BlueCare Dental Preferred Choice (DPPO) offers one of the largest dental networks in Illinois, and the national network includes more than 57, 000 contracting general and specialty dental providers.

In a PPO plan, costs are typically reduced when members receive care from network providers. Dentists in the DPPO network have agreed to pre-determined fees for their services. The plan’s Schedule of Maximum Allowances (SMA), on average, is lower than usual fees. Because of this, Blue Cross is able to offer dental plans with:

• competitive premiums
• savings for employers and their employees
• out of network claims paid at SMA or usual and customary (U&C)
  
  

Employers and employees realize the most savings when care is received from PPO dentists. Employees pay less out-of-pocket and will not be balanced billed. They can also see any dental specialist within the network without a referral.

DPPO Plan Options – Passive PPO and PPO

Passive PPO

We offer "passive" dental PPO plans, where the benefit level is the same for both network and non-network dentists. Passive plan options pay out-of-network dental services at U&C.

PPO
We also offer two Dental PPO benefit structures. Both benefit plan options pay network dentist at SMA; however, one plan pays out-of-network dentists at SMA and the other pays at U&C.

With either plan option, employees have the freedom to select a dentist from outside the network and still be covered. When the plan pays non-PPO dentists at U&C, the employer savings are less, employees are balanced billed and their out-of-pocket costs are slightly higher.

After enrollment, your employees will receive a BlueCare Dental PPO ID card to present at their dental visit.