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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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54 of 536
filings in view
935K
standard requests
16.0%
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
32
18
4
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
1K10K100K500K
Request volume by market, current filter
Medicaid Managed Care 872K 13 filings
Medicare-Medicaid Plan 61K 3 filings
CHIP Managed Care 2K 1 filings
Medicare Advantage 0 37 filings
Organization
Plan
Market
St
Std reqs
Denial rate
Findings
CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health of New Jersey Medicaid Managed Care NJ 56K 27.6% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health of Maryland Medicaid Managed Care MD 16K 23.2% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health of Florida Medicaid Managed Care FL 43K 22.4% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health of Michigan Medicaid Managed Care MI 18K 22.1% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health of Kentucky Medicaid Managed Care KY 123K 19.5% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health of West Virginia Medicaid Managed Care WV 83K 19.3% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health Kids (Pennsylvania CHIP) CHIP Managed Care PA 2K 18.0% 2 CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health of Virginia Medicaid Managed Care VA 108K 17.2% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H5309 Medicare Advantage 16.3% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health of Illinois Medicaid Managed Care IL 111K 15.6% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health of Louisiana Medicaid Managed Care LA 80K 15.2% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health of Ohio (OhioRISE) Medicaid Managed Care OH 76K 14.1% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H8332 Medicare Advantage 13.2% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H4523 Medicare Advantage 12.7% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H3219 Medicare Advantage 11.5% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H4711 Medicare Advantage 11.3% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H3288 Medicare Advantage 10.9% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health of Oklahoma Medicaid Managed Care OK 64K 10.8% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H4835 Medicare Advantage 10.7% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H3928 Medicare Advantage 10.4% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H3239 Medicare Advantage 10.4% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H1609 Medicare Advantage 10.4% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health of New York Medicaid Managed Care NY 53K 10.0% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H1692 Medicare Advantage 9.6% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H3931 Medicare Advantage 9.5% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H5325 Medicare Advantage 8.7% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H2293 Medicare Advantage 8.3% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H1608 Medicare Advantage 8.2% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H5521 Medicare Advantage 7.9% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H7149 Medicare Advantage 7.8% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health of Texas Medicaid Managed Care TX 41K 7.7% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H0628 Medicare Advantage 7.7% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H1109 Medicare Advantage 7.7% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H5302 Medicare Advantage 7.4% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H3312 Medicare Advantage 7.3% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H3748 Medicare Advantage 7.3% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H8597 Medicare Advantage 7.3% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H2056 Medicare Advantage 7.2% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H3146 Medicare Advantage 7.1% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H5593 Medicare Advantage 7.0% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H5522 Medicare Advantage 7.0% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H2663 Medicare Advantage 6.8% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H5337 Medicare Advantage 6.6% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health Premier Plan (Medicare-Medicaid) Medicare-Medicaid Plan IL 6.6% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H3959 Medicare Advantage 6.1% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H7301 Medicare Advantage 6.0% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H1206 Medicare Advantage 6.0% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Better Health Premier Plan Michigan Medicare-Medicaid Plan MI 5.9% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H5793 Medicare Advantage 5.8% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H3597 Medicare Advantage 5.5% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna MyCare Ohio Medicare-Medicaid Plan OH 61K 3.6% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H0523 Medicare Advantage 2.4% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H4982 Medicare Advantage 2.0% CVS Health / Aetna Aetna Medicare Advantage - contract H0562 Medicare Advantage 0.0% 1