Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania residents can enroll in any one of the 39 affordable Individual health plans offered. There are 3 insurance carriers that offer inexpensive Individual health plans in Pittsburgh. Of these, the companies that offer the largest variety of plans to choose from are UPMC Health Plan, Highmark, and Coventry Health Care. There are 8 Bronze plans, 13 Silver plans, 13 Gold plans and 4 Plantium plans available in Pittsburgh.
For those who would like to visit doctors outside of their networks, choose one of the 20 Individual plans that participate in Preferred Provider Organization(PPO). You can enroll in one of the 19 Health Maintenance Organization(HMO) plan if you want if lower costs are most important and you don't mind using a Primary Care Physician (PCP). The lowest deductible Individual health plan is the Comprehensive Care Blue PPO 500 plan from Highmark, at a $331.10 monthly cost to you.
Health plans are available at lower cost to you if you are eligible for premium tax credit. With 19 plans that offer Health Maintenance Organization(HMO) and 20 Preferred Provider Organization(PPO) plans, UPMC Health Plan has the largest selection of Individual plans for residents of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
In Pittsburgh, Highmark is the insurance carrier with the largest network of practitioners with over 817 doctors to choose from. Coventry Health Care comes in second with over 562 and UPMC Health Plan is third with over 266 doctors that accept Individual. Need to see a specialist? There are many specialists in Pittsburgh that accept Individual health plans, including over 383 internal medicine specialists, over 84 doctors in the radiology specialty, and over 83 physicians that are a dentist who accept Individual health plans.
