Welcome to your Health Insurance Homepage
All international students in F-1 status are automatically enrolled in Peralta鈥檚 International Student Health Insurance plan. Cigna is the health insurance network.
Participating F-1 status students will be charged an 鈥淚nternational Student Health Insurance Fee鈥�. The below prices reflect for 2025:
- $155 per month
- $1,085 for the spring/summer sessions
- $310 for the summer session (new students only)
Per the Peralta and Cigna health insurance policy, only F-1 status students are eligible to receive health insurance coverage. Students who lose their status through changes in the non-immigrant category or violation of status will be removed from coverage and forfeit their fees upon notice.
Health Service Programs
Accident Illness Only
Please note that your plan is an 鈥淎ccident/Illness鈥� plan only. Meaning, you will only receive coverage if you are injured or ill. The plan does not include dental or vision coverage, but you can add this as supplementary coverage. To add dental or vision, visit the links below to enroll and pay for it directly with a credit card. OIE cannot help you add dental or vision coverage on your behalf.
Cigna Customer Service
- Phone: 1-800-441-2668
- TDD (for the hearing impaired): 1-800-558-3604
- Direct Phone: 1-302-746-3059
- Email: StudentHealthSupport@alliant.com
Health Insurance Workshop
Watch the Health Insurance Workshop Recording that took place on 8/13/2025:
Health Insurance Topics
Your Health Insurance Member ID will be sent via email from Cigna to your Peralta email address.
***If you have not received an email with your Member ID number and Health Insurance card, please contact Alliant at StudentHealthSupport@alliant.com, TTY: 711***
There are a limited number of reasons international students may waive the mandatory health insurance fee:
- Students who receive health insurance from a parent/spouse who is a US resident
- Students who receive health insurance from their place of employment in the US
- Students with a government letter stating that health insurance has been issued directly from the government in their home country.
Note: F-1 students are PROHIBITED from using United States government-issued insurance such as Covered California, MEDICAL, MEDICARE, or Affordable Care Act.
All waiver requests will be carefully reviewed, however, submitting a request for a waiver does not guarantee that your waiver will be approved.
Each semester, the Health Insurance Waiver must be completed by the Monday before the semester begins (see Academic Calendar). Petitions submitted after the deadline will be automatically denied. Refunds will only be provided to students with approved Health Insurance Fee Waivers. No refunds will be issued after the refund deadline. Also, all F-1 status students must apply for the health insurance fee waiver every semester even if approved in prior semesters.
To apply for the Health Insurance Waiver Form, you will need to.
After completing the waiver request, a Program Manager or ISSS will send you an email providing an acceptance letter, denial notice, or request for additional evidence.
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Each college has its own Health Insurance Plan Summary. Please review this to learn more about your health insurance coverage. Coverage between colleges is the same:
Students may search for Behavioral Health professionals through the Cigna PPO site by following these instructions:
- Visit .
- Enter your location and range, then click 鈥淪earch.鈥�
- Select the "Continue as Guest" link. You do not need to log in to myCigna or register as Cigna is only your network provider, not your insurance company
- If prompted, select "Cigna PPO, PPO Tiered" as the plan type.
- Select a provider from the list, and call to make an appointment.
- Always verify the provider is part of the PPO Network before you receive treatment.
Post-Completion OPT:
While on Post-Completion OPT, you will not be automatically enrolled in the Peralta Health Insurance Plan. You may choose to enroll and pay for the plan separately by visiting the link below and selecting Pe糖心viog官方网站 College, then "I am an OPT Student".
You must do this within 30 days of the end of my coverage date or you will be ineligible. You also will be responsible for any gaps in coverage.
Pre-Completion OPT:
While on Pre-Completion OPT, you WILL be automatically enrolled in the Peralta Health Insurance plan. You may apply for a Health Insurance Waiver if you believe you meet the conditions for a Health Insurance Waiver.
Enrollment Tip
If you need to enroll in classes and you鈥檙e waiting for the health insurance fee waiver to be reviewed, please pay the fee first, so you can enroll. Then, if approved for the fee waiver, your health insurance fee will be refunded.
Additional Information
For more information about your health insurance plan, please visit your . This site will answer all your health insurance-related questions. If, after reading through these online materials, you still have questions, please reach out to one of our SEVIS Advisors on the Our Team/Hours page.