Phoenix Children’s

We are actively negotiating with Phoenix Children’s Hospital

We will use the seven months remaining on our contract to work toward a long-term agreement that is affordable for Arizona families and employers

UnitedHealthcare and Phoenix Children’s Hospital (PCH) are in negotiation to renew our network relationship. Our goal is to use the remaining seven months on our contract to reach an agreement that is affordable and sustainable for the people and employers we serve.

In the event we are unable to reach an agreement, Phoenix Children’s Hospital, Phoenix Children’s Medical Group and Phoenix Children’s Medical Group Urgent Care will be out of network for members enrolled in employer-sponsored and individual commercial plans, effective June 1, 2026.

UnitedHealthcare Community Plan in Arizona (Medicaid) members are not impacted by this negotiation and will continue to have network access to PCH through a separate agreement.

Facts you should know

We recognize PCH’s recent communications may create questions and concerns

This is presumably a negotiating tactic designed to create stress and fear for families in an effort to pressure us to agree to significant price hikes that are not affordable for the people we serve.

We are early on in our negotiation. We will remain at the negotiating table as long as it takes. We hope PCH will join us there and work toward an agreement Arizonans can afford.

We have a responsibility to provide the people we serve with access to quality health care while also helping to contain rapidly rising health care costs

Maintaining fair and competitive agreements with the doctors and facilities in our network is critical to our ability to meet this commitment to our members and employers.

Our goal is to reach an agreement with PCH that continues to reimburse the health system at market-competitive rates while balancing the need for access to affordable care for Arizona families and employers.