We Accept New Patients

Fax: 727-477-0498

Monday-Thursday, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.
Friday, 8 a.m.-12 p.m.

Accepting MOST Health Insurance PLANS

We are proud to accept and participate in numerous health insurance plans in Pinellas County, FL. Please provide us with your current health insurance and primary care physician. Currently, we take commercial insurance and Medicare plans. Please review our list and reach out if you have any questions. We know that choosing a Medicare plan can be confusing. Please see the following document that may help navigate the Medicare system.

Please call us for direct care costs if you are on an insurance plan with which we do not participate and would like to be seen as a patient. We would be happy to send the invoice for the visit to your insurance plan for you to be partially reimbursed after the visit.  We want to help!

Patients with Commercial Insurance

Please check with your specific plan for in and out-of-network benefits. Please contact your primary care to provide a referral for HMO plans that require authorization to see a specialist. Please call us for direct care costs if you are on an insurance plan that we do not accept and would like to be seen.

  • Aetna (PPO & HMO)
  • Ambetter (Sunshine Health)
  • AvMed (HMO, Self-Funded, POS, & Choice Members)
  • BC/BS of Florida (PPC, Network Blue, PPS, & Health Options)
  • Cigna (Cigna Baycare accepted as well)
  • Humana (PPO, HMO, POS, EPO, HMOx, & Open Access Plans)
  • Tricare Standard, Tricare for Life, & ChampVA
  • United Healthcare (PPO & HMO)
  • Oscar Healthcare
  • Friday Health Plan
  • Orlando Health (Bayfront Health employees)

Patients with Medicare Plans

Lake Endocrinology and Diabetes, PLLC, accepts many Medicare plans. We require a referral and authorization from your primary care provider for HMO plans. Please provide these documents before scheduling an appointment and prior to each subsequent visit. Please call us for direct care costs if we do not accept your insurance plan and you would like to be seen. We accept the following plans:

  • Aetna Medicare Advantage
  • Allwell, Sunshine Health, & Ambetter
  • BC/BS of Florida (Advantage 65, Advantage PPO, Advantage HMO)
  • Humana Advantage PPO, & Network PFFS Plan
  • Medicare Part B
  • United Medicare Advantage PPO & HMO
  • AARP United Medicare Advantage PPO & HMO
  • BayCare Medicare Advantage (HMO and PPO)

Insurances We Don’t Accept

Contact your insurance to learn about out-of-network benefits. Plans change, so please confirm with your insurance company that we are participating providers and in-network. Please call us for direct care costs if you are on these insurance plans and would like to be seen. We would be happy to send the invoice for the visit to your insurance plan for you to be partially reimbursed after the visit.  We are not currently participating in the following plans:

  • MyBlue HMO (BCBS)
  • MyBlue Silver (BCBS)
  • Blue Select (BCBS)
  • Simply Blue (BCBS)
  • Multiplan (including PHCS, Beech Street) – Multiplan insurance List
  • Humana Medicare Advantage HMO (Humana Gold)
  • Optimum HMO Medicare Advantage
  • Freedom HMO Medicare Advantage
  • CarePlus HMO Medicare Advantage
  • WellCare HMO Medicare Advantage
  • Devoted HMO Medicare Advantage
  • Medicaid (Molina, Simply, Amerigroup, Sunshine Health Medicaid, etc.) – if primary insurance.  We accept as secondary to Medicare.
  • Local Plus Cigna
  • Cigna Health Spring
  • Tricare Prime