Accepted Insurance Plans
BOOK APPOINTMENTAt CardioCare, we believe that quality heart health services should be accessible to everyone. We’re proud to work with a wide range of insurance providers to ensure our Maryland and Washington, DC, patients can receive the specialized cardiac care they need without financial barriers.
Important: Insurance coverage and benefits can vary by plan type and individual policy. We recommend verifying your coverage details with your insurance provider before your appointment.
Accepted Insurance Plans

To ensure you receive the care you need, we work with several major insurance networks.
Major Insurance Networks We Accept
- Medicare: All Medicare plans accepted
- Aetna Network: Including Continental Life, Foreign Service Benefit Plan, Meritan Health, The Mail Handlers Benefits
- Cigna Network: Including APWU-Cigna, NALC, Samba, Cigna Health Spring
- United Healthcare Network: Including Desert Mutual, Golden Rule, Oxford, Student Resource, UMR
- Carefirst BCBS: Local, Federal, Administrators, and Network Leasing plans
- Humana: Prior authorization required for diagnostic studies
- Johns Hopkins: All plans
- USAA: All plans
- GEHA: Prior authorization for nuclear studies and catheterizations
Additional Accepted Plans
AARP (secondary only), Advantage MD-Johns Hopkins, Assurant Health, Bankers Life, Coresource, Coventry Health Plan, Felra/UFCW, GPM Life, Guaranteed Trust Life, HealthNet Federal/Tricare, KPIC-PHCS, Loomis, Mutual of Omaha, NCAS, Physicians Mutual.
Limited Acceptance Plans (Dr. Marshall Only)
- Amerigroup MD (MD Medicaid)
- Maryland Physicians Care
- MD Medicaid
- MedStar Family Health
- Priority Partners
Plans We Do Not Accept
- Kaiser
- Amerigroup DC
- DC Medicaid
- BCBS Horizon of New Jersey
| INSURANCE CO. | PARTICIPATE? | ADDITIONAL INFO | INSURANCE CO. | PARTICIPATE? | ADDITIONAL INFO |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AARP | Yes | Secondary plan only | HealthNet Federal/Tricare | Yes | |
| Advantage MD-Johns Hopkins | Yes | Medicare replacement plan | Humana | Yes | Prior auth required w/ diagnostic studies |
| Aetna | Yes | Prior auth required for diagnostic studies, referrals required w/ HMO policies | Johns Hopkins | Yes | |
| Amerigroup DC | No | Kaiser | No | ||
| Amerigroup MD | Dr. Marshall only | MD Medicaid | KPIC — PHCS | Yes | PHCS network |
| APWU — Cigna | Yes | American Postal Workers Union | Loomis | Yes | |
| Assurant Health | Yes | Maryland Physicians Care | Marshall only | ||
| Bankers Life | Yes | Typically second to Medicare | MD Medicaid | Only Dr.Marshall | |
| BCBS Horizon of New Jersey | No | MDIPA/Opt Choice | Yes | Referral required – UHC network | |
| Carefirst BCBS (Local) | Yes | 3-letter alpha prefix followed by 9#s | Medicare | Yes | |
| Carefirst BCBS Federal | Yes | R followed by 9#s | Medicare Railroad | Yes | |
| Carefirst Administrators | Yes | Says “Administrators” at the top of the card. Also, group# is the same as the alpha prefix | MedStar Family Health | Only Dr.Marshall | |
| Carefirst Network Leasing | Yes | Prefix is A and 2 numbers located in the middle of the card. Union info in the top right corner. | Meritan Health | Yes | Aetna network |
| Cigna | Yes | Prior auth required for diagnostic studies, referrals required w/ HMO policies — AKA: Connecticut General | Mutual of Omaha | Yes | |
| Cigna Connect | No | NALC | Yes | National Association of Letter Carriers -Cigna Network | |
| Continental Life | Yes | Part of the Aetna Network | NCAS | Yes | |
| Coresource | Yes | Could be w/ Aetna, PHCS or Multiplan | Oxford | Yes | UHC network |
| Coventry Health Plan | Yes | Physicians Mutual | Yes | ||
| DC Medicaid | No | Priority Partners | Marshall only | ||
| Desert Mutual | Yes | United Healthcare network | Samba | Yes | Cigna network |
| Felra/UFCW | Yes | Student Resource | Yes | UHC network – make sure pt is covered for the school year – also may require referral from the student medical center | |
| Foreign Service Benefit Plan | Yes | Now under the Aetna network, but refer to the card for the claims mailing address | The Mail Handlers’ Benefits | Yes | Aetna network |
| GEHA | Yes | Prior auth for Nuclears and Caths –bill through United Healthcare Shared Service, unless secondary to Medicare | UMR | Yes | UHC network |
| Golden Rule | Yes | Part of the UHC network | United Healthcare | Yes | Prior auths for diagnostic studies – referrals for HMO policies |
| GPM Life | Yes | USAA | Yes | ||
| Guaranteed Trust Life | Yes | Cigna Health Spring | Yes |
Do You Have Questions About Your Coverage?
Our insurance specialists are here to help verify your benefits and answer any questions about coverage for your cardiac care needs. Please call us to confirm your specific plan coverage before scheduling your appointment.
Contact us today to verify your insurance benefits.