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Prior authorization denial rates, plan by plan

Every plan that published a CY2025 filing. Search for an insurer or a plan by name, narrow by state or market, and the charts and the weighted rate below recompute as you go.

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19 of 658
filings in view
208K
standard requests
15.0%
volume-weighted denial rate
2
with validation findings

The weighted rate is computed over filings in view that published both a request total and a denial count; the request figure beside it counts every filing in view.

Distribution of denial rates
filings per 10-point band · click a bar for its filings
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11
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0–10%
10–20%
20–30%
30–40%
40–50%
50–65%
Denial rate vs. request volume
log volume, 1K → 500K · orange marks carry findings · click a point for the filing
1K10K100K500K
Request volume by market, current filter
Medicaid Managed Care 208K 19 filings
Where the denial rate is highest
volume-weighted per state · floor 10K requests · top 10 · click a state for its filings
OH 12.8% 68K · 1 filing
Organizations by denials in view
standard denials summed over the slice · weighted rate beside each · top 10
Molina Healthcare 9K 12.8%
Rate spread by market
the box is the middle half of the market's rates, the whisker runs 10th–90th percentile, the median is marked · orange dots are the filings past the 90th · click a box for the market, a dot for the filing
0%10%20%30%40%50%60%Medicaid Managed Care19 filingsMedicaid Managed Care: median 12.8%, middle half 6.7–15.0%, 90th percentile 16.0%12.8Molina Healthcare · Molina Healthcare of South Carolina Medicaid — 27.0%Molina Healthcare · Molina Healthcare of Texas STAR — 17.0%
How concentrated the denials are
plans ranked by denials, cumulative share · the dashed diagonal is every plan equal
25%50%75%100%0%25%50%75%100%top 10% of plans → 100.0% of denials10% of plans → 100% of denialsplans, ranked by denials →share of all denials ↑
What the slice actually discloses
how much of the current view can be checked — a rate without counts is a claim, not a number
■ 2 publish counts ▨ 17 publish no counts — a rate nobody can check ● 2 carry validation findings
Organization
Plan
Market
St
Std reqs
Denial rate
Findings
Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of South Carolina Medicaid Medicaid Managed Care SC — 27.0% — Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of Texas STAR Medicaid Managed Care TX — 17.0% — Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of New York Medicaid Medicaid Managed Care NY — 16.0% — Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of Washington (Apple Health) Medicaid Managed Care WA 140K 16.0% — Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of Florida Medicaid Managed Care FL — 15.0% — Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of New Mexico (Turquoise Care) Medicaid Managed Care NM — 15.0% — Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of Illinois (Medicaid) Medicaid Managed Care IL — 14.0% — Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of Nebraska - Medicaid Medicaid Managed Care NE — 13.0% — Molina Healthcare Senior Whole Health of New York - MLTSS Medicaid Managed Care NY — 13.0% 1 Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of Ohio (Medicaid) Medicaid Managed Care OH 68K 12.8% — Molina Healthcare Molina Clinical Services, LLC (Mississippi) Medicaid Managed Care MS — 11.9% — Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin - BadgerCare Plus Medicaid Managed Care WI — 10.0% — Molina Healthcare Molina Complete Care of Arizona (AHCCCS Medicaid) Medicaid Managed Care AZ — 9.0% — Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of Wisconsin - Medicaid SSI Medicaid Managed Care WI — 7.0% — Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of Mississippi, Inc. Medicaid Managed Care MS — 6.7% — Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of Texas STAR+PLUS Medicaid Managed Care TX — 6.0% — Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of Idaho (Medicaid Plus) Medicaid Managed Care ID — 4.0% — Molina Healthcare Molina Healthcare of California (Medi-Cal) Medicaid Managed Care CA — 2.0% — Molina Healthcare Senior Whole Health of New York - FIDE Medicaid Managed Care NY — 0.0% 1