Updated September 1, 2026
Verify Aetna Better Health of Illinois eligibility in real time.
Aetna Better Health of Illinois supports electronic real-time eligibility. Send the check to payer ID 68024 and the full benefits picture comes back in seconds, before the patient sits down.
Also billed as: IlliniCare Health Plan
Seconds
The same Aetna Better Health of Illinois check that takes 15 to 25 minutes on the phone. Ten patients tomorrow: ten checks, or three hours on hold.
2 billing names
Aetna Better Health of Illinois shows up on cards under 2 names. Every one routes to payer ID 68024, and so do 7 older payer IDs still printed on cards. No guessing which card this is.
24 Aetna plans
verify in real time through Valian. One setup covers the whole Aetna family, Aetna Better Health of Illinois included.
From $39/mo
Per location, billed yearly. Found checks are billed once a month, $2.50 each and less as you run more. No seat fees, no processing fees.
The phone way
Call, hold, transcribe, repeat.
Verifying Aetna Better Health of Illinois by phone means a menu, a hold queue, and 15 to 25 minutes per patient while someone at the desk reads benefits back by hand. Ten patients on tomorrow's schedule is half a workday on hold.
The real-time way
Payer ID 68024, in seconds.
The same check, sent electronically. Sign in and run it for any patient in one click, and Valian flags the ones that need a human look.
| By phone | In Valian | |
|---|---|---|
| Time per patient | 15 to 25 minutes on hold | Seconds |
| When it happens | Day of, squeezed between patients | Any time before the visit, in one click |
| What you get | Notes scribbled while someone reads benefits aloud | The full breakdown, saved to the patient |
What a Aetna Better Health of Illinois eligibility check returns
- Whether coverage is active, with plan and group details
- Deductible, and how much of it is already met this year
- Annual maximum, and how much of it is left to work with
- Coverage percentages by category: preventive, basic, major
- Frequency limits on cleanings, exams, and X-rays
- Waiting periods, where Aetna Better Health of Illinois reports them electronically
Eligibility result
Sample data- Status
- Active
- Plan
- PPO · Group 8823
- Deductible
- $50 · $0 met
- Annual max
- $1,500 remaining
- Preventive
- 100%
- Basic
- 80%
- Major
- 50%
- Cleanings
- 2 / year
Returned in seconds · payer ID 68024
How practices handle this today, in their own words
Verbatim from recorded calls to dental offices. Names withheld.
We call the insurance, or I go on their website and do it. Yeah, we manually do it.
We have a third party insurance verification team that does it for us. I’m not too sure, maybe like seven, ten minutes.
Our system does it, and the ones that are not set up for electronic, we do ourselves.
How getting set up works
Book a discovery call
A 15-minute call with our team: we show you a check and size your plan. Then you sign up from the link we send you: create the account, sign the agreement, and put a card on file.
Save your carriers and codes
Pick the insurance carriers you take and the codes you check.
Run a check in one click
Sign in, pick a patient and see their coverage in seconds before the visit, Aetna Better Health of Illinois included. No hold music, no portal logins.
Under half an hour of your time all in. See how the software compares, how a real-time check works, or what outsourcing costs.
What Aetna Better Health IL supports through our network
- Real-time eligibility (270/271)
- Yes, in seconds
- Enrollment for eligibility
- None, checks work day one
- Dental claims (837D)
- Not through our network
- Claim status (276/277)
- Yes
- Electronic remittance (835)
- Yes, after a one-click enrollment, typically a few weeks
- Electronic funds transfer
- Yes, after enrollment
- Claim attachments
- Yes
Names and IDs this payer goes by
Aetna Better Health of Illinois · IlliniCare Health Plan. Older cards may show payer ID 10757, 10892, 5013, 68024MA and 8861. All of them route to payer ID 68024.
Payer site: www.aetnabetterhealth.com
How to verify Aetna Better Health of Illinois, step by step
Get the member ID and date of birth from the card or the patient.
Send the electronic eligibility request (a 270) to payer ID 68024.
Read the response (the 271): status, deductible, max, percentages, frequencies.
Save the breakdown to the patient. With Valian, all four take one click and a few seconds.
Aetna Better Health of Illinois runs Medicaid plans across Illinois. Medicaid dental benefits change by state and by age, which is exactly what the check reads off the plan.
Aetna Better Health of Illinois, quick answers
Does Aetna Better Health of Illinois support real-time eligibility?
Yes. Eligibility checks to Aetna Better Health of Illinois clear electronically in seconds through payer ID 68024.
What payer ID do I use for Aetna Better Health of Illinois?
68024 for eligibility transactions. The same payer also appears on cards as IlliniCare Health Plan.
What does a check cost with Valian?
Plans from $39 a month per location, billed yearly, or from $49 month to month. Plus $2.50 or less per check we find — $0 when we can’t find the insurance. No setup fee and no seat fees. Sign in and run each check in one click before the visit.
Does Aetna Better Health of Illinois require enrollment before I can check eligibility?
No. Eligibility checks work from day one, with no payer enrollment paperwork.
Which Aetna Better Health of Illinois plans does this cover?
Aetna Better Health of Illinois runs Medicaid plans in Illinois. The eligibility check reads the specific plan on the patient's card, whichever program it belongs to.
Can I get Aetna Better Health of Illinois remittances electronically?
Yes. Aetna Better Health of Illinois sends electronic remittance advice (835) after a one-click enrollment, typically a few weeks.
What if the patient's card shows a different Aetna name?
Alternate billing names route to the same payer ID, 68024. The same check covers them.
More questions about verifying Aetna Better Health of Illinois? Schedule 15 minutes with us and bring your toughest plan.
Check any Aetna Better Health of Illinois patient in one click, before they walk in.
Plans from $39 a month per location, billed yearly, or from $49 month to month. Plus $2.50 or less per check we find — $0 when we can’t find the insurance. No setup fee and no seat fees.
Book 15 minutes, demo or onboarding
Pick a time, then tell us on the form whether it is a demo or an onboarding call.
Other Illinois dental payers
25 other payers operating in Illinois also verify in real time, 7 of them with Medicaid plans.
- Allegiance Benefit Plan Management Incorporated81040
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of IllinoisG00621
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas84980
- Blue Cross Community MMAIMCDIL
- CompBenefits DentalCX021
- Delta Dental Illinois05030
- Devoted HealthDEVOT
- Essence Healthcare20818
- HealthSpring63092
Medicaid plans in Illinois: Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Illinois, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Texas, Blue Cross Community MMAI, Liberty Dental Plan, Medicaid Illinois, Meridian (Illinois), and 1 more.
The Aetna family in the network
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Payer names and marks belong to their owners and identify the insurance company a practice can verify. Sample result shown for illustration; real results reflect the patient's actual plan. Payer capabilities can change between network updates.