Costco membership gives you access to many great deals that can help you keep more money in your bank account. Beyond just buying bulk cereal or supersized bottles of ketchup, you can also break out your credit cards to purchase vacations, jewelry, and even cars at Costco.
Costco is offering another important benefit to members that could make joining the warehouse club even more worthwhile. Here’s what it is.
Costco to offer low-cost medical visits to members
Costco will soon be a destination for medical care, as well as for Kirkland Signature products and its famous $1.50 hot dog and soda combination.
The warehouse club has teamed up with Sesame, an online health marketplace that aims to offer affordable care to people with no insurance or with high insurance deductibles. Through this partnership, Costco members will be able to book in-person or virtual visits for medical care at a very low cost — as long as they are willing to pay cash for their services instead of using health insurance coverage.
Costco members will have access to “Sesame’s best pricing” in all 50 states across the United States. This entitles warehouse club users to:
- A $29 virtual primary care visit
- A $72 health assessment, which includes running a standard lab panel and getting a follow-up with a provider via a virtual visit
- A $79 virtual mental health therapy visit
- 10% off in-person appointments booked through Sesame (in-person visits are also affordable — for example, a doctor in Baltimore…
