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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee

Logo: bcbst.com4

Health benefit plan company

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is the largest health benefit plan company in Tennessee. It is an independent, not-for-profit organization governed by its own board of directors. The organization is part of a nationwide association of health care plans licensed by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.2 It is part of Blue Cross Blue Shield Association.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

  • HeadquartersChattanooga, United States1
  • Websitewww.bcbst.com
  • Legal formNonprofit Corporation3
  • LEI5493006U38WE57A0PZ943
  • StatusActive3
  • LEI statusIssued and current3
  • Registered addressC/O ANNE HANCE, 37402-9815 Chattanooga, United States3
  • Registered withBusiness Services (Department of State), 0000674453

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BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is the largest health benefit plan company in Tennessee. It is an independent, not-for-profit organization governed by its own board of directors. The organization is part of a nationwide association of health care plans licensed by the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association.2

Corporate structure

BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is part of a group headed by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association. 17 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

The story

BlueCross was founded in 1945 when Roy McDonald saw the need to establish a payment system that would benefit Erlanger Hospital, now the Erlanger Health System.

On October 2, 2009, 57 computer hard drives were stolen from Blue Cross, some containing Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and medical information. Some of them contain Social Security numbers, birth dates, addresses and medical information. In 2012, the company was fined $1.5 million over the data breach.

From Wikipedia’s article on BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

From Wikidata.1

Timeline

  1. Sep 10, 1945Founded BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee is founded3

Sources

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