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Find a Location

Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield has 4 locations, listed below.

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    • Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield

      165 Court St Rochester, NY 14647-0001

    • Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield

      12 Rhoads Drive Utica, NY 13502

    • Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield

      344 S Warren St Syracuse, NY 13202-2008

    • Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield

      171 Main Street New Paltz, NY 12561-1119

    Business ProfileforExcellus Blue Cross Blue Shield

    Insurance Companies
    Multi Location Business

    Current Alerts For This Business

    Alert:
    Consumers have advised BBB that the Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield phone number of 1-800-499-1275  has been "hijacked" and is being used to retrieve personal information from consumers.  Consumers have also advised BBB investigations that an online party is contacting consumers via email and offering work from home employment.  Lifetime is not offering any work from home jobs.  BBB advises consumers to file with us at bbb.org

    At-a-glance

    Customer Reviews

    1/5stars

    Average of 4 Customer Reviews

    Customer Complaints

    5 complaints closed in last 3 years

    1 complaints closed in last 12 months

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    Reasons for BBB Rating

    Overview

    This company offers Benefit Administrative Services.

    Business Details

    This is a multi-location business.

    Find a Location

    Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield has 4 locations, listed below.

    *This company may be headquartered in or have additional locations in another country. Please click on the country abbreviation in the search box below to change to a different country location.

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      • Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield

        165 Court St Rochester, NY 14647-0001

      • Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield

        12 Rhoads Drive Utica, NY 13502

      • Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield

        344 S Warren St Syracuse, NY 13202-2008

      • Excellus Blue Cross Blue Shield

        171 Main Street New Paltz, NY 12561-1119

      Location of This Business
      165 Court St, Rochester, NY 14647-0001
      BBB File Opened:
      1/1/1991
      Years in Business:
      89
      Business Started:
      1/1/1935
      Licensing Information:
      This business is in an industry that may require professional licensing, bonding or registration. BBB encourages you to check with the appropriate agency to be certain any requirements are currently being met.
      Alternate Business Name
      • Blue Cross Blue Shield of the Rochester Area
      • Genesee Region Home Care Association
      • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Utica-Watertown
      • Blue Cross Blue Shield of CNY
      • Lifetime Healthcare Companies
      • Excellus, Inc.
      • MedAmerica Insurance Co.
      Business Management
      • Mr. David H. Klein, CEO Lifetime Healthcare Cos.
      • Mr. Kevin Hill, Pres&COO/Excellus Health Plan
      • Mr. Zeke Duda, Sr. Exec. VP & CFO
      • Mr. Jim Redmond, VP Communications
      • Mr. David J. Mack, Corp. Relations
      • Mr. Timothy J Hill, Regulatory Compliance Dept.
      • Barb Muller, Manager of Advocacy
      • Mr. Kevin Kane, Corporate Communications Special Projects Manager
      Additional Contact Information

      Fax Numbers

      • (585) 238-3642
        Other Fax

      Phone Numbers

      Customer Complaints

      5 Customer Complaints

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      Customer Reviews

      4 Customer Reviews

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      Most Recent Customer Review

      Kim E

      1 star

      10/24/2024

      I am being denied medical surgery that I desperately need because they said it wasn't " medically necessary" when the dr said otherwise. I am suffering and I am having to jump hoops and file appeals. My surgery was scheduled Nov 7th and it's been almost 2 years doing all the pre things needed and still denied when I have a family health history of cancers and choking in acid from Gerd most nights. They don't know me or my history to dent and say not necessary just because it may not fall in their standard of I don't CURRENTLY HAVE type 2 diabetes. So wait til I do?? There are other reasons people need surgery like history from stomach and esophageal and barrett's esophagus . Stop wasting people time. I was told by my Dr that my insurance was great on getting it thru. And I did a 3 hr education course on my diet for the surgery and other things. Now I'm delayed again and jumping hoops. The govt is paying the insurance and needs to stop being so picky with little details they don't know. But my Dr made clear. Surgery currently cancelled. I'll get back to you on whether or not I get better answers and if you should go with a different carrier. Because at this point I'm questioning. 2nd time appealing with this carrier as I had to also jump hoops for my daughters braces which were also medically necessary due to a handicap. Yet insurance said " too young" . Ridiculous.

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