Dental coverage options for Medicare Supplement clients
Want to offer your clients more options and greater flexibility?? Blue Shield's Dental Plans for Medicare Supplement plan members are a smart choice. When your client enrolls in a dental plan at the same time as any Blue Shield Medicare Supplement Plan they’ll save $ per month on their dental premiums for the first six months.
For details, please refer to the dental plan chart below.
| Effective July 1, 2025 | DPPO 1500 | DPPO 1000 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly premium | $58.80 | $39.20 | ||
| Calendar-year deductible (per member) |
$50/person | $75/person | ||
| Calendar-year maximum | $1,500 ($1,000 may be used for non-network dentist)1 |
$1,000 ($750 may be used for non-network dentist)1 |
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| Service | With network dentist | With non-network dentist2 Blue Shield pays: |
With network dentist | With non-network dentist2 Blue Shield pays: |
| Diagnostic and preventive care (not subject to plan deductibles with network dentists; screening, routine oral exams, X-rays, and three annual cleanings | 100% | 80% | 100% | 50% |
| Basic services (includes anesthesia, palliative treatment, and restorative dentistry) |
80% | 70% | 50% | 50% |
| Major services3 12-month waiting period Dental PPO 1500 and 6-month waiting period for Dental PPO 1000 (All plans include crown buildups, endodontics, periodontics, oral surgery, crowns, prosthetics, inlays, onlays, jackets, posts and cores, and veneers. |
50% | 50% | 50% | 50% |
| Dental implant services |
Included: Coverage for over 30 dental implant services | Not Included | ||
The chart provides summaries only. For full details about the Dental PPO 1000 and Dental PPO 1500 plans, please refer to the applicable Evidence of Coverage/Health Service Agreement.
Our dental plans offer extensive networks
With a Blue Shield dental PPO, your clients have the freedom to see any dentist they choose but they’ll enjoy greater savings when they choose dentists within the plan’s extensive network of nearly 47,000 general and specialty-care dentists in California and close to 350,000 nationwide.4
Dental Plan enrollment details
- Dental coverage is available to both new and existing Medicare Supplement Plan members.
- Coverage can begin on any day of the month except days 29th through 31st.
- To enroll, have your client complete and return a short dental enrollment application. No underwriting is required. If your client would like waiting periods waived, they must provide proof of prior coverage that included major dental coverage, along with other required documentation.
Once enrolled, your client will receive a single combined bill for both their medical and dental premiums..
Enrollment forms and information
Visit Arvato Storefront and use your Broker Connection credentials to find all of the materials you need to help enroll your clients in one of Blue Shield’s dental plans for Medicare Supplement plan members.
Visit us Help Medicare Supplement Clients page to find all of the materials you need to help your clients who are already enrolled in a Blue Shield dental plan for Medicare Supplement plan members.
1 Each calendar year, the member is responsible for all charges incurred after the plan has paid these amounts for covered dental services.
2 The indicated coinsurance percentage is a percentage of allowed amounts that we pay to providers. Non-network providers can charge more than our allowable amount. When members use non-network providers, they must pay the applicable copayment/ coinsurance plus any amount that exceeds our allowable amount. Charges in excess of the allowable amount do not count toward the calendar-year deductible or copayment maximum.
3 Dental PPO 1500 plan members have a 12-month waiting period, and Dental PPO 1000 dental plan members have a 6-month waiting period for major restorative services and procedures (such as crowns, endodontics, periodontics, oral surgery, and removable or fixed prosthetics). The waiting period may be waived with proof of prior comprehensive coverage.
4 Dental providers in and out of California are available through a contracted dental plan administrator.
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Page last updated 10/01/2025
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