Updated September 1, 2026
Verify Premera Blue Cross of Washington eligibility in real time.
Premera Blue Cross of Washington supports electronic real-time eligibility. Send the check to payer ID 00430 and the full benefits picture comes back in seconds, before the patient sits down.
Also billed as: LifeWise Health Plan of Washington · North Star Administrators · Other Blue Plans Premera BlueExchange (Shared Administration) · Premera Blue Cross (Washington) · Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield Alaska and Washington · Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska
Seconds
The same Premera Blue Cross of Washington check that takes 15 to 25 minutes on the phone. Ten patients tomorrow: ten checks, or three hours on hold.
7 billing names
Premera Blue Cross of Washington shows up on cards under 7 names. Every one routes to payer ID 00430, and so do 25 older payer IDs still printed on cards. No guessing which card this is.
2 programs
Premera Blue Cross of Washington runs Commercial and Medicare plans in Washington. 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 Premera Blue Cross of Washington 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 00430, 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 Premera Blue Cross of Washington 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 Premera Blue Cross of Washington 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 00430
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, Premera Blue Cross of Washington 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 Premera Blue Cross WA 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
- Not through our network
Names and IDs this payer goes by
Premera Blue Cross of Washington · LifeWise Health Plan of Washington · North Star Administrators · Other Blue Plans Premera BlueExchange (Shared Administration) · Premera Blue Cross (Washington) · Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield Alaska and Washington · Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield of Alaska. Older cards may show payer ID 00430D, 00430H, 100062, 10326 and 10650. All of them route to payer ID 00430.
Payer site: www.premera.com
How to verify Premera Blue Cross of Washington, 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 00430.
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.
Premera Blue Cross of Washington runs Commercial and Medicare plans across Washington. Medicare dental benefits live in the specific Advantage plan, not in Medicare itself, so the plan on the card decides.
Premera Blue Cross of Washington, for your front desk
Claims address, from Premera Blue Cross of Washington's own provider pages.
- Provider email
- providercontractservices@premera.com
- Claims mailing address
- Premera Blue Cross PO Box 327, MS 452 Seattle, WA 98111-0327
Source: Premera Blue Cross of Washington, dental contract replacement page. Checked September 19, 2026.
Premera Blue Cross of Washington, quick answers
Does Premera Blue Cross of Washington support real-time eligibility?
Yes. Eligibility checks to Premera Blue Cross of Washington clear electronically in seconds through payer ID 00430.
What payer ID do I use for Premera Blue Cross of Washington?
00430 for eligibility transactions. The same payer also appears on cards as LifeWise Health Plan of Washington, North Star Administrators, Other Blue Plans Premera BlueExchange (Shared Administration).
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 Premera Blue Cross of Washington require enrollment before I can check eligibility?
No. Eligibility checks work from day one, with no payer enrollment paperwork.
Which Premera Blue Cross of Washington plans does this cover?
Premera Blue Cross of Washington runs Commercial and Medicare plans in Washington. The eligibility check reads the specific plan on the patient's card, whichever program it belongs to.
Can I get Premera Blue Cross of Washington remittances electronically?
Yes. Premera Blue Cross of Washington sends electronic remittance advice (835) after a one-click enrollment, typically a few days.
What if the patient's card shows a different Premera name?
Alternate billing names route to the same payer ID, 00430. The same check covers them.
More questions about verifying Premera Blue Cross of Washington? Schedule 15 minutes with us and bring your toughest plan.
Check any Premera Blue Cross of Washington 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.
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Other Washington dental payers
27 other payers operating in Washington also verify in real time, 6 of them with Medicaid plans.
- Allegiance Benefit Plan Management Incorporated81040
- Asuris Northwest Health93221
- Blue Shield of California100935
- BridgeSpan HealthBRIDG
- Community Health Plan of WashingtonCHPWA
- Delta Dental of Washington91062
- Devoted HealthDEVOT
- Essence Healthcare20818
- Healthcare Management Administrators (HMA)HMA01
Medicaid plans in Washington: Blue Shield of California, Community Health Plan of Washington, Medicaid Washington, Molina HealthCare Washington, Providence PACE, SCAN Health Plan.
Related payers
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.