To provide transparency on the cost, cost-sharing, and deductible of a service, when BCBSND receives a request for a good faith estimate for a covered service from a provider or a member prior to the service begin provided, BCBSND will issue an advanced EOB to the member that include the following:
Provider network status
Contracted rate
Good faith estimates from provider
Good faith estimates of cost-sharing
Various disclaimers
The advanced EOB will be distributed to the member and will be available in electronic and paper formats.