INSURERS THAT DOMINATE STATES’ HEALTHCARE MARKETS

Most states have two insurers that hold at least 50% of the commercial market share.
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State Top insurer Market share Second insurer Market share
Alabama BCBS Ala. 87% UnitedHealth Group 5%
Michigan BCBS Mich. 68% Spectrum Health 12%
Louisiana LA Health Service & Indemnity (BCBS) 67% UnitedHealth Group 15%
Kentucky Anthem 65% Humana 13%
South Carolina BCBS S.C. 65% Cigna 14%
Hawaii HMSA (BCBS Hawaii) 64% Kaiser 20%
Illinois Health Care Service Corp. (BCBS) 61% UnitedHealth Group 14%
Oklahoma Health Care Service Corp. (BCBS) 57% UnitedHealth Group 15%
Indiana Anthem 56% UnitedHealth Group 15%
Mississippi BCBS Miss. 55% UnitedHealth Group 17%
West Virginia Highmark 53% Cigna 13%
North Carolina BCBS N.C. 53% UnitedHealth Group 17%
Vermont BCBS Vt. 53% Cigna 26%
Maine Anthem 50% Point32Health 15%
North Dakota BCBS N.D. 50% Sanford 31%
Delaware Highmark 49% CVS Health 33%
Iowa Wellmark (BCBS) 48% UnitedHealth Group 29%
Maryland CareFirst 47% Cigna 15%
New Mexico Health Care Service Corp. (BCBS) 47% Presbyterian 21%
Alaska CVS Health 47% Premera 46%
Idaho Blue Cross of Idaho 46% Cambia 13%
Minnesota BCBS Minn. 46% HealthPartners 17%
Arkansas BCBS Ark. 46% UnitedHealth Group 20%
Wyoming Cigna 45% BCBS Wyo. 25%
Utah Intermountain 44% Cigna 15%
Kansas BCBS Kan. 43% CVS Health 14%
Virginia Anthem 43% Cigna 14%
New Hampshire Anthem 43% Cigna 20%
Tennessee BCBS Tenn. 43% Cigna 27%
Nebraska BCBS Neb. 42% UnitedHealth Group 25%
Rhode Island BCBS R.I. 42% UnitedHealth Group 28%
New Jersey Horizon BCBS 41% CVS Health 25%
Montana Health Care Service Corp. (BCBS) 41% Cigna 30%
Georgia Anthem 38% CVS Health 14%
Florida BCBS Fla. 38% UnitedHealth Group 19%
Texas Health Care Service Corp. (BCBS) 38% UnitedHealth Group 20%
Connecticut Anthem 37% Cigna 19%
California Kaiser 37% Anthem 23%
Nevada UnitedHealth Group 37% Anthem 24%
South Dakota Avera Health 35% Wellmark (BCBS) 30%
Massachusetts BCBS Mass. 35% Point32Health 34%
Ohio Anthem 34% Medical Mutual 26%
District of Columbia CareFirst 32% UnitedHealth Group 20%
Pennsylvania Highmark 29% CVS Health 19%
Arizona UnitedHealth Group 29% CVS Health 23%
New York UnitedHealth Group 28% Anthem 17%
Missouri Anthem 27% UnitedHealth Group 24%
Wisconsin UnitedHealth Group 25% Anthem 20%
Colorado UnitedHealth Group 24% Anthem 23%
Oregon Cambia 23% Kaiser 21%
Washington Kaiser 23% Premera 22%

Notes

Percentages are derived from combined PPO, HMO, POS and exchange markets