All St. Petersburg College (SPC) international students are required to purchase health insurance and to maintain it throughout each term. SPC has an insurance requirement and all international students are required to purchase a plan through United Healthcare (Dental and Vision coverage is not included). All international students must purchase this insurance. Learn more about the F1 International Student Insurance Plan – Degree Program or F1 International Student Insurance Plan – English Language Program.
To purchase your health insurance plan please follow these instructions:
- Go to www.uhcsrinternational.com
- Select St. Petersburg College from the drop down menu in the middle of the homepage.
- Click Enroll Now-Health Insurance on the left sidebar
- Scroll to the middle of the page and click the ‘Enroll Now’ button
- Enter your Date of Birth and select your student status:
- F1 International Student – Degree Seeking
- F1 International Student – English Program
- Select the coverage period
- The plan benefits and price will appear on the screen
- Click the Select Plan box and click Next
- Enter your personal information
- Enter your payment information
- Upon successfully enrolling you will receive a welcome email within 24-48 hours prompting you to create your UHCSR my account. If you do not wish to wait the 24-48 hours you may go directly to myaccount.uhcsr.com to create your UHCSR account and download a copy of your ID Card. Your ID card should be saved and kept with you at all times as proof of insurance.
- If you are having problems purchasing insurance, please email your name and student ID# along with a screenshot of the error you are receiving to Customerservice@uhcsrinternational.com
This coverage must be purchased by each international student and the proof of purchase and copy of your health insurance card must be emailed to the SPC Center for International Programs to be able to enroll for courses.
Where do I go for treatment?
It is important that you go to an in-network provider within the United Healthcare network in order to receive discounted rates for medical treatment. You can lookup nearby in-network providers based on your condition by going to this website and changing the location: http://www.uhcsr.com/lookupredirect.aspx?delsys=01
Need to Find a Doctor? Go to the SPC United HealthCare Page here and click on “Find a Doctor”
Can’t get to the doctor’s office? Use TeleMedicine and speak to a doctor from home, learn more on the United Healthcare Page.
The Customer Service phone number for claims is: 1-888-251-6253.
Watch this video to learn more international student healthcare in the United States.
Dental and (Eye) Vision (optional) insurance can be purchased through Gallagher by visiting the website.
Cancelling Your Plan/Modifying Your Coverage Dates
If you need to request a refund or modify the coverage dates for the insurance you purchased, you have 14 days to submit a ticket to PGH from the date that you purchase coverage. You can submit a ticket by logging into your account on https://global.uhcsrinternational.com (please see step 11 above for creating an account). First, you will click on the ‘Modify’ button on the home page and then click ‘I Need to Cancel My Plan’ or ‘I Need to Change My Coverage Dates’.
If you need to cancel your plan, please include any documents that support the reason for cancelling your plan in your message (flight ticket back to your home country, documents showing you are attending a different school, etc.).
If you need to modify your plan dates, please include the original plan dates and the new requested dates in your message. If the modified dates are longer in duration than your original plan dates, you will be billed for the extra days of coverage which you can pay through your Global United Healthcare account.
SPC reserves the right to require updated proof of injury/sickness insurance coverage each term. Failure to provide proof of valid health insurance coverage may affect student enrollment at SPC.
