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Independence Blue Cross

Independence Blue Cross is a regional (Pennsylvania) health insurer, part of the Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) family. They report 5 insurance plans covering 15K providers across 4.5K billing codes.

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

Monthly release

5

Plans

15K

Providers (NPIs)

XX% vs prior month

12K

Tax IDs

XX% vs prior month

4.5K

Billing codes

XX% vs prior month

15M

Rate rows

XX% vs prior month

September 2026 release

What's in Independence Blue Cross's data

A profile of the machine-readable files Independence Blue Cross publishes, after PayerPrice parses and normalizes them.

Billing code types

Distinct codes and rate rows by code system

CodesRows
  • CPT3K13M89%
  • HCPCS1.1K1.5M10%
  • MS-DRG31025K0.2%
  • CDT354.8K<0.1%

Billing class

Professional vs. institutional rate rows

  • Professional14M97%
  • Institutional470K3.2%

Negotiation arrangement

How each rate is expressed

  • Negotiated14M97%
  • Percentage470K3.1%

Plan identifiers

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

  • HIOS ID5100%

Providers by type

Distinct NPIs by entity type

  • Organization (Type 2)13K82%
  • Individual (Type 1)2.8K18%

Tax IDs by type

How provider groups are identified

  • EIN12K100%

Top states

States with the most providers in network

  • Pennsylvania9.6K
  • New Jersey4.2K
  • Delaware840
  • Maryland180
  • New York79
  • Florida68

Top specialties

Provider taxonomies with the most NPIs

  • Family Medicine Physician790
  • Chiropractor740
  • Internal Medicine Physician670
  • Clinical Social Worker650
  • Professional Counselor570
  • Optometrist520

These are the files. Want the rates inside them?

Look up Independence Blue Cross'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 2026515K12K4.5K15M
August 2026515K12K4.5K15M
July 2026515K12K4.4K14M
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: standard code coverage.

Evaluated on the September 2026 release.

  • Professional & Institutional Rates

    Data includes both professional and institutional billing class rates

  • Valid Tax IDs

    More 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

    Insufficient CPT / HCPCS code coverage, or too many 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.

Access the data

Independence Blue Cross's negotiated rates, in the tools your team already uses

PayerPrice turns raw transparency files into one clean, normalized dataset across 180+ payers, refreshed every month. Pick how you want to work with it.

UI

Web app

Search Independence Blue Cross's rates by code, provider or market and export the results. No setup required.

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REST API

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SQL

Snowflake & Databricks

Query the full normalized dataset with SQL or PySpark, shared directly into your warehouse.

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AI

MCP server

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Frequently asked questions

About Independence Blue Cross's price transparency data.

What price transparency data does Independence Blue Cross publish?

Independence Blue Cross's September 2026 Transparency in Coverage files list 5 plans, 15K providers (NPIs), 12K tax IDs and 4.5K billing codes, for 15M negotiated rate rows in total.

Which states does Independence Blue Cross's network cover?

Independence Blue Cross's files include providers in 46 states. The states with the most in-network providers are Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland, New York.

How often is Independence Blue Cross's data updated?

Payers must post updated machine-readable files every month. PayerPrice processes Independence Blue Cross'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 Independence Blue Cross's negotiated rates?

Start a free PayerPrice trial to search Independence Blue Cross'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.