The 10 largest payers in the US by market share

By Claire Wallace for Becker’s Hospital Review

UnitedHealthcare Group, which has an annual revenue of $324 billion, is the largest health insurance company in the U.S. by market share, according to a report from ValuePenguin updated in October. 

Here are the 10 largest payers in the U.S. and their market share: 

• UnitedHealthcare: 15% 
• Elevance Health: 10% 
• Kaiser Permanente: 9%
• Centene (Ambetter): 9% 
• Humana: 7% 
• Health Care Service Corp.: 4% 
• CVS Health (Aetna): 3% 
• Molina: 2% 
• GuideWell (Florida Blue): 2% 
• Independence Blue Cross: 2%