2024 Medicare Cost plans
Use our shopping tool to see and compare Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota Medicare Cost plans in your area.
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What is a Medicare Cost plan?
Medicare Cost plans provide additional coverage to help pay for expenses Original Medicare doesn’t cover. Medicare Cost plans offer two plan coverage types: medical-only coverage or combined medical and prescription drug coverage. If you choose to include prescription drug coverage, your plan also helps pay the cost of your medications.
These plans are available in 21 counties in Minnesota. You can enroll in Platinum BlueSM if you:
- Have Medicare Part A and Part B, or Part B only
- Live in the plan availability area
Medical-only cost plans can be paired with MedicareBlue Rx plans.
Platinum Blue & Platinum Blue with Rx
Blue Cross Platinum Blue and Platinum Blue with Rx offers three levels of coverage that let you choose the coverage to best fit your needs. The right plan depends on how often you visit the doctor or pharmacy and how much you want to pay monthly versus paying when you get care.
Plan benefit highlights:
- Three levels of coverage let you choose the coverage that best fits your needs
- Choice of a medical-only plan or a plan with prescription drug coverage built in
- Access to a large network of doctors, hospitals and clinics
- Approximately 63,000 in-network pharmacies
- Travel up to nine consecutive months per calendar year in the U.S.
- Over-the-counter allowance
- Preventive dental coverage for some levels of coverage (Choice and Complete)
- Eyewear allowance (Choice and Complete)
- Hearing aid (up to 2 aids per year) with $0 rechargeable options
- Non-Medicare covered (routine) acupuncture benefit
Available in these counties:
Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Goodhue
Itasca
Kanabec
Koochiching
Lake
Le Sueur
McLeod
Meeker
Mille Lacs
Pine
Pipestone
Rice
Rock
Sibley
St. Louis
Stevens
Traverse
Yellow Medicine
Enrollment packet
View plan options, benefits, costs and coverage.
Platinum Blue with Rx Enrollment Packet
Plan resources
View plan documents and resources
Good choice if you want:
- Combined medical and prescription drug coverage
- Broad provider network
- Medical coverage while traveling
- SilverSneakers® fitness benefit
Is your doctor in network?
Using a doctor (provider) in your network can help you save money. You’ll want to confirm your doctor, hospital or clinic is in your plan’s network before you get care.
This plan uses the Platinum Blue (Cost) Network.
Are your drugs covered?
For Platinum Blue Rx you get drug coverage. For Platinum Blue medical coverage you do not get drug coverage.
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