Health Insurance Accepted by UCLA Health

Before You Schedule Care: Reminders about health insurance at UCLA Health

Before scheduling your care at UCLA Health, keep in mind that:

  • You may need to double-check your coverage. The list of health care plans below may not be comprehensive and could change. Check your coverage by contacting either:
    • Your benefits coordinator at work (if applicable)
    • Your health insurance company
  • If you don’t follow your health insurance plan’s terms, the health insurance plan may not cover your care. For example, your health insurance plan may require you to request authorization before receiving certain services. If you don’t, the health insurance plan may not pay.
  • Some health insurance plans partner with other companies to cover particular services. Examples include organ and stem cell transplants and behavioral health care.

Learn more about how health insurance works, including potential out-of-pocket costs and the differences among various types of health plans.

Watch our video on health insurance and patient billing.

Health Plans & Health Insurance We Accept

At UCLA Health, we accept a wide range of health insurance plans to help you get the care you need. To get you started, we’ve put together a snapshot of the health insurance accepted at UCLA Health:

Health Insurance Accepted for Medical Care at UCLA Health Hospitals

We accept a range of insurance plans at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center and UCLA Santa Monica Medical Center. The plans we accept include:

Government health insurance programs

Medicare Advantage

HMOs:

PPOs:

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Effective January 1, 2025, the following plans will either not be available or no longer accepted at UCLA Health:

For the latest information on UCLA Health hospital and physician participation in insurance plan networks, please call our representatives at 310-301-8700(Link opens phone app) (Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm) or your health plan.

Health insurance through your employer: HMO insurance and POS insurance

For the latest information on UCLA Health hospital and physician participation in insurance plan networks, please call our representatives at 310-301-8700(Link opens phone app) (Monday-Friday, 8 am-5 pm) or your health plan.

Health insurance through your employer: PPO insurance

Health insurance purchased by individuals, families and small businesses

We also accept select plans purchased on your own. You can purchase these plans through an agent or directly from an insurance company. You can also purchase them at Covered California, the state’s official health insurance marketplace, or exchange (learn more about our relationship with Covered California(Link is external)).

If you use the exchange, Blue Shield offers several plans that may cover care at UCLA Health. Call Blue Shield at 888-626-6780(Link opens phone app) for more information.

Health insurance for organ and stem cell transplants

Health plans — or their partners — often designate medical centers of excellence where they cover transplants of organs or stem cells. We have such relationships with:

  • Aetna - Institute of Excellence
  • Anthem Blue Cross - Centers of Medical Excellence
  • Blue Shield of California
  • Cigna LifeSOURCE
  • Health Net of California
  • INTERLINK
  • LifeTrac
  • Optum Transplant Centers of Excellence (formerly United Resource Network)

Health insurance for behavioral health at UCLA Health

Not all health plans provide coverage for treating mental health and other behavioral health needs. Those that do may use another company to provide the benefits you use with our doctors or at Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA.

Behavioral health insurance plans we accept includes: