An indemnity insurance plan will pay a portion of medical expenses. When services are rendered, the individual is responsible for paying fees up front, and will then file the paperwork to be reimbursed by the insurance company for the expenses. Most indemnity insurance plans will have a set deductible amount as well as a coinsurance percentage that must be paid by the policy holder.
1 An entry-level player can earn a maximum of $850,000 per year. 2  The limit rises throughout the agreement, to $925,000 in 2011. 3  Maximum entry-level salary in 2004 was $1.295 million. 4  Signing bonuses are capped at 10 percent of the player's salary.
Even though they are paid only during the six-month regular season, American Hockey League players earn a minimum of $42,375 per year. The average annual salary in the AHL, the equivalent of baseballâs Triple-A classification, is more than $90,000. Players' per diem at that level is $65. Entry-level players in the ECHL, the lowest level of affiliated professional hockey, earn a minimum of $10,790 per season â almost double the annual salary that entry-level players earn in minor-league baseball. The ECHL per diem is $39 per day.