All students who pay the Campus Health Fee are eligible to be seen in the Health Services Primary Care Center. This fee is required of all undergraduate resident students and is automatically charged to all students living on campus as well as students living off campus.
Health Fee Waiver
Off-campus students can waive the Campus Health Fee by downloading and completing the Health Fee Waiver form and forwarding it to UHS by September 30.
Primary Care Center
Your Campus Health Fee pays for primary and specialty medical care on campus provided at the Boston College Health Services. (Please remember: it is not a health insurance policy.) Our services include the following:
Outpatient Unit
Board-certified doctors, nurse practitioners, and nurses provide primary medical care at the Outpatient Unit. The unit operates on an appointment basis. Some services available, but not limited to:
- Physical and Gynecological Exams
- Minor injuries, strains, sprains, lacerations
- Illnesses: upper respiratory symptoms, rashes, urinary tract infections
- Laboratory services
- Health advice: diet, exercise, stress, sleep, smoking cessation
- Sexual health: STI testing, treatment, and counseling
- Travel advice: recommendations on required immunizations
Same-day appointments
If you call 617-552-3225 before 10:00 a.m., same day appointments are often available.
Evenings and weekends
Care is provided by the nurse on duty at the Inpatient Unit
Inpatient unit
Our comfortable, 10-bed facility provides 24-hour nursing care to students as needed. A doctor is on call 24 hours a day and makes daily rounds to see all patients. He or she makes arrangements for hospitalization, when necessary, and follows patients who have been hospitalized.
Inpatient services, including room, meals, most medications, doctor visits and nursing care. Services are covered by the Campus Health Fee with the exception of the Safety Observation Fee. Patients who are well enough may sometimes be given permission to leave during the day to attend classes.
Women's health services
Many routine gynecological services, STI testing, counseling and treatment are provided by the priamry care physicans and nurse practitioners.
Pregnancy testing & Services
Men's Health and Wellness
Immunizations/travel consultation
For compliance with State Law, Institutional Policies and Travel. As it takes time to develop immunity, students planning trips overseas should request health advice and begin recommended immunizations several months before departure.
Available vaccines include flu, hepatitis A, hepatitis B, HPV, meningitis, measles, mumps, rubella, polio, TD, Tdap, typhoid, varicella as well as tuberculosis testing.
The cost of vaccines vary depending on the type and are applied directly to the student account. Students should check with their health insurance company to determine the preferred method of receiving the vaccine based on their individual coverage. It may be best to get vaccinated at your primary care provider's office or local pharmacy that charges directly to participating insurance companies. UHS will provide a receipt to submit to the insurance company but we are considered out of network for all insurance plans. Students who purchase the Blue Cross insurance plan through Boston College are reimbursed 80% for all charges related to services provided by UHS.
Orthopedic services
Diagnosis and treatment (by referral only)
Skin services
Diagnosis and treatment of warts and other skin-related conditions
Services Not Covered
The Campus Health Fee does not cover
- Hospitalizations
- Diagnostic testing
- Outside consultations
- X-rays
Adequate health insurance is necessary to avoid paying out-of-pocket hospital charges, which may exceed $1,000 a day in the Boston area. Emergency room visits, for example, can easily cost $300.