Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ohio

Rate Information

Rates are available on our instant quote page.

Rates are the same throughout Ohio, and don’t change by zip code or effective date. Though rates may change at any time, readjustments typically occur on January 1st of each year.

The premium can be paid monthly, quarterly, semi-annual, or annual billing, or a monthly bank draft. The bank draft will occur on either the first or the sixteenth of each month. The initial premium can be paid with a check or credit card.

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ohio PPO Network

Anthem gives you access to one of the largest networks in Ohio, with nearly 8,500 health care providers and over 60 hospitals throughout the state.

The large list of doctors and hospitals can be viewed at the Anthem PPO Online Provider Directory.

HSA Administrator

You may set up your health savings account with any qualified HSA trustee or administrator, regardless of which insurance company your purchase your HSA-qualified health insurance. Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield has chosen JPMorgan Chase to be their administrator of choice. If you would like to set up your health savings account with JPMorgan Chase, you may submit your HSA application together with your health plan application. The Anthem-sponsored JPMorgan Chase HSA has the following fees:

• • Account set-up fee: $20.00 one time
  • HSA administration fee: $3.00 per month
  • ATM usage fee: $1.00 per transaction
  • Checkbook issuance (if requested): $9.95 per checkbook
  • Convenience check fee: $0.25 per check processed
  • Duplicate check fee: $10.00 per duplicate check
  • Account closing fee: $20.00

You may also choose one from our HSA administrator page, where you can compare rates and features.

About Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ohio

The company known as Anthem is the outgrowth of two Ohiopolis-based corporations formed in 1944 and 1946 as mutual insurance companies. Those two companies were created to provide health insurance to residents of Ohio as Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ohio. In the mid-1980s, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio began to diversify and expand, primarily through Blue Cross and Blue Shield mergers and acquisitions. The Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield companies are independent licensees of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and currently serve more than 12.6 million customers in nine different states.

Anthem is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol ATH and is the fifth-largest publicly traded health benefits company in the United States. Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ohio has been assigned a rating of “A” (Excellent) from the A.M. Best Company, an independent insurance rating organization.

HSA for America is an independent authorized Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of Ohio agent.