Provider services
- Provider ServicesPhone 877-842-3210
Source: uhcprovider.com, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Individual Exchange plansMarketplacePhone 888-478-4760
Source: uhcprovider.com, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Medicare Advantage and Community PlanMedicare Advantage, MedicaidPhone 800-600-9007
Listed for many states; the contact page has separate lines for Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, and Colorado plans.
Source: uhcprovider.com, checked Oct 25, 2026
Submit a prior authorization
- UnitedHealthcare Provider Portal
The preferred route; 24/7 chat after sign-in.
Source: uhcprovider.com, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Provider Services, by phonePhone 877-842-3210
If you can’t use the portal.
Source: uhcprovider.com, checked Oct 25, 2026
- FaxJob-basedFax 855-352-1206
Commercial plans in Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas only.
Source: uhcprovider.com, checked Oct 25, 2026
Check status
- UnitedHealthcare Provider Portal
Source: uhcprovider.com, checked Oct 25, 2026
Requirements and code lists
- Advance notification and prior authorization requirements, by plan
Source: uhcprovider.com, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Specialty and clinical pharmacy requirements
Source: uhcprovider.com, checked Oct 25, 2026
Benefit managers (they review, not the payer)
- Behavioral healthOptum Provider Express
Listed as the 24/7 behavioral health and substance use line.
Source: uhcprovider.com, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Physical therapyOptum Physical Health
Source: uhcprovider.com, checked Oct 25, 2026
- Specialty drugsOptumRx specialty medicationsFax 800-853-3844
Non-specialty medication fax: 800-527-0531.
Source: uhcprovider.com, checked Oct 25, 2026
Peer-to-peer
- Peer-to-peer scheduling request form
Inpatient cases within 3 business days of the denial, outpatient within 21 calendar days; only for authorizations UnitedHealthcare itself reviewed.
Source: uhcprovider.com, checked Oct 25, 2026
Numbers and portals change. If the payer’s provider page says something different, the payer’s page wins.Report a wrong number