Skip to main content
Previous
List
Next
HOME
Cover Page and Inside Cover
Table of Contents
Introduction/Plain Language/Advisory
PSHB Facts
Section 1
Section 2
Section 3
Section 4
Section 5
5(a). Medical Services and Supplies Provided by Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals
5(b). Surgical and Anesthesia Services Provided by Physicians and Other Healthcare Professionals
5(c). Services Provided by a Hospital or Other Facility, and Ambulance Services
5(d). Emergency Services/Accidents
5(e). Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Benefits
5(f). Prescription Drug Benefits
5(f)(a). FEP Medicare Prescription Drug Plan
5(g). Dental Benefits
5(h). Wellness and Other Special Features
5(i). Services, Drugs, and Supplies Provided Overseas
Non-PSHB Benefits Available to Plan Members
Section 6
Section 7
Section 8
Section 8(a)
Section 9
Section 10
Index
Summary of Benefits – Standard Option
Summary of Benefits – Basic Option
2026 Rate Information
2026 Rate Information
 
Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal Employee Program logo

PSHB Standard and Basic Options

 
 

 

2026 Blue Cross and Blue Shield Service Benefit Plan - Standard and Basic Option
Index
Page 170

 

Medications and supplies - 105-109, 114-122
Member facilities - 14-15, 163-165
Mental health/substance use disorder - 19, 85-86, 95-99, 133
MRIs - 42-43, 80-84
Multiple procedures - 66-67
MyBlue Customer eService - 131
National Doctor & Hospital Finder - 131
Neurological testing - 42-43, 80-84
Never Events - 6-8, 163
Newborn care - 28, 41-42, 49-51
No Surprises Act (NSA) - 34
Non-member facilities - 14-15, 163-165
Non-participating providers - 14-15, 26, 163-165
Non-preferred providers - 31-34, 39
Non-PSHB benefits - 137
Nurse - 62-63, 87-89, 129
Nutritional counseling - 19, 41-42, 44-48, 78-80, 133
Observation care - 163
Obstetrical care - 49-51
Occupational therapy - 56-57, 87-89
Office visits - 41-42, 96-97
Oral surgery - 69
Organ/tissue transplants - 70, 73-75
Orthopedic devices - 59-60, 80-84
Osteopathic manipulative treatment - 63
Osteoporosis screening - 166
Ostomy and catheter supplies - 61-62
Out-of-pocket expenses - 31-36
Outpatient facility services - 84-85
Outpatient professional services - 41-42
Overpayments - 36
Overseas Assistance Center - 134
Overseas services, drugs, supplies and claims - 134-136
Oxygen - 61-62, 78-84
Pap tests - 44-48
Participating providers - 14-15
Patient Safety and Quality Monitoring (PSQM) Program - 102-103
Personal Health Record - 129
PET scans - 42-43, 80-84
Pharmacotherapy - 41-42, 55-56
Physical examination - 44-48, 80-84, 138-139
Physical therapy - 56-57, 87-89
Physician - 14-15, 19
Plan allowance - 31-34, 163-165
PPO - 14-15, 166
Pre-admission testing - 78-80
Precertification - 23, 26-27, 166
Preferred providers - 14-15, 19, 21-22
Pregnancy (see: Maternity care)
Pregnancy Care Incentive Program - 130-131
Prescription drugs
Brand-name drugs - 101-102, 105-109, 111-112
Drugs from other sources - 123-124
Generic drugs - 101-102, 111-113
Mail Service Prescription Drug Program - 100-102, 105-109, 114-117, 135-136, 141-142
Preferred retail pharmacies - 103-109, 117-122, 141-142
Retail Pharmacy Program - 100-101, 103-109, 135-136, 141-142
Self-injectable drugs - 40, 65, 77, 80-84
Specialty Drug Pharmacy Program - 100-101, 105-109, 135-136, 141-142
Specialty drugs - 101-103, 105-109, 111-112, 141-142, 167
Preventive care
Adult - 44-46, 166
Child - 47-48
Primary care provider - 19
Prior approval - 23-27, 166
Professional providers - 19
Prostate cancer tests - 44-46
Prosthetic devices - 59-60, 78-84
Psychotherapy - 96-98
Pulmonary rehabilitation - 55-56, 80-84
Radiation therapy - 23-26, 55-56, 80-84
Reconsiderations - 28-29, 144-146
Renal dialysis - 55-56, 80-84
Replacement coverage - 13
Reproductive services - 23-26, 53-54
Assisted reproductive technology (ART) - 159
Residential Treatment Center (RTC) - 19-21, 85-86, 97-98
Retail Pharmacy Program - 100-101, 103-109, 135-136, 141-142
Rights and responsibilities - 14-15
Room and board - 78-80, 85-87, 97-98
Screening services - 166
Second surgical opinion - 41-42
Self-injectable drugs - 40, 65, 77, 80-84
Skilled nursing facility (SNF) care - 19-21, 86-87
Smoking cessation - 64, 117-122, 129
Social worker - 131-132
Specialty Drug Pharmacy Program - 100-101, 105-109, 135-136, 141-142
Specialty drugs - 101-103, 105-109, 111-112, 141-142, 167
Speech therapy - 56-57, 80-84, 87-89
Speech-Generating Devices - 60-61
Stem Cell Transplants - 70-75
Sterilization procedures - 51-53, 66-67
Subrogation - 149-150, 167
Substance use disorder - 19, 85-86, 95-99, 133
Surgery
Assistant surgeon - 21-22, 40, 65-67
Eye: cataract, amblyopia, strabismus - 57-58, 66-67
Multiple procedures - 66-67
Oral and maxillofacial - 69
Outpatient - 77, 163
Reconstructive - 68
Sterilization, reversal of voluntary - 51-53, 66-67
Surgical implants - 59-60, 80-84
Surgical treatment of severe obesity - 23-26, 66-67
Transplants - 23-26, 70-75
Syringes - 105-109, 114-117
Telehealth
Dermatology - 19, 41-42, 133, 167
Mental health/substance use disorder - 19, 133
Minor acute conditions - 19, 41-42, 133, 163
Nutritional counseling - 19, 44-48, 133
Temporary Continuation of Coverage (TCC) - 13
Tobacco cessation - 64, 117-122, 129
Transplants - 23-26, 66-67, 70-75
Travel benefit - 74-75, 129
Treatment therapies - 55-56
TRICARE - 148-149
Ultrasounds - 42-43, 80-84
Urgent care center - 91-94
Urgent care claims - 27, 167-168
VA facilities - 36
Vision services - 57-58, 150
Waivers - 31
Weight control - 44-48
Wheelchairs - 60-61
Wigs - 59-60
X-rays - 42-43, 80-84
 

© 2025 Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. All rights reserved.