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Elevance (Anthem)

Elevance (Anthem) is a national health insurer, part of the Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) family. They report 630K insurance plans covering 1.2M providers across 97K billing codes.

Source: public Transparency in Coverage filesRefreshed monthly, latest September 202619 monthly releases tracked

Monthly release

630K

Plans

1.2M

Providers (NPIs)

XX% vs prior month

270K

Tax IDs

XX% vs prior month

97K

Billing codes

14B

Rate rows

XX% vs prior month

September 2026 release

What's in Elevance (Anthem)'s data

A profile of the machine-readable files Elevance (Anthem) publishes, after PayerPrice parses and normalizes them.

Billing code types

Distinct codes and rate rows by code system

CodesRows
  • CPT13K12B82%
  • HCPCS6.3K2.4B17%
  • CDT860230M1.6%
  • RC540540K<0.1%
  • MS-DRG790490K<0.1%
  • APC2508.9K<0.1%
  • CSTM-ALL28.1K<0.1%
  • ICD75K6.8K<0.1%
  • APR-DRG1.3K2.3K<0.1%

Billing class

Professional vs. institutional rate rows

  • Professional14B100%
  • Institutional10M<0.1%

Negotiation arrangement

How each rate is expressed

  • Fee Schedule14B98%
  • Percentage260M1.8%
  • Negotiated3.6M<0.1%
  • Per Diem710K<0.1%
  • Derived470K<0.1%

Plan identifiers

HIOS IDs mark individual and small-group plans; EINs mark employer plans

  • HIOS ID9K1.4%
  • EIN620K99%

Providers by type

Distinct NPIs by entity type

  • Individual (Type 1)1.1M87%
  • Organization (Type 2)160K13%

Tax IDs by type

How provider groups are identified

  • NPI (Organization)150K57%
  • NPI (Individual)69K26%
  • EIN47K18%

Top states

States with the most providers in network

  • California230K
  • New York150K
  • Ohio110K
  • Georgia83K
  • Virginia69K
  • Indiana66K

Top specialties

Provider taxonomies with the most NPIs

  • Clinical Social Worker63K
  • Family Nurse Practitioner59K
  • Optometrist53K
  • Family Medicine Physician48K
  • Physical Therapist48K
  • Internal Medicine Physician47K

These are the files. Want the rates inside them?

Look up Elevance (Anthem)'s negotiated rates by provider, TIN, billing code and plan.

Month-over-month history

Track how network size and rate volume change with each monthly release.

MonthPlansNPIsTax IDsBilling codesRate rows
September 2026630K1.2M270K97K14B
August 2026630K1.2M270K97K25B
July 2026630K1.2M270K97K15B
June 2026————
May 2026————

Data quality scorecard

5/6Good

This payer scores 5/6 on data quality (Good). Areas that don't meet the threshold: valid tax ids.

Evaluated on the September 2026 release.

  • Professional & Institutional Rates

    Data includes both professional and institutional billing class rates

  • Valid Tax IDs

    Less than 80% of Tax IDs are EIN or NPI (Organization) type

  • HIOS Plan

    Data includes at least one HIOS-identified plan

  • Low Derived/Percentage Rates

    Less than 10% of negotiation entries are derived or percentage type

  • Standard Code Coverage

    Sufficient CPT and HCPCS code coverage with low proportion of LOCAL entries

  • Common Taxonomies

    NPIs in the dataset cover at least 50 distinct provider taxonomies

How the score works

Each monthly release is checked against six criteria. 5–6 passing criteria rate Good, 3–4 rate Acceptable, and 0–2 rate Poor.

Behavioral, RX, and other specialty networks may not pass all criteria but can still contain complete and usable data.

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Frequently asked questions

About Elevance (Anthem)'s price transparency data.

What price transparency data does Elevance (Anthem) publish?

Elevance (Anthem)'s September 2026 Transparency in Coverage files list 630K plans, 1.2M providers (NPIs), 270K tax IDs and 97K billing codes, for 14B negotiated rate rows in total.

Which states does Elevance (Anthem)'s network cover?

Elevance (Anthem)'s files include providers in 51 states. The states with the most in-network providers are California, New York, Ohio, Georgia, Virginia.

How often is Elevance (Anthem)'s data updated?

Payers must post updated machine-readable files every month. PayerPrice processes Elevance (Anthem)'s files monthly; the latest processed release is September 2026, and 19 monthly releases are available.

What is the Transparency in Coverage rule?

Since July 2022, the federal Transparency in Coverage rule has required most group health plans and health insurers to publish machine-readable files of their in-network negotiated rates and out-of-network allowed amounts, updated monthly. These files are the source for the data on this page.

How can I access Elevance (Anthem)'s negotiated rates?

Start a free PayerPrice trial to search Elevance (Anthem)'s rates in the web app, or book a demo to get the full dataset through the REST API, SQL in Snowflake or Databricks, or AI assistants through the PayerPrice MCP server.