Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois (BCBSIL) checks the locations of all health providers in all of our networks to help ensure our members have access to in-network providers. BCBSIL wants to help ensure in-network providers are available and accessible to members. We do not use member experience, quality or cost-related measures to choose providers for our networks.
Medical Providers
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
Behavioral Health Providers
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 two 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
How BCBSIL Chooses Hospitals
We check the locations of all hospitals in all of our networks to help ensure our members have access to in-network hospitals. BCBSIL wants to help ensure hospitals are available and accessible to members. 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 two 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
