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BlueCard home-plan routing

PHU

BCBS prefix

PHU routes to Blue Shield of California in CA.

Routing destination

Blue Shield of California

The first three characters on the member’s current ID card identify this BlueCard home plan. Use the terminal trading partner below for the published electronic routes.

Enhanced claim statusEDI 276/277, Availity ECS, or portal automation
Available
EligibilityEDI 270/271
Available
Appeals agentAI appeals workflow
Available

Member ID guidance

Read the prefix from the current card.

Do not infer a prefix from another member or an older card. Federal Employee Program IDs beginning with a single “R” follow a separate route.

LLLNNNNNNNNLLLLNNNNNNNL

Masked formats use L for a letter, N for a number, and ? for an unknown character. No member IDs are published.