SHIP Insurance

Information for Visiting Scholars + Postdocs

Welcome to Berkeley, Visiting Scholars, Postdocs, and families!

For more information about the Visiting Scholars and Postdocs Affairs Program (VSPA), visit the VSPA website, contact VSPA at (510) 643-9681, or email vspa@berkeley.edu. Also, see the Berkeley International Office.

Visiting Scholars and Visiting Student Researchers

VSPA-appointed visiting scholars and student researchers...

International Summer Session Students

Welcome to Berkeley, International Summer Session Students!

All international students attending a UC Berkeley Summer Session must have health insurance that includes medical benefits and medical evacuation and repatriation of remains coverage in compliance with their visa requirements. Please contact or visit the Summer Sessions for assistance with requirements and other resources.

The Berkeley Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) is not...

Should I waive SHIP?

Here are some important things to know about health insurance at UC Berkeley:

All eligible UC Berkeley students are required to have medical insurance that meets the University's requirements. All students are automatically enrolled in SHIP to meet that requirement -- see the SHIP benefits. If you have comparable insurance and don't want to keep SHIP as dual coverage...

SHIP Vision Benefits

VSP Member Information Plan Network Choice Member ID Your VSP member ID is the same as your Wellfleet member ID (nine digits). Follow the instructions on this Wellfleet flyer to obtain your member ID. Vision Benefits Summary VSP Choice Provider Non-Network Provider Plan Year ...

SHIP Dental FAQs

Frequently asked questions about dental coverage: collapse all expand all How does the SHIP dental plan work?

Dental coverage is provided through the MetLife PDP Plus plan. With this plan, you select a provider from a nationwide network of 90,000 MetLife PDP Plus Dentists. More than 500 network dentists are located within five miles of campus.

When you make your appointment, let the dentist know you have...

SHIP now covers at-home COVID testing kits

April 10, 2022
Over-the-Counter (OTC) COVID-19 Testing Coverage

Effective May 12, 2023, OTC COVID-19 testing is no longer covered and members will pay the retail cost.

For purchases made between January 15, 2022, and May 11, 2023, members may submit a claim for reimbursement within one year from the purchase date. See below for reimbursement instructions.

SHIP/Wellfleet will cover over-the-counter (OTC) COVID-19 tests without a doctor's order limited to eight tests per calendar month per covered member with no...

SHIP Dependents FAQs

collapse all expand all Who is a dependent? Eli­gible dependents are the spouse or domestic partner who resides with the Insured Student and the student’s and/or spouse’s or the domestic partner’s natural child, stepchild, or legally adopted child under 26 years of age. For a full definition of who qualifies as a dependent please visit Insurance for Dependents...

Glossary of Insurance Terms

Accidental injury Physical harm or disability which is the result of a specific unexpected incident caused by an outside force. Accidental injury does not include illness or infection, except infection of a cut or wound. Ambulatory Surgical Center Ambulatory surgical centers are outpatient surgical facilities that may be freestanding or located on the same grounds as a hospital. They are licensed separately as outpatient clinics according to state and local laws and meet all requirements of an outpatient surgical clinic, as well as accreditation standards of...

Medical - Outpatient

1For the 2023-24 plan year, beginning August 1, 2023: No cost-sharing for covered medical expenses, including prescriptions, incurred for the treatment of hypertension, diabetes, pre-cervical cancer, and cervical cancer with in-network providers.

2If services are rendered with a non-network provider, SHIP covers 50% of the usual and customary charge after the deductible is met. Members are responsible for all costs over the usual and customary charge.

3Subject to the $450 deductible (once per plan year).

4If services...

SHIP RX Promotion

November 14, 2017

Helping you start the new year with more money in your pocket. $5 off co-pay for prescriptions filled at the Tang Center Pharmacy from January 1 - July 31, 2018

GENERIC RX: Regular $5, Spring Promo price= FREE* Did you know most SHIP prescriptions are generic? BRAND RX: Regular $25, Spring Promo price = $20 NON-FORMULARY - Regular $40, Spring Promo price =$35

Available only for SHIP student members filling prescriptions at the Tang Center Pharmacy. Not eligible for any prescriptions filled outside of the Tang Center.