What is a provider network?

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What is a provider network?

A provider network is a group of healthcare providers—physicians, hospitals, clinics, labs, and other professionals—who have signed contracts with a health plan to deliver care to plan members at negotiated rates. This arrangement lets the plan offer access to a broad range of services while controlling costs through agreed prices and terms. It isn’t just a single physician, nor only a hospital group, and it isn’t a medical device supplier. The network ensures members get typically lower costs and smoother coverage when they receive care from in-network providers, while care from out-of-network providers can be more expensive or less covered. Networks are built through contracts and credentialing with the participating providers.

A provider network is a group of healthcare providers—physicians, hospitals, clinics, labs, and other professionals—who have signed contracts with a health plan to deliver care to plan members at negotiated rates. This arrangement lets the plan offer access to a broad range of services while controlling costs through agreed prices and terms. It isn’t just a single physician, nor only a hospital group, and it isn’t a medical device supplier. The network ensures members get typically lower costs and smoother coverage when they receive care from in-network providers, while care from out-of-network providers can be more expensive or less covered. Networks are built through contracts and credentialing with the participating providers.

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