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How We Choose Providers for Our Networks

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois checks the locations of all health providers in all our networks to help make sure you have access to in-network care. We do not use member experience, quality or cost-related measures to choose providers for our networks.

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Medical Care

Options for All Types of Medical Care

BCBSIL works to contract with providers that offer services in all areas of medicine, including:

  • Family Practice
  • General Practice
  • Chiropractic Practice
  • Internal Medicine
  • Specialty
  • Subspecialty
  • General and specialty surgery
  • Rehabilitation
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Behavioral Health Providers

Behavioral Health & Wellness Support

In-network behavioral health providers provide the following services:

  • Psychiatry
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Licensed Clinical Social Work
  • Licensed Counseling, including Clinical Counseling and Marriage and Family Therapy

This is not a complete list of in-network behavioral health provider specialties.

Your BCBSIL plan may use a tiered network. Based on cost, providers are placed into 2 tiers:

Tier 1: Members get the highest level of benefits and pay the lowest out-of-pocket costs.
Tier 2: Members get a reduced level of benefits and pay higher out-of-pocket costs.

 
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Hospital Coverage

How BCBSIL Chooses Hospitals

We check the locations of all hospitals in all our networks to help ensure you have access to in-network hospitals. We do not use quality, member experience or cost-related measures to choose hospitals for our networks.

Your BCBSIL plan may use a tiered network. Based on cost, hospitals are placed into 2 tiers:

Tier 1: Members get the highest level of benefits and pay the lowest out-of-pocket costs
Tier 2: Members get a reduced level of benefits and pay higher out-of-pocket costs