Kaiser Permanente Health Plans was the largest payer by total incurred claims in 2021, according to data firm Definitive Healthcare.
Definitive Healthcare tracks metrics on over 1,200 payer and payer subsidiary organizations.
Here are the largest healthcare insurance companies by total incurred claims, followed by total incurred claims in 2021.
Kaiser Permanente Health Plans: $48.2 million
UnitedHealthcare: $31.2 million
Elevance Health $31 million
Health Care Service Corp. Group: $27.1 million
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Florida: $13.9 million
Centene Corp.: $13.4 million
Blue Shield of California: $12. 2 million
Aetna: $11.9 million
Cigna: $11. 6 million
CareFirst BlueCross BlueShield: $7.2 million
BlueCross BlueShield of Michigan Group: $6.3 million
Highmark: $6 million
BlueCross BlueShield of NC Group: $6 million
BlueCross BlueShield of Massachusetts Group: $5.2 million
Horizon Blue Cross Blue Shield of New Jersey: $5.1 million
BlueCross BlueShield of Alabama: $4.6 million
Humana Group: $4.2 million
Independence Blue Cross Group: $3.8 million
EmblemHealth: $3.4 million
Regence: $3.3 million