Updated September 1, 2026
Verify Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield eligibility in real time.
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield supports electronic real-time eligibility. Send the check to payer ID 00520 and the full benefits picture comes back in seconds, before the patient sits down.
Also billed as: Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield · Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield - Medicare Advantage · Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield · Blue Cross Blue Shield Arkansas · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas
Seconds
The same Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield check that takes 15 to 25 minutes on the phone. Ten patients tomorrow: ten checks, or three hours on hold.
6 billing names
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield shows up on cards under 6 names. Every one routes to payer ID 00520, and so do 11 older payer IDs still printed on cards. No guessing which card this is.
2 programs
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield runs Commercial and Medicare plans in Arkansas. Sign in and check any patient in one click before they arrive.
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 Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield 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 00520, 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 Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield 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 Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield 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 00520
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, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield 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 AR BCBS supports through our network
- Real-time eligibility (270/271)
- Yes, in seconds
- Enrollment for eligibility
- None, checks work day one
- Dental claims (837D)
- Yes
- Claim status (276/277)
- Yes
- Electronic remittance (835)
- Yes, after a one-click enrollment, typically a few days
- Electronic funds transfer
- Not through our network
- Claim attachments
- Yes
Names and IDs this payer goes by
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield · Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield · Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield - Medicare Advantage · Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield · Blue Cross Blue Shield Arkansas · Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arkansas. Older cards may show payer ID 00181, 10028, 2416, 520 and 5596. All of them route to payer ID 00520.
Payer site: www.arkansasbluecross.com
How to verify Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, 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 00520.
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.
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield runs Commercial and Medicare plans across Arkansas. Medicare dental benefits live in the specific Advantage plan, not in Medicare itself, so the plan on the card decides.
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, for your front desk
Portal, from Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield's own provider pages.
- Provider portal
- Availity
Source: Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, support page. Checked September 19, 2026.
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield, quick answers
Does Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield support real-time eligibility?
Yes. Eligibility checks to Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield clear electronically in seconds through payer ID 00520.
What payer ID do I use for Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield?
00520 for eligibility transactions. The same payer also appears on cards as Arkansas Blue Cross Blue Shield, Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield - Medicare Advantage, Arkansas BlueCross BlueShield.
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 Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield require enrollment before I can check eligibility?
No. Eligibility checks work from day one, with no payer enrollment paperwork.
Which Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield plans does this cover?
Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield runs Commercial and Medicare plans in Arkansas. The eligibility check reads the specific plan on the patient's card, whichever program it belongs to.
Can I get Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield remittances electronically?
Yes. Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield sends electronic remittance advice (835) after a one-click enrollment, typically a few days.
What if the patient's card shows a different Arkansas name?
Alternate billing names route to the same payer ID, 00520. The same check covers them.
More questions about verifying Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield? Schedule 15 minutes with us and bring your toughest plan.
Check any Arkansas Blue Cross and Blue Shield 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 Arkansas dental payers
9 other payers operating in Arkansas also verify in real time, 2 of them with Medicaid plans.
- CareSourceCRSCK
- Delta Dental ArkansasCDAR1
- Devoted HealthDEVOT
- Luminare Health Little Rock75136
- Medicaid ArkansasARMCD
- Municipal Health Benefit Program81883
- QualChoice Health Insurance35174
- TRICARE East99727
- TRICARE West Region99726
Medicaid plans in Arkansas: CareSource, Medicaid Arkansas.
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.