Aetna
Aetna is a payer organization. For an ASC, what matters isn't the logo. It's how Aetna pays: where it runs rich, where it runs thin, and how its reimbursement compares with peer plans for the same procedures.
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Tell us where to send it. Our team will prepare an analysis of Aetna covering rates by code, market position, and underpaid areas, and email it to you within 5-10 business days. Need it faster? Book a demo.
What Insights reveals
How Aetna pays
See how Aetna reimburses across procedures and markets, benchmarked against the peer plans competing for the same cases. Not a raw rate sheet, a read on where it sits.
Geographic footprint
See where Aetna concentrates and how its presence shapes the markets you compete in.
Peer position
Put your own position next to the benchmark for Aetna and bring the gap to your next contract conversation.
Specialty mix
Understand which procedures and specialties drive Aetna's volume, so you know where a rate change moves the needle.
Whether you're an ASC benchmarking a contract or a provider team looking Aetna up, DataLily AI maps how it reimburses across procedures and markets, and where your own rates sit against the peer benchmark.
Reference
Working with Aetna
- Payer ID
- 60054 is the EDI identifier used to route electronic eligibility checks (270/271), claim-status inquiries (276/277), and claims to Aetna through a clearinghouse.
- Eligibility verification
- Coverage and benefits for Aetna members are verified before the date of service, through a clearinghouse using payer ID 60054or through the payer's provider portal.
- Prior authorization
- Requirements are set per plan and per procedure. Confirm whether an authorization is required with Aetna directly before the date of service.
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A 15-minute walkthrough of Aetna the way it pays.
- What is Aetna's payer ID?
- Aetna's electronic payer ID is 60054. ASC billing teams use it to route eligibility checks (270/271), claim-status inquiries (276/277), and electronic claims to Aetna through a clearinghouse.
- How do ASCs verify eligibility for Aetna members?
- Eligibility and benefits for Aetna members are verified before the date of service, either electronically through a clearinghouse (a 270/271 transaction using payer ID 60054) or through the payer's provider portal.
- Does Aetna require prior authorization for ASC procedures?
- Prior-authorization requirements for Aetna are set per plan and per procedure. Confirm whether an authorization is required with Aetna directly before the date of service.
- What type of payer is Aetna?
- Aetna is a payer organization.
- How does Aetna compare with other payers for ASC procedures?
- Ask Rose and you get a plain-language read on where Aetna pays above or below peer plans for your top procedures, charted, and ending in a recommendation you can take into a contract conversation.
- Is Aetna paying my ASC below market?
- Put your own Aetna contract next to the peer benchmark in DataLily AI and you'll see the gap by procedure and market, the fastest way to know whether you're leaving money on the table.