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Optum

Logo: Optum, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American healthcare services provider

Optum, Inc. is an American healthcare company that provides technology services, pharmacy-care services (including a pharmacy benefit manager) and various direct healthcare services, headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States.2 Its chief executive is Stephen J. Hemsley (since 2025).1 It is part of UnitedHealth Group.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 21, 2026.

Overview

2011Founded1

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Optum Headquarters, Eden Prairie, MN (49120017041)
Photo: Chad Davis, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons4

Optum, Inc. is an American healthcare company that provides technology services, pharmacy-care services (including a pharmacy benefit manager) and various direct healthcare services, headquartered in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States.2

Corporate structure

Optum is part of a group headed by UnitedHealth Group. 28 entities, 1 country on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

  • UnitedHealth Group Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States
    • Optum Eden Prairie
    • Golden Rule Insurance Company Subsidiary · Indianapolis
    • Quality Software Services Subsidiary · Columbia, Maryland, United States
    • ARIZONA PHYSICIANS IPA, INC. Subsidiary · Phoenix, Arizona, United States
    • Collaborative Care Holdings, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • OPTUM BANK, INC. Subsidiary · Draper, Utah, United States
    • Optum Technology, LLC Subsidiary · Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
    • OptumHealth Holdings, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • OptumRx Administrative Services, LLC Subsidiary · Texas, United States
    • OptumRx Group Holdings, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • OptumRx Holdings I, LLC Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Oxford Health Insurance, Incorporated Subsidiary · Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States
    • OXFORD HEALTH PLANS (NY), INC. Subsidiary · Shelton, Connecticut, United States
    • Sierra Health and Life Insurance Company, Inc. Subsidiary · Las Vegas, Nevada, United States
    • UHC of California Subsidiary · Minnetonka, Minnesota, United States
    • UHIC Holdings, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States
    • Unimerica Life Insurance Company of New York Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
    • United Behavioral Health Subsidiary · San Francisco, California, United States
    • United HealthCare Services, Inc. Subsidiary · Eden Prairie, Minnesota, United States
    • UNITEDHEALTHCARE COMMUNITY PLAN, INC. Subsidiary · Southfield, Michigan, United States
    • UNITEDHEALTHCARE INSURANCE COMPANY Subsidiary · Hartford, Connecticut, United States
      • UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company - AARP CT Subsidiary · Hartford, Connecticut, United States
    • UnitedHealthcare Insurance Company of New York Subsidiary · Hartford, Connecticut, United States
    • UnitedHealthCare of Alabama, Inc. Subsidiary · Birmingham, Alabama, United States
    • UNITEDHEALTHCARE OF NEW YORK, INC. Subsidiary · New York, New York, United States
    • UnitedHealthcare, Inc. Subsidiary · Delaware, United States

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Leadership

Who has led Optum, and when. Pick a name to see everywhere that person has worked.

Chief executive

  1. Andrew Witty2018–2021
  2. Andrew Witty2021–2025
  3. Stephen J. Hemsley2025–now
201520202025

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Subsidiaries

From Wikidata.1

Acquisitions

  1. 2015Acquired MedExpress1

Timeline

  1. May 14, 2025New chief executive Stephen J. Hemsley becomes CEO1
  2. Mar 2018New chief executive Andrew Witty becomes CEO1
  3. 2011Founded Founded1

Sources

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