UnitedHealthcare Payer ID
- Payer ID
- 87726
- Category
- National Commercial
Payer IDs can differ between clearinghouses (Availity, Waystar, Office Ally, Trizetto, etc.) and by product line. Confirm this ID against your clearinghouse's payer list before submitting.
Routing notes for billers
87726 covers most UHC commercial and Medicare Advantage claims. UHC affiliates each have their own IDs — Oxford (06111), UMR (39026), Golden Rule (37602), Surest, and UHC Community Plan (state-specific) — billing the affiliate's claims to 87726 is a common misroute.
If claims to this payer go missing
Misrouted claims surface as CO-109 denials or remark N418 — and meanwhile the filing clock keeps running. Keep your clearinghouse acceptance reports as proof of original submission; they usually restart the clock on appeal.
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