5 insurers with highest individual market rebates in 2019

Private payers will likely have to pay $743 million in rebates in 2019 for overcharging premiums on the individual market, according to an estimate by the Kaiser Family Foundation.

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Here are the five payers that will issue the largest total rebates in the individual market this year, as predicted by KFF:

1. Centene Corp.: $216.9 million, or about $420 per member

2. Norfolk, Va.-based Sentara Healthcare’s Optima Health: $98.9 million, or about $1,850 per member

3. Chicago-based Health Care Service Corp.: $78.5 million, or about $180 per member

4. Cigna: $55.9 million, or about $320 per member

5. Highmark: $50.8 million, or about $1,250 per member

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