Campus Services and Facilities
Student Services and Programs
Student Health Service
Mail Code 0039
(858) 534-3300
http://studenthealth.ucsd.edu
Student Health Service (SHS) is accredited by the American Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC). Our purpose is to promote and preserve the health and well-being of all registered students so that they may pursue their academic goals. Our staff of physicians, nurse practitioners, registered nurses, medical assistants, health educators, and other medical professionals is committed to helping students maintain healthy lifestyles. SHS is conveniently located along Library Walk, west of the Price Center and south of Geisel Library. For more information about our services, see our Web site: http://studenthealth.ucsd.edu.
General medical appointments are provided for a minimal fee to all registration-paying students during the academic quarters. There is an access fee for urgent care and first-aid visits. Summer access to SHS is at no additional charge for students enrolled in SHIP. Continuing students not enrolled in SHIP will pay a fee for service to access Student Health Service.
Reduced fees are charged for pharmaceuticals, contraceptives, travel immunizations, and laboratory tests sent to our reference lab. A list of associated costs for ugent care, appointments, immunizations, lab, X-rays, physical therapy, specialty appointments, and nutrition counseling can be viewed on our Web site.
The Optometry Clinic offers modest fees for eyeglasses, designer frames, lenses, sunglasses, contacts and eye exams. Students enrolled in SHIP are eligible for additional product discounts.
Although undergraduate, graduate, medical, and international students may have unlimited visits with SHS, students requiring medical or surgical care from practitioners, hospitals, or clinics other than SHS should be prepared to assume the cost of such care. SHIP provides benefits for ambulance, emergency room, hospitalization, most outpatient services, surgery, and major medical expenses with a written SHS referral (applies when the student is within a hundred-mile radius of UCSD; outside the hundred-mile radius, a referral is not needed for services). SHIP also includes benefits for a dental plan, pharmaceuticals, and discounts at the SHS Optometry Clinic. The cost for SHIP is factored into grants, loans, and work-study programs offered to students who receive financial assistance.
Students covered by private health insurance that meets university waiver criteria can opt out of SHIP by completing the waiver application online through TritonLink prior to posted deadlines. Waivers are processed each academic year. For additional changes, requests, or information, contact the Student Health Insurance office. All registration-paying students are automatically enrolled in SHIP unless approved for a health-fee waiver. The campus-based insurance plans do not replace the primary medical care and referral services provided by the Student Health Service.
Brochures describing the Student Health Insurance Plan, limitations, exclusions, and open enrollment periods are available at Student Health Service and through our Web site: http://studenthealth.ucsd.edu. Insurance coordinators are available to assist students by phone at (858) 534-2124.