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BENEFIT CHART

This Benefit Chart is a brief summary of coverage for eligible members. For more detailed information, contact Kaiser Permanenteís Information Center at (303) 338-3800 or your Groupís personnel office.

(These benefits and services are covered only when medically necessary and provided or authorized by a Medical Group Physician).

Prevention Plan 405

 

YOU PAY

At Medical Offices

Diagnostic and Treatment Services

Doctor or nurse visit
Allergy testing and treatment
Short-term physical, occupational and speech therapy
Therapeutic X-ray

$5 EACH VISIT

   

Diagnostic laboratory and X-ray services

NO CHARGE

   

Vision and hearing tests

$5 EACH VISIT

 

Preventive Services

Well baby/well child visit
Health maintenance visit.
Immunization visit
Breast screening exam and mammogram
Pap smear and exam
Colorectal cancer screening

NO CHARGE

In Designated Hospitals

(No limit on
covered days.)

 

Physician and surgeon services including operations, anesthesia and consultations
Lab, X-ray and other diagnostic services
Drugs. Blood, blood products and administration
Special duty nursing when prescribed
Short-term physical, occupational and speech therapy
Dressings and casts

NO CHARGE

Maternity Care

Inpatient

Physician and hospital services

NO CHARGE

 

Outpatient

Prenatal and postpartum visits

NO CHARGE

Emergency Services

In Area

Plan Facilities
Covered 24 hours a day at Plan-designated facilities

$5 EACH VISIT

   

Non-Plan Facilities
There is a charge for Emergency Services received

from non-Plan providers or facilities

$50 EACH VISIT
WAIVED IF HOSPITALIZED

 

Out of Area

Covered 24 hours a day *

$5 EACH VISIT

Mental Health

Inpatient

Up to 45 days of hospital care per calendar year reduced by 1 day for each 2 sessions of day/night care

DAYS 1-20 NO CHARGE
DAYS 21-45/50%

 

Outpatient

Individual visits

VISITS 1-10/$5 EACH
VISITS 11 +/$25 EACH

   

Group visits

$5 EACH VISIT

Substance Abuse Treatment

Inpatient

Medically indicated alcohol and drug detoxification

NO CHARGE

 

Outpatient

Some groups may have purchased additional coverage

SEE ATTACHED DESCRIPTION

Extended Care in a Skilled Nursing Facility

 

For members who need skilled nursing care 24 hours a day
Custodial care is not covered

NO CHARGE

In Your Home

 

Health services provided in your home and prescribed by a Medical Group Physician

NO CHARGE

Hospice Care

 

For terminally ill patients

NO CHARGE

Ambulance Service

 

Provided in the Service Area if other means of transportation would adversely affect your condition

NO CHARGE

* Benefits and Supplemental Charges in other Kaiser Permanente Regions vary. You will receive the coverage most nearly comparable to your coverage in the Colorado Region except that organ transplants are provided only in accord with your coverage in Colorado.

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