WellCare (Centene) Payer ID
- Payer ID
- 14163
- 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
14163 is WellCare's widely published primary ID for Medicare products. Post-Centene-merger, some state Medicaid products route under Centene/state-specific IDs — verify the member's specific plan.
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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