The 2025 plan year is bringing several major changes to the dental plans available under the State Health Benefits Program (SHBP).
The changes are as follows:
- Horizon Dental Choice, MetLife Dental, and Cigna Dental plans will no longer be available after the end of 2024
- A new Horizon Dental Expense Plan (DEP) will be available, beginning in 2025.
- The Aetna DPO and Aetna Dental Expense Plan (DEP) will both remain available in 2025.
You will automatically be moved to the Aetna DPO plan for 2025 if you are in the Horizon Dental Choice, MetLife, or Cigna plans.
If you want to change your dental plan, you can do so in BenefitSolver or through your worksite’s open enrollment process.
- 2025 Dental Plan Prices – Click Here
- Comparison of DPO plan and DEP plan – Click Here
- Please note the Horizon DEP and Aetna DEP plans are the same price and have identical coverage levels, with different provider networks.
- The Aetna DPO plan has no coverage for out-of-network providers; if you do not have a doctor that takes the Aetna DPO plan, you will not be covered to see them.
- The Horizon DEP and Aetna DEP plans both cover providers in and out-of-network, with in-network providers costing less out-of-pocket.
- To search for providers
- Aetna: Visit www.aetnastatenj.com and select “Find a Provider”
- Horizon: Visit doctorfinder.horizonblue.com and search for providers using the “Horizon Dental Option” plan name.
- SHBP Dental Plans Member Handbook – Click Here
- Aetna Dental Plan Information
- Horizon Dental Plan Information