Northwest Carpenters Health and Security Plan

Pregnancy Care 

90% Network and 80% Non-Network

Female Participant or Dependent Spouse

Benefits are provided for services and supplies for pregnancy-related conditions for the female participant or the participant’s spouse. Covered pregnancy-related conditions include normal delivery, cesarean section, spontaneous abortion (miscarriage), legal abortion, and complications of pregnancy subject to the maximum allowable fee. Covered services and supplies include:

  • Outpatient and inpatient hospital prenatal and postnatal care.
  • Prenatal diagnosis of congenital disorders of the fetus by means of screening and diagnostic procedures during pregnancy. Genetic testing must be preauthorized.
  • Childbirth in an approved birthing center that is licensed as required by the state in which it operates.

Pregnancy care by a physician, licensed midwife or certified nurse midwife is covered under this benefit.

Benefits are not provided for:

  1. Postpartum home help or visits.
  2. Pregnancy related charges incurred by a covered person who is a surrogate mother for another party, or for a person who acts as a surrogate for a person covered under this plan.
  3. A dependent daughter’s pregnancy or resulting childbirth, miscarriage or abortion including complications thereof, except as provided for preventive care under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.

Newborn Care

Benefits are provided for services and supplies for routine newborn care for a dependent child during the child’s initial confinement at birth. The newborn must satisfy his or her annual deductible and coinsurance requirements. Covered services and supplies include:

  • Routine hospital services and supplies while the mother is in the hospital.
  • Physician services.
  • Circumcision during the initial hospitalization or in the physician’s office thereafter.

Services are not provided for any charges related to a child of a covered person acting as a surrogate mother for another party.

Last Updated: 04/25/2023