Updates

Accepted insurance plans

Health Insurance Plan information applies to the following locations:

Texas Children’s Hospital Locations

  • Texas Children’s Hospital
  • Texas Children’s Pavilion for Women
  • Texas Children’s Hospital – West Campus
  • Texas Children’s Hospital – The Woodlands

Texas Children's Health Center Locations

  • Texas Children's Health Center - Sugar Land
  • Texas Children's Health Center - Cy-Fair
  • Texas Children's Health Center - Clear Lake
  • Texas Children's Specialty Care - Upper Kirby
  • Texas Children's Specialty Care - Kingwood Glen
  • Texas Children's Pavilion for Women – Pearland

Community Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic Locations

  • Community Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic - The Woodlands
  • Community Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic - Northwest Houston
  • Community Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic - West Houston
  • Community Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic - Sugar Land
  • Community Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic - Baytown
  • Community Maternal Fetal Medicine Clinic – The Methodist Hospital

Below is a list of payers who are contracted with Texas Children’s Hospital, Texas Children’s Physician Service Organization and Texas Children’s Anesthesiology. Please confirm Texas Children’s participation with your health plan as some benefit plans utilize narrow networks which may exclude Texas Children’s.

Facility-based physicians bill and collect independently for their services and may not participate in the same insurance plans as Texas Children’s Hospital. You may receive a bill from a facility-based physician for the amount unpaid by your insurance plan.

Please confirm network participation directly with your health plan.  Some Employer Group Plans may exclude Texas Children’s Hospital from their network. 


Aetna

  • Aetna National Medical Excellence Unite (NME)
  • EPO
  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO

Aetna Better Health of Texas

  • Star-Kids
  • Medicaid STAR
  • CHIP

Alianza Monte Sinai

AmeriHealth Caritas Louisiana

  • Medicaid (Healthy Louisiana)

AXA Assistance USA

Banco CentroAmericano de Integracion Economic

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

  • Blue Distinctions Centers for Transplants
  • HMO Blue/Blue Essentials
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Traditional
  • Excluded: Health Insurance Marketplace plans

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas

  • Blue Distinctions Centers for Transplants
  • HMO Blue/Blue Essentials
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Traditional
  • Excluded: Health Insurance Marketplace plans

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas Medicaid

  • CHIP
  • Medicaid STAR
  • STAR Kids
  • STAR Plus

Cigna

  • CIGNA LIFESOURCE including Exchange Local Plus
  • HARRIS COUNTY
  • HMO/POS
  • LOCAL PLUS
  • PPO
  • SURE FIT
  • Excluded: Health Insurance Marketplace plans

Community Health Choice

  • CHIP
  • CHIP Perinate
  • Medicaid Star
  • Excluded: Health Insurance Marketplace – Community Network

Entrust

Evolutions Healthcare Systems

  • PPO

First Care Health Plans

  • CHIP
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • STAR

First Health (seeing Coventry members)

  • PPO

Galaxy Health Network

  • PPO

Generali Medico Compana de Seguros, S.A.

Green Tree Administrators

  • PPO

HealthSmart Preferred Care, Inc.

  • Accel/AP-3 Product
  • HealthSmart Payors Organization
  • PPO

Humana

  • ChoiceCare PPO
  • Humana National Transplant Network
  • HMO
  • PPO
  • Excluded: Health Insurance Marketplace plans

Imagine Health PPO

Independent Medical System, LTD

  • PPO

INTERLINK Health Services

  • Transplant

Kelsey Seybold Medical Group

  • Medicare Advantage

LifeTrac

  • Transplant

MedCorp Southwest

Medicus International

MedSave USA

Molina Healthcare

  • Star-Kids
  • Medicaid STAR
  • CHIP
  • Star-Plus
  • CHIP Perinatal

Multiplan

  • PPO

National Health Care Solutions

Optum Healthcare (formerly United Resource Network)

Point Comfort Underwriters (ORR Program)

Private Healthcare Systems, Inc. (PHCS)

  • PPO

Provider Networks of America

Quality Health Management

RightCare from Scott & White Health Plan

  • Medicaid STAR

Scott & White Health Plan

Seguros Atlas

Seguros Inbursa, S.A.

Sendero Health Plans

Superior Health Plan

  • CHIP
  • Medicaid STAR
  • STAR Health (Foster Care)
  • STAR Kids

Texas Children's Health Plans

  • CHIP
  • Medicaid STAR
  • STAR Kids

Texas Medicaid

TriCare (Humana Military)

Uniformed Services Family Health Plan (USFHP)

United Healthcare

  • HMO
  • POS
  • PPO
  • Excluded: Health Insurance Marketplace plans

United Healthcare Community

  • CHIP
  • Medicaid STAR
  • STAR Kids
  • STAR Plus

Wellpoint - OUT OF NETWORK

  • To learn more about how to change your plan to an in-network plan (English / Spanish)

Market Place plans accepted
(Individual plans through www.Healthcare.gov)

  • Molina Healthcare

Out of Network Authorization is required by all marketplace plans prior to seeking care at Texas Children’s.


Transplant Centers of Excellence

The Transplant Program at Texas Children’s Hospital is dedicated to providing the highest quality of care to children needing heart, lung, liver or kidney transplantation through evidenced-based practices, research and education.

Transplant Network Heart Kidney Liver Lung BMT CHD ACHD VAD CAR-T
Aetna Institute of Excellence X X X X X X N/A X N/A
Blue Distinction Centers for Transplants X N/A X N/A X N/A N/A N/A N/A
Cigna LifeSOURCE Transplant Network X X X X X N/A N/A X X
Humana National Transplant Network X X X X X N/A N/A N/A N/A
INTERLINK Medical Excellence Programs X X X X X X N/A X N/A
Emerging Therapy Solutions X X X X X X N/A X X
Optum Centers of Excellence X X X X X X X N/A N/A

 

CHD = Congenital Heart Disease

VAD = Ventricular Assist Device