Cost Estimator for Healthfund and Choice POS II

The Cost Estimator Tool is an interactive decision-support tool designed to assist your faculty and staff in making their health plan election during open enrollment.  The tool allows faculty and staff to estimate out-of-pocket health care costs, compare plan offerings and determine which plan best meets their needs and those of their family. 


To use this function, please click estimator tool . It is very easy to use.

Using the Tool
Faculty and Staff complete five easy steps to estimate and view predicted utilization and costs. The user’s (faculty & staff) experience will be segmented as follows:

Step 1

Enter Basic Information

The user enters three data elements: plan year, home zip code and number of covered dependents.

Step 2

Select Plans

Using the pre-loaded benefits information, the user chooses which plans to compare and enters corresponding annual paycheck contributions. If offered, the employee enters competitive plan information.

Step 3

Select Health Care Services

The employee estimates the volume (utilization) of expected health care services by each covered member.

Step 4

Modify Health Care Services

The employee may modify utilization estimates from Step 3.

Step 5

View Your Results

The user compares the selected plans side by side and sees specific cost estimates.