases. It complements mediclaim that reimburses hospital bills. Add if family history suggests higher risk.
Many base policies exclude maternity or impose waiting periods. OPD riders cost extra. Read the brochure before you assume cover.
This suggests a need level for discussion. Actual premium and approval depend on age, medical tests and product terms. Not insurance advice.
Yes. No login or fee to run the health insurance need estimator.