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Reading your EOB
Understanding your Explanation of Benefits

HealthPartners typically provides you with an Explanation of Benefits (EOB) for health care services so that you can understand how we plan to process your claims.

To help you better understand your Explanation of Benefits, match the number in the the list with the numbers in the text fields. Each number is associated with the field description.

*EOBs may print in different format based on the original EOB print date.

  1. Date EOB was generated
  2. Patient's name
  3. Patient's member number
  4. Subscriber/owner of policy (not necessarily patient)
  5. Employer's group number and policy name
  6. Claim reference number
  7. Provider of care
  8. Patient control number
  9. Date claim was received
  10. Check number
  11. Date of check
  12. Check issued to
  13. Dates of patient care
  14. Description of care
  15. Total charges
  16. Provider's responsibility
  17. Amount member owes + amount paid by HealthPartners
  18. Member's cost based on co-pay
  19. Member's cost based on deductible
  1. Member's cost based on co-insurance
  2. Amount of services not covered by insurance
  3. Reference to notes (#33) on non-covered amounts
  4. Amount paid by HealthPartners
  5. Amount member owes
  6. *Individual out-of-network out-of-pocket balance
  7. Individual in-network out-of-pocket balance
  8. *Individual out-of-network deductible
  9. Amount paid by patient's other benefit plan
  10. Tax paid by provider
  11. Total plan covered amount payable to policyholder
  12. Total plan covered amount payable to provider
  13. Total member liability – what you owe
  14. Explanation of any non-covered amounts

*If plan allows member to combine in and out-of-network charges together the out-of-network amount will be reduced by any in-network charges.