Preventive Services
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Receive 100% of your Start Health Benefit Amount for preventative care, even before meeting your deductible.
Guard Your Health and Your Wealth
Save on future medical costs by making healthy choices today. Start Health reimburses certain preventive care services before you meet your deductible.
Your plan covers a fixed amount based on the type of care you receive, regardless of your provider’s charges. If your provider charges more than our benefit amount, you’ll still be responsible for leftover expenses. If your provider charges less, you keep the savings.
Have questions about preventive procedures? Contact our Care Coordinators for help finding quality, affordable care.
What’s Covered as Preventive Care?
The following procedures and tests may be considered preventive and may be eligible to be reimbursed at the associated Start Health Reimbursement Amount even before your deductible is met.
Wellness Visits:
- Annual Physical Exams & Visits: Regular checkups to keep you healthy.
- Newborn Checkups: Includes visits at 2 weeks, 4 weeks, 8 weeks, and 3 months of age and annual check-ups after that.
- OBGYN Visits: Yearly screenings for women’s health including Pap Smears & Lab Tests
Cancer Screenings:
- Lung Cancer Screening: Available if you meet certain qualifications. Call our Care Coordinators for more information.
- Mammograms: Government guidelines recommend screening for breast cancer once every two years for women over the age of 40. Start Health will reimburse for mammograms according to the recommended limit set by USPSTF
- Preventative Colonoscopy including polyp removal if necessary (See USPSTF Limits)
- Preventative Prostate Exam (See USPSTF Limits)
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- PSA (Prostate-Specific Antigen): A blood test for prostate cancer.
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Blood Tests:
- Metabolic Panels: Tests for overall health and organ function.
- CBC (Complete Blood Count): A general test to check for conditions like anemia.
Diabetes Screening
- Yearly testing for diabetes.
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- Hemoglobin A1C
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Immunizations (Vaccines)
- COVID-19 Vaccines
- Flu Vaccines
- General Immunizations:
- Shingles
- Tetanus
- HPV (Human Papillomavirus)
- Pneumococcal
