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 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.

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 Employee Plan 3/22)
  • Humana (PPO, HMO, POS, EPO, HMOx, & Open Access Plans)
  • Multiplan
  • 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, HMO, & Network PFFS Plan (We will no longer be participating in the HMO plan after 12/31/23)
  • Medicare Part B
  • Freedom Health HMO (We will no longer be participating after 12/31/23)
  • United Medicare Advantage PPO & HMO
  • AARP United Medicare Advantage PPO & HMO
  • WellCare HMO (We will no longer be participating after 12/31/23)
  • Optimum HMO (We will no longer be participating after 12/31/23)
  • Devoted Health HMO (We will no longer be participating after 12/31/23)
  • CarePlus HMO (We will no longer be participating after 12/31/23)
  • BayCare Medicare Advantage

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 are not currently participating in the following plans:

  • MyBlue HMO (BCBS)
  • MyBlue Silver (BCBS)
  • Blue Select (BCBS)
  • Simply Blue (BCBS)
  • Medicaid (Molina, Simply, Amerigroup, Sunshine Health Medicaid, etc.)
  • Local Plus Cigna
  • Cigna Health Spring
  • Tricare Prime