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Wellpoint

Wellpoint is a health insurer. They report 220 insurance plans covering 210K providers across 18K billing codes.

Source: public Transparency in Coverage filesRefreshed monthly, latest September 202616 monthly releases tracked

Monthly release

220

Plans

210K

Providers (NPIs)

XX% vs prior month

68K

Tax IDs

XX% vs prior month

18K

Billing codes

XX% vs prior month

890K

Rate rows

XX% vs prior month

September 2026 release

What's in Wellpoint's data

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

Billing code types

Distinct codes and rate rows by code system

CodesRows
  • CPT11K620K70%
  • HCPCS5.9K120K13%
  • CDT850110K12%
  • RC14043K4.8%

Billing class

Professional vs. institutional rate rows

  • Professional850K95%
  • Institutional43K4.8%

Negotiation arrangement

How each rate is expressed

  • Fee Schedule860K97%
  • Negotiated25K2.8%
  • Per Diem3.6K0.4%

Plan identifiers

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

  • HIOS ID220100%

Providers by type

Distinct NPIs by entity type

  • Individual (Type 1)200K93%
  • Organization (Type 2)16K7.4%

Tax IDs by type

How provider groups are identified

  • EIN40K59%
  • NPI (Organization)16K24%
  • NPI (Individual)12K18%

Top states

States with the most providers in network

  • Texas62K
  • Florida36K
  • California18K
  • Maryland14K
  • New York8.3K
  • Washington5.7K

Top specialties

Provider taxonomies with the most NPIs

  • Optometrist46K
  • General Practice Dentistry19K
  • Dentist15K
  • Family Nurse Practitioner9.8K
  • Ophthalmology Physician5.8K
  • Internal Medicine Physician5.5K

These are the files. Want the rates inside them?

Look up Wellpoint'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 2026220210K68K18K890K
August 2026220210K67K18K27M
July 2026220210K68K18K3.3M
June 2026————
May 2026————

Data quality scorecard

6/6Good

This payer meets all 6 data quality criteria — their transparency files are comprehensive and well-structured.

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

    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.

Access the data

Wellpoint'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 Wellpoint's rates by code, provider or market and export the results. No setup required.

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API

REST API

Pull negotiated rates, providers and benchmarks into your own products and pipelines.

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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

Ask Claude, Cursor or your own agents questions like "What does Wellpoint pay for CPT 99213 near me?"

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Frequently asked questions

About Wellpoint's price transparency data.

What price transparency data does Wellpoint publish?

Wellpoint's September 2026 Transparency in Coverage files list 220 plans, 210K providers (NPIs), 68K tax IDs and 18K billing codes, for 890K negotiated rate rows in total.

Which states does Wellpoint's network cover?

Wellpoint's files include providers in 51 states. The states with the most in-network providers are Texas, Florida, California, Maryland, New York.

How often is Wellpoint's data updated?

Payers must post updated machine-readable files every month. PayerPrice processes Wellpoint's files monthly; the latest processed release is September 2026, and 16 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 Wellpoint's negotiated rates?

Start a free PayerPrice trial to search Wellpoint'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.