Question 1

What is BCBS's Medlyze Transparency Rating?

Accepted Answer

BCBS averages 95.4/100 (grade A) across its 41 independently-scored legal entities, recalculated monthly from each entity's own CMS machine-readable files.

Question 2

Why does BCBS have multiple ratings?

Accepted Answer

BCBS operates as 41 separate legal entities (BCBS MI, BCBS MT, BCBS MN, Capital BC, Premera, BCBS AR, BCBS AZ, BCBS TN, BCBS LA, Capital Health Plan, BCBS FL, BCBS HI, BCBS RI, Excellus BCBS, OCTAVE (AR), BlueAdvantage Administrators of Arkansas, Health Advantage (HII), Health Advantage (TPA), BCBS KS, BCBS Kansas City, BC ID, Independence BC, BCBS SC, BCBS MS, BCBS MA, Carefirst BCBS, BCBS VT, BCBS NC, BCBS TX, Highmark, Wellmark, BCBS NM, BCBS AL, BCBS OK, BCBS IL, BS CA, BCBS NJ (Horizon), Regence, Triple S, Florida Healthcare Plans, Anthem (Elevance)), each filing its own price transparency data. Medlyze scores each independently and averages them for the BCBS brand-level rating shown here.

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