CareSource North Carolina denied your claim. Here is your deadline.
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CareSource North Carolina Co. denied 44,782 of 158,212 in-network claims in North Carolina; every one of those denials had these same two dates on it. Across North Carolina as a whole the insurers in this file denied 19.9% of in-network claims, 4,713,568 of them, and 6,632 were appealed.
CareSource North Carolina Co. denied 28.3% of in-network claims in North Carolina, 44,782 claims out of 158,212.
Insurance got denied, what to do next?
Those 44,782 denials are 1% of every in-network denial recorded in North Carolina in this release, which makes CareSource North Carolina Co. the 6th largest source of denials of the 7 insurers reporting there. Spread across its 21 plans in the state that is about 2,132 denials per plan. 728 internal appeals were filed against those 44,782 denials. Every one of those denials carried the same two dates the tool at the top of this page works out.
Two dates matter more than anything else on this page, and they run the same in North Carolina as everywhere else. You have 180 days from the date on your denial notice to file the internal appeal, and then 4 months from the final internal denial to ask for an independent external review. If waiting would seriously jeopardize your health you can ask for both to be expedited, decided in about 72 hours. Both timeframes are federal, not your insurer's choice, 29 CFR 2560.503-1 (PDF) and 45 CFR 147.136 (PDF), in plain English at HealthCare.gov, and your own denial letter states the ones that govern your plan. The PDFs are the same sections on govinfo.gov, which serves them without a challenge page, so an automated reader can check these two dates as easily as you can.
You are not alone, and here is the measured version of that sentence: 44,782 in-network claims were denied by CareSource North Carolina Co. in North Carolina in a single plan year. A denial rate is a fact about an insurer's book of business. It is not a judgment about you, and it is not the last word on your claim.
- Of the 7 insurers reporting a denial rate in North Carolina, CareSource North Carolina Co. is the first highest at 28.3%. The highest in the state is 28.3% and the lowest is 16.1%.
- That is 9.6 percentage points above the 18.7% national average across this dataset, and 8.4 points above the North Carolina average of 19.9%.
- Behind the percentage: 158,212 in-network claims were processed under 21 plans in North Carolina, and 44,782 of them came back denied.
- For every 10,000 claims CareSource North Carolina Co. denied, about 163 came back as an internal appeal. The other 9,837 stopped at the letter.
- Of the internal appeals it did receive, CareSource North Carolina Co. overturned 13.05%, 95 claims that started life as a no.
- Its most-recorded denial reason is provider out of network at 31.8% of its categorized denials, against 9.8% nationally, a heavier share than the country as a whole. That is the denial mix, not an outcome rate.
- CareSource North Carolina Co. accounts for 1% of every in-network claim denied in North Carolina in this file.
- By raw volume it is the 120th largest source of denials among the 158 insurer-state records in the file that report one.
- After that, its second-most-recorded reason is other reasons, 15,445 claims, 16.8% of its categorized denials.
- Third on its own list is administrative reason, 14,151 claims, 15.4% of what CareSource North Carolina Co. categorized in North Carolina. Between them the top three account for 63.9% of its categorized denials.
- Where CareSource North Carolina Co. differs most from the national mix is provider out of network: 31.8% of its categorized denials in North Carolina against 9.8% across the file.
- Read the other way round: 113,430 of those 158,212 in-network claims were paid, 71.7% of everything CareSource North Carolina Co. processed in North Carolina.
- Spread across the 21 plans it reports in North Carolina, that is about 2,132 denied claims per plan, on about 7,534 claims processed per plan.
- Its reason columns add up to 92,140 categorized rows against 44,782 denials, 205.8% of them, and every reason share on this page is a share of that first figure rather than of the second.
- Its smallest recorded category in North Carolina is benefit limit reached, 4,462 claims, 4.8% of what CareSource North Carolina Co. categorized there.
- Against the file as a whole, this one record is 0.1% of the 84,502,749 in-network claim denials reported by every issuer in it.
- Find the reason code on your denial letter. The reason CareSource North Carolina Co. records most often in North Carolina is provider out of network, but yours may be one of the other 8, copy the exact wording and code off your own letter tonight, because that sentence is what your appeal has to answer.
- Ask CareSource North Carolina Co. in North Carolina for the clinical criteria they judged you against. Under 29 CFR 2560.503-1 they have to hand you the claim file and the policy they applied, free, on request, and you cannot argue with a checklist you have never read.
- Put both deadlines on your calendar before you go to bed. 180 days from the date on the letter for the internal appeal, 4 months from the final internal denial for external review. The free calculator on this page turns your date into the two calendar dates in about ten seconds. CareSource North Carolina Co. overturned 13.05% of the internal appeals it did receive, 95 claims, so the stage you are about to start is not decorative.
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How that compares
| Denial rate | Rate | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| CareSource North Carolina Co. | 28.3% | , |
| North Carolina average | 19.9% | +8.4 pts |
| National average (this dataset) | 18.7% | +9.6 pts |
CareSource North Carolina Co. denies 9.6 percentage points more of its in-network claims than the national average across this dataset. A denial rate is a property of the insurer's book of business, coding practice, plan design, the population it covers, not evidence about the merits of any one claim, including yours.
What happened to appeals
| Stage | Filed | Overturned |
|---|---|---|
| Internal appeal (to CareSource North Carolina Co.) | 728 | 13.05% |
| External review (independent) | not reported | not reported |
What that record means for your own CareSource North Carolina Co. letter, and by when. CareSource North Carolina Co. overturned 13.05% of the 728 internal appeals its North Carolina members filed against 44,782 denials, and the North Carolina escalation count for CareSource North Carolina Co. is the figure this page names as absent at the top, so how many of those denials went on to the independent stage is not something this page can tell you, CareSource North Carolina Co.'s own rows in the plan-year 2026 release of the CMS Transparency in Coverage file, read September 5, 2026 (data.healthcare.gov). Whichever way that lands, nobody files the appeal for you, and the filing runs on a clock set by which plan you hold: an employer or Marketplace plan gives you at least 180 days from the denial notice to file the internal appeal (29 CFR 2560.503-1(h)(3)(i), carried onto individual-market coverage by 45 CFR 147.136(b)(3)(i)), while Medicare Advantage gives you 60 calendar days after you receive its notice (42 CFR 422.582(b)) and Medicaid managed care the same 60 calendar days from the date on the notice (42 CFR 438.402(c)(2)(ii)), both stages free, and the three steps above are the whole of what to do tonight, so take the date printed on your CareSource North Carolina Co. notice and file well inside whichever of those windows is yours. The free steps are above; the $29 kit is the same clock with the letters pre-filled for CareSource North Carolina Co. in North Carolina. One payment. No subscription. No cut of your claim.
CareSource North Carolina Co. inside North Carolina
Your denial did not happen in a national average. It happened in a state market, alongside 6 other insurers reporting into the same federal file, and these are that market's own figures.
- Across the whole of North Carolina, the 7 insurers reporting in this file processed 23,717,695 in-network claims and denied 4,713,568 of them, a state denial rate of 19.9%. CareSource North Carolina Co. is one of those 7.
- That puts North Carolina seventh of 30 states by denial rate, 1.2 points above the 18.7% national average, before you get to what CareSource North Carolina Co. did inside it.
- North Carolina recorded 6,632 internal appeals against those denials: one appeal for every 711 claims the state's insurers refused. CareSource North Carolina Co.'s own ratio is one for every 62.
- Independent external review was reached 122 times in the whole of North Carolina, once for every 38,636 denials, against one in 14,369 nationally. How many came from CareSource North Carolina Co.'s denials is not on the record, that is the North Carolina figure this page names as absent at the top and sources at the foot.
- Of the North Carolina external reviews that were filed, 56 were overturned, 45.9%. That percentage is measured on 122 reviews, which is why the count beside it matters more than the rate does when you are deciding whether to file against CareSource North Carolina Co..
- The reason North Carolina's insurers record most often is other reasons, 1,249,521 claims, 26.1% of the state's categorized denials. CareSource North Carolina Co. records provider out of network most often instead, which is the argument your letter will need to answer.
- The other insurers a North Carolina reader could have bought from run from 28.2% (AmeriHealth Caritas North Carolina, Inc.) to 16.1% (Cigna HealthCare of North Carolina, Inc.). CareSource North Carolina Co. at 28.3% sits above all of them.
- Put the two together and CareSource North Carolina Co. is responsible for 1% of every in-network claim denied in North Carolina in this release, from 0.7% of the claims the state's insurers processed.
- Every North Carolina figure in this section is that state's own row in the same federal file CareSource North Carolina Co.'s numbers above come from, CMS Transparency in Coverage Public Use File (PY2026 release, PY2024 claims), data.healthcare.gov — US Government public domain, and the full North Carolina page is free at /states/north-carolina.
What CareSource North Carolina Co. denies most
The most common denial reason recorded for CareSource North Carolina Co. plans in North Carolina is provider out of network. How that denial is beaten →
| Denial reason | Claims | Share | National share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider out of network | 29,316 | 31.8% | 9.8% |
| Other reasons | 15,445 | 16.8% | 32.3% |
| Administrative reason | 14,151 | 15.4% | 22.5% |
| Referral required | 10,737 | 11.7% | 8.4% |
| Service excluded from the plan | 9,334 | 10.1% | 11.6% |
| Member not covered | 8,695 | 9.4% | 6.6% |
| Benefit limit reached | 4,462 | 4.8% | 4.2% |
The last column is each reason's share of all categorized denials nationally, so you can see where CareSource North Carolina Co.'s mix in North Carolina differs from everyone else's. This is denial mix, not overturn rate by reason, the federal file does not report appeal outcomes broken down by denial reason, and we do not imply otherwise.
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The three steps at the top of this page are the whole of what you have to do tonight. The longer version, what the internal appeal has to contain, how the independent stage works, and how to ask for expedited handling when waiting would seriously jeopardize your health, is published free here. For what it is worth on this page specifically: CareSource North Carolina Co. overturned 13.05% of the internal appeals it received.
Questions
Is CareSource North Carolina Co.'s denial rate in North Carolina high?
28.3% against a national average of 18.7% across the plans in this dataset. It is above average. A denial rate describes the insurer, not the merits of your claim.
How many people appealed a CareSource North Carolina Co. denial in North Carolina, and how many won?
728 internal appeals were filed against 44,782 denials, and 13.05% of them were overturned (95 claims). How many went on to independent external review is not on the record for CareSource North Carolina Co. in North Carolina, that is the absence stated at the top of this page and sourced at the foot of it.
How does CareSource North Carolina Co. compare with other insurers in North Carolina?
Of the 7 insurers in North Carolina with a reported denial rate, CareSource North Carolina Co. ranks 1 highest at 28.3%. The highest in North Carolina is CareSource North Carolina Co. at 28.3%; the lowest is Cigna HealthCare of North Carolina, Inc. at 16.1%.
What does CareSource North Carolina Co. deny most often in North Carolina?
Provider out of network, 29,316 claims, 31.8% of this issuer's categorized denials, against 9.8% nationally. This is the denial-reason mix; the federal file does not report overturn rates by reason.
How long do I have to appeal a CareSource North Carolina Co. denial in North Carolina?
Generally 180 days from the date on the denial notice to file the internal appeal, then generally four months from the final internal denial to request independent external review. Expedited review, decided in about 72 hours, is available where delay would seriously jeopardize your health. Those timeframes are federal, so they are identical for every insurer reporting in North Carolina, CareSource North Carolina Co. included, what varies by state is who runs the independent review at the end. Your own denial letter states the deadlines that govern your plan; that letter is the authority.
Does appealing a CareSource North Carolina Co. denial in North Carolina cost anything?
The internal appeal to CareSource North Carolina Co. is free. External review is free under the HHS-administered federal process; where an issuer uses a contracted independent review organization or a state process, any fee is capped at $25 per review. Nobody in North Carolina can be charged more than that to file one.
Can CareSource North Carolina Co. ignore an external review decision in North Carolina?
No, and that is the whole point of the stage. External review decisions are binding on the plan by law. The count is the one this page names as absent for CareSource North Carolina Co. in North Carolina, so none is printed for it, an absent figure is not a count of none.
CareSource North Carolina Co. sits at 28.3% in North Carolina against 18.7% nationally, and that is the whole of what this page can honestly tell you about your own claim. I am not going to tell you that you will win. This page prints the insurer's own reported numbers whichever way they fall. If what it says does not match the letter in your hand, write to me and I will correct the page.
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The CareSource North Carolina Co. figures on this page, the 28.3% denial rate, the 44,782 denials, are this issuer’s own reported rows in that file. CMS did not report an external-review figure for CareSource North Carolina Co. in North Carolina in the plan-year 2026 release of the Transparency in Coverage file, which is why no external-review count appears above.
Counts: CMS Transparency in Coverage Public Use File (PY2026 release, PY2024 claims), data.healthcare.gov — US Government public domain. Rights and timeframes: 29 CFR 2560.503-1 (180 days, and your free right to the claim file) and 45 CFR 147.136 (4 months, and what qualifies), explained at HealthCare.gov. Expedited review is decided in about 72 hours under both sections.
Reading either regulation from a script rather than a browser: eCFR answers automated fetches with a challenge page, so the same two sections are mirrored as government PDFs at govinfo.gov (29 CFR 2560.503-1) and govinfo.gov (45 CFR 147.136).