Updated September 1, 2026
Verify Highmark Delaware Health Options eligibility in real time.
Highmark Delaware Health Options supports electronic real-time eligibility. Send the check to payer ID 47181 and the full benefits picture comes back in seconds, before the patient sits down.
Also billed as: BCBS Delaware Highmark Health Options Incorporated · Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware Highmark Health Options Incorporated · Highmark BCBSD Health Options, Inc. · Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware Health Options Incorporated · Highmark Delaware Health Options - Medicaid
Seconds
The same Highmark Delaware Health Options check that takes 15 to 25 minutes on the phone. Ten patients tomorrow: ten checks, or three hours on hold.
6 billing names
Highmark Delaware Health Options shows up on cards under 6 names. Every one routes to payer ID 47181, and so do 2 older payer IDs still printed on cards. No guessing which card this is.
9 Highmark plans
verify in real time through Valian. One setup covers the whole Highmark family, Highmark Delaware Health Options 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 Highmark Delaware Health Options 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 47181, 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 Highmark Delaware Health Options 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 Highmark Delaware Health Options 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 47181
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, Highmark Delaware Health Options 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 Highmark DE Health Options 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
- Not through our network
Names and IDs this payer goes by
Highmark Delaware Health Options · BCBS Delaware Highmark Health Options Incorporated · Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware Highmark Health Options Incorporated · Highmark BCBSD Health Options, Inc. · Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware Health Options Incorporated · Highmark Delaware Health Options - Medicaid. Older cards may show payer ID 7148 and 7693. All of them route to payer ID 47181.
Payer site: www.highmark.com
How to verify Highmark Delaware Health Options, 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 47181.
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.
Highmark Delaware Health Options runs Medicaid plans across Delaware. Medicaid dental benefits change by state and by age, which is exactly what the check reads off the plan.
Highmark Delaware Health Options, for your front desk
Phone numbers, from Highmark Delaware Health Options' own provider pages.
- Provider customer service
- 844-325-6251
Source: Highmark Delaware Health Options, contact us page. Checked September 19, 2026.
Highmark Delaware Health Options, quick answers
Does Highmark Delaware Health Options support real-time eligibility?
Yes. Eligibility checks to Highmark Delaware Health Options clear electronically in seconds through payer ID 47181.
What payer ID do I use for Highmark Delaware Health Options?
47181 for eligibility transactions. The same payer also appears on cards as BCBS Delaware Highmark Health Options Incorporated, Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware Highmark Health Options Incorporated, Highmark BCBSD Health Options, Inc..
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 Highmark Delaware Health Options require enrollment before I can check eligibility?
No. Eligibility checks work from day one, with no payer enrollment paperwork.
Which Highmark Delaware Health Options plans does this cover?
Highmark Delaware Health Options runs Medicaid plans in Delaware. The eligibility check reads the specific plan on the patient's card, whichever program it belongs to.
Can I get Highmark Delaware Health Options remittances electronically?
Yes. Highmark Delaware Health Options sends electronic remittance advice (835) after a one-click enrollment, typically a few weeks.
What if the patient's card shows a different Highmark name?
Alternate billing names route to the same payer ID, 47181. The same check covers them.
More questions about verifying Highmark Delaware Health Options? Schedule 15 minutes with us and bring your toughest plan.
Check any Highmark Delaware Health Options 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
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Other Delaware dental payers
14 other payers operating in Delaware also verify in real time, 4 of them with Medicaid plans.
- AmeriHealth95044
- AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware77799
- CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield MarylandSB690
- CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield Maryland - Dental00580
- Celtic68063
- Delta Dental of Delaware51022
- Delta Dental of Maryland23166
- Devoted HealthDEVOT
- HealthSpring63092
Medicaid plans in Delaware: AmeriHealth Caritas Delaware, CareFirst Blue Cross Blue Shield Maryland, Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware, Medicaid Delaware.
The Highmark family in the network
9 Highmark plans verify in real time through Valian.
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- Verify Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware eligibility
- Verify Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Western New York eligibility
- Verify Highmark Blue Shield of Northeastern New York eligibility
- Verify Highmark Health Options West Virginia eligibility
- Verify Highmark Wholecare eligibility
- Verify Highmark Wholecare Medicare Assured eligibility
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.