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What Are BCBS Prefixes?

BCBS Alpha Prefix are first three letters of BCBS Member ID to identify correct Blue Cross Blue Shield department responsible for managing the patient eligibility, benefits and claims etc. BCBS Alpha Prefix list is useful for both providers and BCBS enrolled members/patients.

How To Identify Blue Cross Blue Shield Member?

We recently received a query from a provider that how I can identify that patient is BCBS health insurance member. So, to answer this query, we have mentioned below few important points to consider. BCBS member ID card will have a suitcase logo at the bottom of card which will also help you to identify patient plan like HMO, PPO, POS etc. The most important and easy way to identify BCBS member is his BCBS member ID alpha prefix. BCBS member ID have maximum 17 characters but most of the member IDs have 12 characters.

What If BCBS Member ID doesn’t have Prefix mentioned on Card?

Few times, BCBS plan members doesn’t have prefix mentioned on their BCBS Insurance card. It shows that these type of BCBS member IDs are different. To get information about such member IDs, you can contact BCBS directory phone number i.e. 800-676-2583.