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# Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah denied your claim. Here is your deadline.

Denied by Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah? Your two appeal deadlines dated from your notice, a free letter, and its 13.5% denial rate.

## Figures

| Figure | Value |
| --- | --- |
| In-network denial rate | 13.5% |
| Claims denied | 52,771 |
| Plans in Utah | 7 |
| Internal appeals filed | 376 |
| Internal overturn rate | 6.65% |
| In-network claims received | 389,631 |
| External reviews filed | not reported |
| External overturn rate | not reported |
| National denial rate | 15.7% |

## External-review route

**State-run process.** Utah runs its own external review process meeting the federal standards, so an independent review there is handled through the state program rather than the federal one. This route is the one for insured plans, Marketplace, individual, and employer plans where an insurance company carries the risk. If your coverage is through a job and the employer pays the claims itself (a self-funded or self-insured plan, which is 63% of covered workers), the state process does not apply to you whatever your state operates, and your external review goes through the federal process instead. Your denial letter names your route; if it does not, ask your plan in writing whether the plan is self-funded.

## Denials by reason

| Reason | Claims | Share of this insurer's categorized denials |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Other reasons | 51,550 | 89.7% |
| Service excluded from the plan | 3,765 | 6.5% |
| Administrative reason | 1,272 | 2.2% |
| Referral required | 875 | 1.5% |
| Not medically necessary | 25 | 0% |
| Benefit limit reached | 12 | 0% |

## Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah in Utah, at the top of the page

Utah

Your two dates, free

Date on your denial notice

Who pays your claims?

A job, an insurance company pays the claims

A job, my employer pays the claims itself (self-funded)

A job, I do not know which

Marketplace / individual plan I bought myself

Medicare, Medicaid, TRICARE, VA or IHS

Which state?

The reason your letter gives

I'm not sure, I'll paste the sentence later

Not medically necessary
Provider out of network
Service excluded from the plan
Experimental or investigational
Referral required
Benefit limit reached
Member not covered
Administrative reason
Other reasons

Show my two dates, free

Put in the date on your Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah notice and get both federal deadlines as calendar dates.

Free, for a Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah denial in Utah, and it runs entirely in your browser. The date, the plan type and the state you pick are never sent to us and never stored.

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah denied 52,771 of 389,631 in-network claims in Utah; every one of those denials had these same two dates on it. Across Utah as a whole the insurers in this file denied 17.3% of in-network claims, 1,967,874 of them, and 2,339 were appealed.

Or let the [$29 Appeal Kit](/appeal-kit) date each step and write the claim-file and external-review requests.

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah denied 13.5% of in-network claims in Utah, 52,771 claims out of 389,631.

By [Axion Labs](/about) · August 19, 2026, updated November 4, 2026

Further down this page, after the free steps: the paid next step .

Insurance got denied, what to do next?

We hear this most. [r/HealthInsurance, thread title](https://www.reddit.com/r/HealthInsurance/comments/1rdxwvi/insurance_got_denied_what_to_do_next/) , read September 3, 2026.

The number nobody else publishes, and here it is missing. CMS publishes no external-review figure for Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah in Utah, so nobody, including the regulator, can say whether anyone ever got that far. We print no number rather than reading an absence as a zero. Nationally, 4,918 of 83,907,852 denials reached that stage, one in every 17,061, and 22.2% (1,092 of 4,918; interval 22.2-23.8% for counts CMS withheld; 32.6% without SelectHealth) of those were overturned.

Those 52,771 denials are 2.7% of every in-network denial recorded in Utah in this release, which makes Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah the 3rd largest source of denials of the 5 insurers reporting there. Spread across its 7 plans in the state that is about 7,539 denials per plan. 376 internal appeals were filed against those 52,771 denials. Every one of those denials carried the same two dates the tool at the top of this page works out.

The clock your letter has to describe, in actual dates

Two dates matter more than anything else on this page, and they run the same in Utah 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](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-2560.503-1) ( [PDF](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2024-title29-vol9/pdf/CFR-2024-title29-vol9-sec2560-503-1.pdf) ) and [45 CFR 147.136](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/section-147.136) ( [PDF](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2024-title45-vol2/pdf/CFR-2024-title45-vol2-sec147-136.pdf) ), in plain English at [HealthCare.gov](https://www.healthcare.gov/appeal-insurance-company-decision/internal-appeals/) , 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.

Data verified November 4, 2026 · CMS Transparency in Coverage Public Use File (PY2027 release, PY2025 claims), data.healthcare.gov — US Government public domain

You are not alone, and here is the measured version of that sentence: 52,771 in-network claims were denied by Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah in Utah 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 5 insurers reporting a denial rate in Utah, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah is the fifth highest at 13.5%. The highest in the state is 28.8% and the lowest is 13.5%.

- That is 2.2 percentage points below the 15.7% national average across this dataset, and 3.8 points below the Utah average of 17.3%.

- Behind the percentage: 389,631 in-network claims were processed under 7 plans in Utah, and 52,771 of them came back denied.

- For every 10,000 claims Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah denied, about 71 came back as an internal appeal. The other 9,929 stopped at the letter.

- Of the internal appeals it did receive, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah overturned 6.65% , 25 claims that started life as a no.

- Its most-recorded denial reason is other reasons at 89.7% of its categorized denials, against 32.4% nationally, a heavier share than the country as a whole. That is the denial mix, not an outcome rate.

- Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah accounts for 2.7% of every in-network claim denied in Utah in this file.

- By raw volume it is the 101th largest source of denials among the 135 insurer-state records in the file that report one.

- After that, its second-most-recorded reason is [service excluded from the plan](/denial-reasons/service-excluded) , 3,765 claims, 6.5% of its categorized denials.

- Third on its own list is [administrative reason](/denial-reasons/administrative) , 1,272 claims, 2.2% of what Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah categorized in Utah. Between them the top three account for 98.4% of its categorized denials.

- Where Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah differs most from the national mix is [other reasons](/denial-reasons/other) : 89.7% of its categorized denials in Utah against 32.4% across the file.

- Read the other way round: 336,860 of those 389,631 in-network claims were paid, 86.5% of everything Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah processed in Utah.

- Spread across the 7 plans it reports in Utah, that is about 7,539 denied claims per plan, on about 55,662 claims processed per plan.

- Its reason columns add up to 57,499 categorized rows against 52,771 denials, 109% 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 Utah is [benefit limit reached](/denial-reasons/benefit-limit-reached) , 12 claims, 0% of what Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah categorized there.

- Against the file as a whole, this one record is 0.1% of the 83,907,852 in-network claim denials reported by every issuer in it.

What to do tonight

- Find the reason code on your denial letter. The reason Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah records most often in Utah is other reasons , 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 Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah in Utah for the clinical criteria they judged you against. Under [29 CFR 2560.503-1](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-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. Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah overturned 6.65% of the internal appeals it did receive, 25 claims, so the stage you are about to start is not decorative.

None of those three steps costs anything. Anyone charging you to do them is selling you something you can do yourself in twenty minutes.

13.5%

In-network denial rate

52,771

Claims denied

7

Plans in Utah

376

Internal appeals filed

6.65%

Internal overturn rate

## How that compares

| Denial rate | Rate | Difference |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah | 13.5% | , |
| Utah average | 17.3% | -3.8 pts |
| National average (this dataset) | 15.7% | -2.2 pts |

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah sits at or below 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 Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah) | 376 | 6.65% |
| External review (independent) | not reported | not reported |

Read the table for what it is: the external-review row above shows a dash, which means not reported and not zero, the Utah absence this page states once at the top for Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah and sources once at the foot. External review is free to you and the insurer must follow the decision, whatever this file does or does not record about it.

What that record means for your own Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah letter, and by when. Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah overturned 6.65% of the 376 internal appeals its Utah members filed against 52,771 denials, and the Utah escalation count for Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah 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, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah's own rows in the plan-year 2027 release of the CMS Transparency in Coverage file, read November 4, 2026 ( [data.healthcare.gov](https://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)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2024-title29-vol9/pdf/CFR-2024-title29-vol9-sec2560-503-1.pdf) , carried onto individual-market coverage by [45 CFR 147.136(b)(3)(i)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2024-title45-vol2/pdf/CFR-2024-title45-vol2-sec147-136.pdf) ), while Medicare Advantage gives you 65 calendar days from the date of its notice ( [CMS](https://www.cms.gov/medicare/appeals-grievances/managed-care/reconsideration-advantage-health-plan-part-c) , [42 CFR 422.582(b)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-422.582) ) and Medicaid managed care 60 calendar days from the date on the notice ( [42 CFR 438.402(c)(2)(ii)](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-42/section-438.402) ), both stages free, and the three steps above are the whole of what to do tonight, so take the date printed on your Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah notice and file well inside whichever of those windows is yours. The free steps are above; the [$29 kit](/appeal-kit) is the same clock with the letters pre-filled for Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah in Utah. One payment. No subscription. No cut of your claim.

## Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah inside Utah

Your denial did not happen in a national average. It happened in a state market, alongside 4 other insurers reporting into the same federal file, and these are that market's own figures.

- Across the whole of Utah, the 5 insurers reporting in this file processed 11,373,974 in-network claims and denied 1,967,874 of them, a state denial rate of 17.3%. Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah is one of those 5.

- That puts Utah 12th of 29 states by denial rate, 1.6 points above the 15.7% national average, before you get to what Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah did inside it.

- Utah recorded 2,339 internal appeals against those denials: one appeal for every 841 claims the state's insurers refused. Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah's own ratio is one for every 140.

- Independent external review was reached 3,028 times in the whole of Utah, once for every 650 denials, against one in 17,061 nationally. How many came from Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah's denials is not on the record, that is the Utah figure this page names as absent at the top and sources at the foot.

- Of the Utah external reviews that were filed, 476 were overturned, 15.7%. That percentage is measured on 3,028 reviews, which is why the count beside it matters more than the rate does when you are deciding whether to file against Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah.

- The reason Utah's insurers record most often is [other reasons](/denial-reasons/other) , 1,520,994 claims, 60.3% of the state's categorized denials. Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah records the same one most often, so your letter is likely to say it too.

- The other insurers a Utah reader could have bought from run from 28.8% ( [Imperial Health Plan of the Southwest, Inc.](/insurers/imperial-health-plan-of-the-southwest-inc--ut) ) to 17.3% ( [SelectHealth, Inc.](/insurers/selecthealth-inc--ut) ). Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah at 13.5% sits below all of them.

- Put the two together and Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah is responsible for 2.7% of every in-network claim denied in Utah in this release, from 3.4% of the claims the state's insurers processed.

- Every Utah figure in this section is that state's own row in the same federal file Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah's numbers above come from, [CMS Transparency in Coverage Public Use File (PY2027 release, PY2025 claims), data.healthcare.gov — US Government public domain](https://data.healthcare.gov/) , and the full Utah page is free at [/states/utah](/states/utah) .

## What Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah denies most

The most common denial reason recorded for Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah plans in Utah is other reasons . [How that denial is beaten →](/denial-reasons/other)

| Denial reason | Claims | Share | National share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Other reasons | 51,550 | 89.7% | 32.4% |
| Service excluded from the plan | 3,765 | 6.5% | 13.4% |
| Administrative reason | 1,272 | 2.2% | 17.2% |
| Referral required | 875 | 1.5% | 9.6% |
| Not medically necessary | 25 | 0% | 5.5% |
| Benefit limit reached | 12 | 0% | 4.9% |

The last column is each reason's share of all categorized denials nationally, so you can see where Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah's mix in Utah 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.

Work out your two deadlines

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Which denial is this?

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Show my deadlines

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Or let the [$29 Appeal Kit](/appeal-kit) date each step and write the claim-file and external-review requests.

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](/how-to-appeal) . For what it is worth on this page specifically: Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah overturned 6.65% of the internal appeals it received.

## Questions

##### Is Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah's denial rate in Utah high?

13.5% against a national average of 15.7% across the plans in this dataset. It is at or below average. A denial rate describes the insurer, not the merits of your claim.

##### How many people appealed a Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah denial in Utah, and how many won?

376 internal appeals were filed against 52,771 denials, and 6.65% of them were overturned (25 claims). How many went on to independent external review is not on the record for Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah in Utah, that is the absence stated at the top of this page and sourced at the foot of it.

##### How does Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah compare with other insurers in Utah?

Of the 5 insurers in Utah with a reported denial rate, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah ranks 5 highest at 13.5%. The highest in Utah is Imperial Health Plan of the Southwest, Inc. at 28.8%; the lowest is Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah at 13.5%.

##### What does Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah deny most often in Utah?

Other reasons, 51,550 claims, 89.7% of this issuer's categorized denials, against 32.4% 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 Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah denial in Utah?

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 Utah, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah 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 Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah denial in Utah cost anything?

The internal appeal to Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah 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 Utah can be charged more than that to file one.

##### Can Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah ignore an external review decision in Utah?

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 Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah in Utah, so none is printed for it, an absent figure is not a count of none.

Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah sits at 13.5% in Utah against 15.7% nationally, and that is the whole of what this page can honestly tell you about your own claim. We are 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 us and we will correct the page.

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Where these numbers come from The Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah figures on this page, the 13.5% denial rate, the 52,771 denials, are this issuer’s own reported rows in that file. CMS did not report an external-review figure for Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah in Utah in the plan-year 2027 release of the Transparency in Coverage file, which is why no external-review count appears above.

Counts: [CMS Transparency in Coverage Public Use File (PY2027 release, PY2025 claims), data.healthcare.gov — US Government public domain](https://data.healthcare.gov/) . Rights and timeframes: [29 CFR 2560.503-1](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-2560.503-1) (180 days, and your free right to the claim file) and [45 CFR 147.136](https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/section-147.136) (4 months, and what qualifies), explained at [HealthCare.gov](https://www.healthcare.gov/appeal-insurance-company-decision/external-review/) . 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)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2024-title29-vol9/pdf/CFR-2024-title29-vol9-sec2560-503-1.pdf) and [govinfo.gov (45 CFR 147.136)](https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/CFR-2024-title45-vol2/pdf/CFR-2024-title45-vol2-sec147-136.pdf) .

This page presents federal statistics and a general description of appeal rights created by federal law. It is not legal, medical, or insurance advice, and no outcome is guaranteed. Your denial letter and plan documents govern your specific case. Free help is available from your state's Consumer Assistance Program and from the federal Marketplace at HealthCare.gov.

Problem solved: You have both dates for your Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah notice, you know that Utah runs the external review itself, and you have the letter, free, on this screen, tonight.

## The pages that answer the next question

- [Every insurer reporting in Utah](/states/utah) , the state's own row, the 5 companies filing there, and the Utah insurance department's consumer number, read at source.

- [Blue Cross Blue Shield denial rate](/company/blue-cross-blue-shield) , Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah is the Utah one; the brand's national rate is 18.1% across 191,709,742 claims in 25 states, and it is not the same in any two of them.

- [Sanford Health Plan in North Dakota](/insurers/sanford-health-plan--nd) , 3% of in-network claims denied, 19,805 of them, the neighboring record in this file.

- [Sanford Health Plan in South Dakota](/insurers/sanford-health-plan--sd) , 2.5% of in-network claims denied, 18,341 of them, the neighboring record in this file.

- [Security Health Plan of Wisconsin, Inc. in Wisconsin](/insurers/security-health-plan-of-wisconsin-inc--wi) , 22.3% of in-network claims denied, 287,953 of them, the neighboring record in this file.

- [If your employer pays the claims itself](/self-funded-denial) , then Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah is only administering the plan, your state's external review has no power over the denial, and the route is federal. It is the first question our own calculator asks. 5 insurers report in Utah; whether your plan is one of theirs at all is what that page settles.

- [If it was refused before the treatment](/prior-authorization-denied) , a prior-authorization refusal from Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah runs on the same two federal clocks as a denied claim, and it can be appealed while the treatment is still ahead of you. 1,967,874 in-network claims were denied in Utah in this release; a refusal before the treatment is not counted among them and is appealed the same way.

- [Before you pay a lawyer](/before-you-call-a-lawyer) , two free appeals run before anyone bills you by the hour, and Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah has to hand you the claim file for nothing under 29 CFR 2560.503-1. Free help in Utah starts with the state consumer line printed on that state's page.

- [All 152 insurer-state records](/insurers) , the whole table, ranked, with Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah in it and the 5 that file in Utah beside it.

Your dates are ready. [Write the letter, free](/appeal-letter)

## The two federal clocks

The clock your letter has to describe, in actual dates Whatever else is on the page, these two dates are the page. 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.

## How rare the second appeal is

You are not alone, measured rather than said: 83,907,852 in-network claims were denied in a single plan year, and only 4,918 of them, one in 17,061, ever reached the independent review stage. Of the ones that did, 22.2% (1,092 of 4,918; interval 22.2-23.8% for counts CMS withheld; 32.6% without SelectHealth) were overturned.

## What is free here, and what the one paid thing costs

Denied a claim? Insurers upheld 165,863 of the 262,982 internal appeals counted in 2024, 63.1% ( KFF ). The win is at independent external review, and the only way to arrive there is to run the internal stage on time, in the right order, with the record intact. That sequence is what the Appeal Kit is. Get my Appeal Kit, $29 One payment. No subscription. No cut of your claim. Opens on screen the moment you pay. 14-day refund, no questions, one email to hello@getaxionlabs.com. Get my Appeal Kit, $29 Everything you need for your appeal: your two deadlines, the argument that fits your denial reason, the letters, a brief for your doctor on what the reviewer checks, and the external review request. One payment. No subscription. No cut of your claim. Opens on screen the moment you pay. 14-day refund, no questions, one email to hello@getaxionlabs.com.

## What we will not pretend

What we will not pretend. We cannot overturn your denial. Only your plan, or an independent reviewer, can do that. We cannot make your plan cover a service it genuinely excludes. We cannot guarantee external review applies to your denial. It covers medical judgment, experimental or investigational determinations, and rescission, a purely administrative denial may not qualify, and we say so on those pages rather than selling you past it. We have no customer testimonials and publish none. Our evidence is the federal dataset and the regulation cites, both of which you can check.

## Every page on this site

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## Which release these figures are

Which release these figures are Every number on this page is the plan-year 2027 Transparency in Coverage file, issued October 22, 2026, covering plan-year 2025 claims. This is the newest plan year CMS has published: there is no Transparency in Coverage file for a plan year after 2027. The dataset list is at data.healthcare.gov . A test in this site’s build fetches that list on every run and fails if CMS publishes a plan year we have not acknowledged here. Every earlier release, plan-year 2024, plan-year 2025, plan-year 2026, is kept alongside it so the record is visible rather than a single year’s snapshot; /about says what changed between them. From the plan-year 2024 release to the plan-year 2026 release, external reviews filed went from 2,336 to 5,881. Overturned reviews went from 32.8% in the plan-year 2026 release to 22.2% in plan-year 2027, or from 32.6% to 32.6% without SelectHealth. We do not compare filed or overturned counts across plan-years 2026 and 2027. Some issuers may have counted pre-service appeals in their 2026 cells.

## Where these numbers come from

Where these numbers come from Counts: CMS Transparency in Coverage Public Use File (PY2027 release, PY2025 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) .

## Who publishes this

Denial Facts publishes federal data about health insurance claim denials. We are independent: not affiliated with, endorsed by, or acting for any insurer, government agency, or review organization. We are not a law firm, a medical provider, or an insurance producer, and nothing here is legal, medical, or insurance advice. Data: CMS Transparency in Coverage Public Use File (PY2027 release, PY2025 claims), data.healthcare.gov — US Government public domain. Figures cover individual-market Qualified Health Plans on the federal Exchange and come from the plan-year 2027 release, issued October 22, 2026, covering plan-year 2025 claims. This is the newest plan year CMS has published: there is no Transparency in Coverage file for a plan year after 2027. See where the data comes from .

## Sources

- CMS Transparency in Coverage Public Use File (PY2027 release, PY2025 claims), data.healthcare.gov — US Government public domain: https://data.healthcare.gov/
- 29 CFR 2560.503-1 (180 days, and your free right to the claim file): https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-29/section-2560.503-1
- 45 CFR 147.136 (4 months, and what qualifies): https://www.ecfr.gov/current/title-45/section-147.136
- HealthCare.gov on external review: https://www.healthcare.gov/appeal-insurance-company-decision/external-review/

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