Vision Insurance

Vision insurance is optional. Students can enroll in the Vision insurance plan during the Fall or Spring open enrollment periods only. Note than the Vision plan ends each year on July 31, regardless of when you actually enrolled into the plan.

Plan Materials for the August 1, 2009 - July 31, 2010 Enrollment Year

Carnegie Mellon offers Vision insurance through Highmark's Fashion Advantage Vision Program.

• Plan name: Highmark's Fashion Advantage Vision Program
• Plan group number: 081443-00
• Plan network: Davis
  • To locate a provider, go to www.highmarkbcbs and select "Find a network vision provider." Click "OK" to be redirected to the Davis Vision, Inc. Web site. Enter your zip code and mile radius then click on "Search" to see the most current listing of providers that will accept your vision plan.
• Web page:www.highmarkbcbs.com
• Customer Service number: 1-800-223-4795 (on or after June 1)
• Premium costs:
  • Individual: $77.00
  • Two-person (Individual and spouse, or individual and one child): $149
  • Family: $221.00
• Enrollment Form
  
• Benefit Grid

• Cancellations/Refunds

  Although students may cancel their enrollment in the vision plan at any time, there are no refunds of premiums given. Contact Student Health if you wish to cancel.

• Common Questions

Plan Materials for the August 1, 2008 - July 31, 2009 Enrollment Year

Carnegie Mellon offers Vision insurance through The Guardian Life Insurance Company of America.

• Plan: VSP
  Note that you WILL NOT receive vision cards this year. You need only to go to a provider in the network, identify the plan as VSP, and tell them the ID# you specified on your enrollment form (usually your SS#). Note that you do not need to know the plan number now, just your ID# and identify the plan as VSP.
• Vision Service Provider (VSP) web page: www.vsp.com
• Customer Service number: 1-800-877-7195

Vision Benefit and Cost Summary (.pdf)

Vision Q&A (.pdf)

Enrollment form (.pdf)
Complete this form and return it to Student Health. We then charge your student account for the insurance premium fee.

For those enrolling partners as part of a Domestic Partnership, you must complete two additional forms: the Carnegie Mellon Domestic Partnership form and the Guardian Life Insurance Company's Declaration of Domestic Partnership form (.pdf). When you return your completed enrollment form to Student Health, include copies of these two forms.

Premium costs:

• Individual: $106.64
• Family: $223.40

Monthly payment option for your insurance premiums

Finding Vision Service Providers (.pdf)

Cancellations/Refunds

Although students may cancel their enrollment in the vision plan at any time, there are no refunds of premiums given. Contact Student Health if you wish to cancel.

Common questions regarding insurance

Plan Materials for the August 1, 2006 – July 31, 2007 Enrollment period

The plans for the 2007-2008 year exactly match the plans for the 2008-2009 documents above.