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TRICARE Standard

TRICARE Standard is the basic TRICARE health care program
for people not enrolled in TRICARE Prime. (Active duty service
members are enrolled in Prime, and many other beneficiaries
choose to enroll.)

Click
Here to see how Standard differs from Prime.

See Prime, for
more information on who is eligible to enroll.

Standard is a fee-for-service plan that gives beneficiaries
the option to see any TRICARE-certified/authorized provider
(doctor, nurse-practitioner, lab, clinic, etc.). Standard
offers the greatest flexibility in choosing a provider, but
it will also involve greater out-of-pocket expenses for you,
the patient.

Standard requires that you satisfy a yearly deductible before
TRICARE payments begin, and you will be required to pay co-payments
or cost shares for outpatient care, medications, and inpatient
care. See What is required of a Standard beneficiary.

Standard’s Advantages

  • Broadest choice of providers
  • Widely available
  • No enrollment fee
  • You may also use TRICARE
    Extra

 

Standard’s Disadvantages

  • No Primary Care Manager
  • Patient pays Deductible and Co-payment
  • Patient pays balance if bill
    exceeds allowable charge and provider is non-participating
    (up to 15% additional)

  • Nonavailability statement may
    be required for civilian inpatient care for areas surrounding
    MTFs

  • Beneficiaries may have to do
    their own paperwork and file their own claims

 

TRICARE
Standard costs beneficiaries:

 

Family Members of Active
Duty Service Members

Retirees, Their Family
Members and Others

Annual Deductible

$150 per individual or
$300 per family for E-5 and above; $50 per individual
or $100 per family for E-4 and below.

$150 per individual or
$300 per family

Cost Share

(outpatient visits, emergency
care and mental health visits)

20 percent of allowable
charges

Civilian Inpatient Cost
Share

Greater of $25 or $13.90*
per day

Lesser of $512* per day
or 25 percent of billed charges plus 25 percent of
allowed separately billedprofessional fees

Civilian Inpatient Mental
Health

$20 per day

Lesser of $169* per day
or 25 percent of allowable fees plus 25 percent of
allowed separately billed professional fees

 

How to get Standard coverage

A person who is properly registered in the Defense Enrollment
Eligibility Reporting System (DEERS)
is automatically covered by TRICARE Standard. You do not need
to enroll for Standard coverage, nor take any other action;
if you are eligible for TRICARE health care coverage, you
are automatically covered under TRICARE Standard.

Standard is not available to active duty service members,
who are covered by TRICARE Prime, nor to dependent parents
and parents-in-law. See How Standard differs from Prime.

TRICARE Extra is a Standard option that allows the beneficiary
to save on cost shares.

How to prove/verify that you have Standard coverage
Your valid uniformed services ID card serves as proof of your
eligibility to receive health care coverage under TRICARE
Standard. Your ID card is, in effect, your insurance card,
and you should have it with you whenever you seek medical
care. It is your proof of eligibility.

TRICARE delivers health care services, but it does not determine
who is or is not eligible for the benefit”the uniformed services
do that. Eligibility is decided by the services (at the personnel
office or ID card issuing office), and eligibility is recorded
in the database of DEERS.

TRICARE Links
TRICARE Overview
TRICARE Prime
TRICARE Standard
TRICARE Extra
 
TRICARE & American Association of Pediatrics
TRICARE & DEERS (Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System)
TRICARE & WIC (Women, Infants, and Children)
TRICARE Claims How to file a TRICARE Claim
TRICARE Continued Health Care Benefits
TRICARE Dental
TRICARE Eligibility
TRICARE Family-Centered Care includes Obstetric Care
TRICARE for Life
TRICARE for Life and Medicare
TRICARE Generic Pharmacy Brochure
TRICARE Information – Puerto Rico
TRICARE Overseas
TRICARE Pharmacy
TRICARE Prime Enrollment Info
TRICARE Prime Remote
TRICARE Prime Travel and Non-Medical Attendant (NMA)
TRICARE Providers
TRICARE Reserve Select
TRICARE Standard vs Prime

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