Valenz Bluebook

I want to use this app so bad. But the app is just so bad. On its surface it seems at best ok. However the search function is just epic. It takes too long to load. Often hanging up to the point I just swipe away and start over. I’m disappointed there isn’t predictive text or at least a best guess at what I’m searching for. The medical terms make it a headache to figure out what procedure exactly you’re looking for. I keep trying but. But honestly the clunkyness and overall unfriendly user interface makes this more an example, the epitome of what’s wrong with health care and insurance in general.

This is a terrible app, not very concise or correct at times. But the actual insurance is great.

In order to register to use this app, you must type in your SS#. Are you kidding me? Not last 4, they want the entire number! We are constantly told to not share this number with anyone. Why would I mindlessly type it into a 3rd party app? When the company my husband works for offered Bluebook a couple years ago, I used it all the time to search for best cost on medical procedures. It was helpful 80% of the time, and hubby got reimbursed when we used an in network provider through Bluebook suggestions. We NEVER had to give a ss# back then? Why not ask for ins group number instead? This is outrageous. I guess we won’t be using this app to save money, because all the savings in the world simply is not worth the risk of forking over a ss# to an app and having it compromised. Geeeeeeze. 🙄 I’m appalled.