Insurance & Billing
Understanding Your Coverage — We’ll Help Every Step of the Way
At Health Care for Children, we know that understanding insurance can be confusing. Our goal is to make it as simple and stress-free as possible. We participate with most major insurance plans and work closely with Children’s Mercy to ensure your family receives the coverage and benefits you deserve.
Our billing team is always happy to verify benefits and answer questions before your visit — because Compassion for Kids means caring for parents, too.
Accepted Insurance Plans
We accept a wide range of ACA Marketplace, commercial, Medicaid, and Tricare plans. If your plan is not listed below, please call our office — many networks include us through partner PPOs.
ACA / Marketplace Exchange Plans
- Aetna CVS Health
- Anthem BCBS – Pathway & Pathway X (Out-of-Network at Children’s Mercy Kansas locations)
- BCBS of Kansas – BlueCare & Blue Choice
- Blue KC
- BlueSelect Plus
- Preferred Care Blue
- Medica
- Balance by Medica
- Select by Medica
Medicaid / Medicare / Tricare
- Missouri Medicaid & Managed Medicaid:
- MO HealthNet
- Healthy Blue Missouri
- United Healthcare Community Plan of Missouri
- Tricare Prime – requires a PCM referral for specialist services.
For more details, see the full insurance list provided by Children’s Mercy Kansas City:
Commercial Insurance Plans
- Aetna / CareLink / CVS Caremark / Meritain
- American Healthcare Alliance
- Anthem BCBS of Missouri / Anthem Alliance Options PPO
- BCBS of Kansas / Blue KC / BlueSelect Plus
- High Performance Network • Freedom Network • Freedom Network Select
- Preferred Care / Preferred Care Blue / Preferred Health Professionals
- Cigna / Great-West Healthcare
- Centivo Network / Centrus Health Direct (HCH Sync Centrus)
- CoxHealth Network / CoxHealth Plans (utilizing First Health Network)
- First Health Network (excluding health or cost-sharing ministries)
- GEHA (utilizing UHC network)
- HealthLink PPO (utilizing Freedom Network)
- Mercy Health Springfield Communities
- MultiPlan / Claritev (excluding health or cost-sharing ministries)
- National Preferred Provider Network (NPPN)
- PHCS (excluding health or cost-sharing ministries)
- ProviDRs Care (formerly WPPA)
- QuikTrip Employee Health Plan
- United Healthcare (UHC) – All Savers, Surest (limited benefit coverage), UHC Core Essential, UHC Choice & Choice Plus, UHC Navigate, UHC NexusACO, UHC Options, UHC Select, UMR
- WellFit Health
Billing & Payment Options
• Co-pays and balances are due at the time of service.
• We accept credit/debit cards, checks, and cash.
• Flexible payment plans are available — please ask our billing coordinator.
• You can also pay securely online:
Important Insurance Note
During a well-child visit, your provider focuses on growth, development, and preventive care. If your child is also sick or has a new concern on the same day, insurance companies often treat that as a separate “sick visit,” even if it happens during the same appointment.
To avoid unexpected charges, please schedule well-child and sick visits on different days whenever possible. If your child becomes ill before a scheduled well visit, call our office — we’ll adjust or reschedule so you’re covered correctly.
