Vendor · #3 by total payments to the State of Delaware

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware

Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware has been paid $5.4 billion by the State of Delaware since FY2018, primarily through Department of Human Resources's Division of Statewide Benefits division — the state's #3 vendor by total payments.

Top 25 vendorReferenced in 1 auditIn 4 documentsRecent payments
$5.4B
total payments · FY18–FY26
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Jul 10, 2017First payment
Jun 23, 2026Last payment
659Payments
9Documents
1Audits
4Programs
4Agencies

Relationships

Documents

Where this vendor appears in the archived record — with the exact pages, so you never have to hunt through a PDF.

Legislation SB 29 w/ SA 1 — Session Law 2023 1 mention
On pages 1
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… e on January 1, 2023; and WHEREAS, after many public meetings, in early 2022, the SEBC received and awarded a bid by Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield Delaware (“Highmark Delaware”) to provide retiree healthcare under a Medicare Advantage plan, beginning Januar …

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Financial Report agendas-2020 2020 1 mention
On pages 101
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… 00 0.00 0.00 3 2020-10-16-01 Department of Safety and Homeland Security, Division of Alcohol and Tobacco Enforcement Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield BluePrints for the Community $0 $0 $140,000 0.00 0.00 0.00 4 4716 Department of Labor, Employment and Training, …

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Financial Report 2019 Final Report 2019 1 mention
On pages 135
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… the Health Care Commission; Delaware Center for Health Innovation Board of Directors, Quality & Safety Committees of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware and Christiana Care Health System, and meets regularly with DHSS leadership. Additionally, DH …

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Financial Report 2019 Draft Report - DHIN 2019 2 mentions
On pages 13 67
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… the Health Care Commission; Delaware Center for Health Innovation Board of Directors, Quality & Safety Committees of Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware and Christiana Care Health System, and meets regularly with DHSS leadership. Additionally, DH …

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… 3 years DHIN Board of Directors 10. William E. Kirk, III, Esq. Executive Vice President (Ret.) Highmark Blue Cross Blue Shield of Delaware 01-2011 to 10-2020 9 years DHIN Board of Directors, Executive Committee Member …

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Programs

ProgramAgencyAmountYears
Division of Statewide Benefits Department of Human Resources $5,102,850,947 FY18–FY26
Office O/T Secretary Dept of Health & Social Services $230,231,195 FY18–FY26
Statewide Benefits Executive $54,506,986 FY18–FY26
State Fire Prevention Comm. Fire Prevention Commission $35 FY18–FY26

Money

Where it goes
By category
Medical - Employer
$5.2B
Health Care Services
$230.2M
Postage
$6K
Printing & Binding
$35
Which pot of money
General Fund
$3.3B
Federal Funds
$145.2M
General Fund
$35
By fiscal year
FY18$459.9M
FY19$465.0M
FY20$473.1M
FY21$516.9M
FY22$586.6M
FY23$649.7M
FY24$688.0M
FY25$770.5M
FY26$777.9M
How the spending is booked 4 account lines
AccountAmountLine items
Medical - Employer$3,242,443,516326
Health Care Services$230,231,19512
Postage$5,5492
Printing & Binding$351

Fund and account lines come from the expenditure-detail dataset (source ↗), which itemizes payments at a finer grain than the checkbook.

Yearly totals — full table 9 fiscal years
Fiscal yearTotalChecks
FY18$459,873,93196
FY19$464,972,19477
FY20$473,142,38375
FY21$516,920,35970
FY22$586,563,47471
FY23$649,660,80670
FY24$687,980,05166
FY25$770,531,45168
FY26$777,944,51366
Browse every payment 659 checks →
Recent payments latest 15 checks
DateDepartmentCategoryAmount
Jun 23, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $13,666,506
Jun 18, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $14,011,930
Jun 10, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $12,417,489
Jun 4, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $2,133,185
Jun 2, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $11,142,155
May 27, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $12,072,717
May 20, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $14,650,233
May 12, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $13,539,033
May 5, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $13,257,365
May 4, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $2,133,283
Apr 29, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $13,414,062
Apr 21, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $12,856,591
Apr 14, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $13,076,574
Apr 8, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $2,131,560
Apr 7, 2026 Department of Human ResourcesMedical - Employer $12,091,802

Source: State of Delaware checkbook · synced 2026-07-25. Open source dataset ↗

Source datasets

State checkbook (payments) · synced 2026-07-25 data.delaware.gov/d/5s6n-7hpx ↗
Document archive 6,110 verified state documents · methodology