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group number

In insurance, a group number is the number that identifies the group policy or plan under which a person is covered, rather than that person’s individual member account.

In plain English

A group number connects coverage to the larger insurance arrangement shared by members of the same plan. It refers to that plan-level identifier, not to one person's separate member account.

In context

Here, "group number" labels the plan-level identifier associated with the coverage details being shown.

Situation
Enrolling in policies and reading coverage, member, beneficiary, and effective-date labels
What it communicates
labels the group-plan identifier shown with coverage details

Meaning limits

This sense only identifies the group policy or plan, not any person's separate member identity within it.

Examples

“When Maya called the clinic, she gave the group number for her family plan, not her own member ID.”

Core meaning

“The coverage summary shows the same group number for every person on the plan.”

In context

  • policy number Broader Term

    A group number is a policy number for a group policy or plan.

  • member ID number Contrast

    A member ID number identifies an individual covered person, not the group policy or plan.