May 27, 2026
Baptist Health, the largest health organization in Jacksonville with six locations across the city, says that Cigna Health Insurance has chosen to terminate its partnership effective June 23, 2026.
Cigna’s commercial members would be affected, while those with HealthSpring Medicare supplement plans would not.
Some services, facilities and providers do not fall under these negotiations, including some behavioral health services, home infusion services, CareSpot Urgent Care, durable medical equipment for cancer patients and respiratory care-at-home resources.
Customer notification letters are expected to go out the week of May 23.
Sources: Becker’s Payer Issues, WOKV
May 6, 2026
Certain Baptist Health patients are expected see a shift in insurance coverage after Cigna Healthcare terminated its agreement with the health system, set to take effect June 23, 2026. This means that care received on or after June 24, 2026, will be considered out-of-network.
Baptist Health says it made significant concessions during negotiations and offered Cigna terms it believes align with other plans in the market — but Cigna declined. They will continue to keep patients and the community updated on their microsite.
These negotiations include Wolfson Children’s Hospital. However, Nemours Children’s Health is not a Baptist Health entity and will not be out-of-network after this contract terminates. Baptist Health is cautioning Nemours Children’s patients that any hospital-based care received at Wolfson will be treated as out-of-network care.
Source: News4Jax