Dealing with health insurance and other benefits can be very confusing. If you have questions, please call your insurance representative to better understand how your policy works and what it covers.
Please bring your child's insurance identification card with you to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Your insurance may require prior authorization for your child to be seen by a UCSF doctor. If so, please have your child's primary care doctor or insurance company fax your authorization to the UCSF doctor's office and bring a copy to the appointment to ensure you aren't billed for medical services covered by your insurance. You may be called for insurance or authorization information before your appointment.
Your insurance may require an office co-payment. If so, you will be asked to make your co-payment in full at your visit. If your visit is not covered by a health plan or insurance, you will be asked to pay for your visit on arrival. For your convenience, we accept cash, checks and credit cards.
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital contracts with many major health insurance companies and accepts several Medicare and Medi-Cal plans. A list of health insurance companies and Medicare and Medi-Cal programs that provide coverage for our services is available below.
Our hospitals and doctors do not contract with or participate in health insurance discount card programs. We do, however, accept payments made through health savings account (HSA) programs.
UCSF also can make financial arrangements for your coverage with health insurance companies that don't have contracts with UCSF, if the companies are willing to do so. If your health insurance company is not listed below, please ask your insurance company or your UCSF doctor to contact our Health Plan Strategy and Contracting office at (415) 353-9020 to discuss possible arrangements.
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Last updated February 28, 2017
For help finding a doctor or other assistance, contact our Physician Referral Service at (888) 689-UCSF or (888) 689-8273.
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