Student Health Insurance

Please be aware, if you have waived the Bowdoin Student Health Insurance Plan, it's recommended you contact your insurance carrier at their toll-free telephone number (on your insurance card) prior to receiving off-campus medical care. It's important to know the following:

1. Is the provider or facility I have been referred in-network?
2. Do I require an insurance referral or prior authorization before the visit?

Although we do maintain a small on-site lab for urinalysis, pregnancy tests, and strep tests, we send other blood work and cultures by courier to a local professional laboratory through NorDx. This facility is in network under the Bowdoin Student Health Insurance Plan; however, for any student that waives this plan, it is your responsibility to call your insurance company to determine if the tests at this laboratory will be covered under your plan.

While we do not bill insurance companies for our services, we do charge students for the cost of immunizations when administered at Health Services. The student is provided with a receipt for submission to their insurance plan for possible reimbursement. Please keep in mind we are not in-network with any insurance plans, which could limit your ability to be reimbursed. However, any student on the Bowdoin-sponsored health plan through Anthem is eligible to submit for reimbursement the following immunizations: Gardasil-9, Menactra and Bexsero. To submit a request, a claim form needs to be completed.  You can also submit a request for reimbursement online by registering with Anthem.

If you have questions, please contact the Student Health Insurance Coordinator at (207) 798-4284 or chayes@bowdoin.edu.