
UnitedHealthcare is retiring most fax numbers in favor of its provider portal. A few state and plan-specific fax routes remain active.
Who This Page Is For
Providers submitting prior authorization requests to UnitedHealthcare. Because UnitedHealthcare is actively moving away from fax, check the provider portal first, fax is now the exception rather than the default.
UnitedHealthcare has actively retired most fax numbers for prior authorization in favor of its provider portal at uhcprovider.com, confirmed in UnitedHealthcare's own official retirement notice. A small number of fax routes remain live, tied to specific states and plan types. Commercial plans in Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas can still fax medical prior authorization to 855-352-1206. Hawaii's Community Plan and D-SNP prior authorization faxes to 800-267-8328, and Hawaii behavioral health prior authorization to 877-840-5581. Additional state and appeals-specific numbers exist beyond these, and UnitedHealthcare's own messaging steers providers toward the portal rather than fax wherever possible.
Fax numbers verified 2026-09-17.
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UnitedHealthcare has been actively moving prior authorization to its provider portal, uhcprovider.com, and has published an official notice retiring many of its legacy fax numbers in favor of the portal.
No. The few fax numbers still active are plan and state specific. For example, 855-352-1206 covers only commercial plans in Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas.