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UnitedHealthcare is retiring most fax numbers in favor of its provider portal. A few state and plan-specific fax routes remain active.

Published on
September 17, 2026
Last updated on
September 22, 2026
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  • UnitedHealthcare has published an official notice retiring most of its legacy fax numbers in favor of its provider portal, uhcprovider.com.
  • A handful of state and plan-specific fax numbers remain live, for example 855-352-1206 for commercial plans in Massachusetts, Nevada, New Mexico, and Texas.
  • There is no single general UnitedHealthcare fax number, providers should check the portal first and use fax only where it's explicitly still listed.

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.

Does UnitedHealthcare still have a fax number?

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.

Where to fax, confirmed examples

  • Medical prior authorization (Provider, Commercial, MA/NV/NM/TX): fax 855-352-1206. Source: UHC Retiring Fax Numbers.
  • Community Plan / D-SNP prior authorization (Provider, Hawaii): fax 800-267-8328. Source: UHC Contact Us.
  • Behavioral health prior authorization (Provider, Hawaii): fax 877-840-5581. Source: UHC Contact Us.
  • Prior authorization, other states/plans (Provider, Most plans): not by fax, use the uhcprovider.com portal. Source: UnitedHealthcare Provider Portal.

Fax numbers verified 2026-09-17.

Which route should I use?

  1. Check uhcprovider.com's portal first, UnitedHealthcare has explicitly moved most prior authorization there.
  2. If your state and plan combination isn't one of the few still using fax, don't search further for a number, none is published.
  3. For the states and plans that do still fax, use the exact number for that plan type, they aren't interchangeable across states.

Several other health and life insurers follow a similar pattern. Our directory also covers Unum's fax numbers, how to fax Aetna, the MetLife fax page, Aflac's claims fax, sending a fax to Cigna, and Delta Dental's fax number, each with its own destination and audience notes.

UnitedHealthcare's fax is a narrow state exception. Fax.Plus stores prior auth documents with 256-bit AES encryption.

FAQs

Why is UnitedHealthcare retiring its fax numbers?

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.

Does UnitedHealthcare have a fax number for every state?

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.

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