Wellmark Blue Cross

Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield is a mutual insurance company owned by its policyholders. Wellmark and its subsidiaries provide low cost medical and dental insurance coverage to more than 2 million members in Iowa and South Dakota. And through the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Wellmark is part of a trusted national network that covers more than 100 million people. That’s nearly 1/3 of all Americans.

We offer flexible benefit designs, competitive prices, and a large selection of providers. Nearly all physicians and hospitals in Iowa and South Dakota participate with Wellmark, and the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association provides extensive national and international coverage.

As with any successful business, Wellmark’s focus is our customers. Our customers today demand exceptional value. They want to be empowered to keep themselves and their families healthy. And in the wake of corporate business scandals nationally, customers increasingly want to associate with companies that have high ethical standards. That’s what we aim to deliver, through key business strategies that set us apart, and a company-wide ethic to “do the right thing.”

Quick Facts

• Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield- a Mutual insurance company owned by its policyholders
• Covers nearly 1.8 million Iowans & more than 300,000 South Dakotans
• Member of the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association
• National network that insures more than 100 million Americans

Wellmark Blue Cross Companies and Affiliates

Iowa and South Dakota:

• Wellmark, Inc., doing business as Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Iowa.
• Wellmark of South Dakota, Inc., doing business as Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield of South Dakota.
• Wellmark Health Plan of Iowa, Inc.

The Wellmark Foundation, a private foundation that supports health improvement initiatives in Iowa and South Dakota.

Wellmark also provides third-party administration and insurance services through subsidiaries located in Iowa and South Dakota.

(Information updated as of 2011 from Wellmark Blue Cross and Blue Shield’s website)