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2025 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan - Standard and Basic Option
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Medications and supplies - 104-108113-121 
Member facilities - 161-163 
Mental health/substance use disorder - 94-98 
MRIs - 40-4178-82 
Multiple procedures - 63-64 
MyBlue Customer eService - 129  
National Doctor & Hospital Finder - 129 
Neurological testing - 40-4178-82
Never Events - 6-8161  
Newborn care - 2647-48 
No Surprises Act (NSA) - 32 
Non-member facilities - 161-163 
Non-participating providers - 14-1524161-163 
Non-preferred providers - 29-32 
Non-PSHB benefits - 135 
Nurse - 59-6085-87127
Nutritional counseling - 1739-4042-46 
Observation Care - 161 
Obstetrical care - 47-48  
Occupational therapy - 53-5485-87 
Office visits - 39-4095-96 
Oral surgery - 67 
Organ/tissue transplants - 6871-73 
Orthopedic devices - 56-5778-82 
Osteopathic manipulative treatment - 60 
Osteoporosis screening - 164 
Ostomy and catheter supplies - 58-59 
Out-of-pocket expenses - 33-3437161-163  
Outpatient facility services - 47-4882-83 
Outpatient professional services - 39-40 
Overpayments - 34 
Overseas Assistance Center - 132 
Overseas services, drugs, supplies and claims - 132-134 
Oxygen - 57-5985-87 
Pap Tests - 42-46 
Participating providers - 14-15 
Patient Safety and Quality Monitoring (PSQM) Program - 101-102 
Personal Health Record - 127 
PET scans - 40-4178-82 
Pharmacotherapy - 39-4052-53 
Physical examination - 42-46,  136-137 
Physical therapy - 53-5485-87 
Physician - 14-151719-20 
Plan allowance - 161-163 
PPO - 14-15164 
Pre-admission testing - 76-78 
Precertification - 21164  
Preferred providers - 14-151729-32 
Pregnancy (see: Maternity care)
Pregnancy Care Incentive Program -128-129 
Prescription drugs - 99-122
Brand-name drugs - 100-101110-111 
Drugs from other sources - 121-122 
Generic drugs - 100-101110-111 
Mail Service Prescription Drug Program - 99-101104-108113-116 
Preferred retail pharmacies - 99-100102-108116-121139-140 
Retail Pharmacy Program - 99-100133-134 
Self-injectable drugs - 99-100
Specialty Drug Pharmacy Program - 99-100104-108133-134139-140 
Specialty drugs - 100-101104-108165 
Preventive care
Adult - 42-44,  164 
Child - 45-46 
Primary care provider - 1737 
Prior approval - 21-25102-104112-113  
Professional providers - 17 
Prostate cancer tests - 42-44  
Prosthetic devices - 56-5776-82
Psychotherapy - 95-97 
Pulmonary rehabilitation - 52-5378-82 
Radiation Therapy - 52-5378-82 
Reconsiderations - 26-27142-144 
Renal dialysis - 52-5378-82 
Replacement coverage - 13 
Reproductive services - 50-51157 
Assisted reproductive technology (ART) - 116-121157  
Residential Treatment Center (RTC) - 17-192183-8496-97 
Retail Pharmacy Program - 99-100133-134139-140  
Rights and responsibilities - 14-15 
Room and board - 76-7883-8496-97 
Screening Services - 164 
Second surgical opinion - 39-40 
Self-injectable drugs - 99-100  
Skilled nursing facility (SNF) care - 17-192184-85 
Smoking cessation - 61116-121127  
Social worker - 129-130 
Specialty Drug Pharmacy Program - 99-101104-108133-134139-140 
Specialty drugs - 100-101104-108110-111165 
Speech therapy - 53-5478-8285-87 
Speech-Generating Devices - 57-58 
Stem Cell Transplants - 68-71 
Sterilization procedures - 49-5063-64 
Subrogation -  147-148165 
Substance use disorder -  17-1983-8494-98131  
Surgery - 17-19212454-5562-7482-83158
Assistant surgeon - 19-20 
Eye: cataract, amblyopia, strabismus - 54-5563-64 
Gender affirming - 64-66 
Multiple procedures -  63-64 
Oral and maxillofacial - 67  
Outpatient - 75-89 
Reconstructive -64-66
Sterilization, reversal of voluntary - 49-5063-64 
Surgical implants - 56-5778-82 
Surgical treatment of severe obesity - 21-24
Transplants - 21-2468-73 
Syringes - 104-108113-116 
Telehealth - 1739-4095-96131165 
Dermatology - 39-40131165
Mental health/substance use disorder - 95-96 
Minor acute conditions -39-40131161 
Nutritional counseling - 1742-46131  
Temporary Continuation of Coverage (TCC) - 13 
Tobacco cessation -  61116 -121127 
Transplants - 21-2462-74 
Travel benefit - 72-73127  
Treatment therapies -  52-53 
TRICARE - 146-147 
Ultrasounds 40-4178-82 
Urgent care center - 90-93 
Urgent care claims - 25165-166
VA Facilities - 34155  
Vision services - 54-55148  
Waivers - 29 
Weight control - 127-128135 
Wheelchairs - 57-58 
Wigs - 56-57 
X-rays 19-2040-4178-82 
 
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