How To Submit Claims To Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota

Coverage: Minnesota Blue Cross plans. Commercial, Medicare Advantage, Platinum Blue Cost, Minnesota Health Care Programs and MSHO require product-specific instructions.

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Minnesota claims guidance from the reviewed sources: Availity claim transactions. Confirm the member plan and claim type before using a payer ID or paper address.

At a glance

• The provider toolkit identifies Availity for eligibility, claims and remittance tools. Certain header changes require voiding the original claim and submitting a new original, not a replacement.

Submission channels

• Availity claim transactions

Electronic claims payer IDs

• Not clearly published in the researched sources.

Paper claims addresses

• Not clearly published in the researched sources.

Corrected claims and follow-up

• For changes to member name/ID/date of birth, billing provider, statement dates or inpatient/outpatient status, void the original and submit a new original under the toolkit instructions.

• No direct topic-specific link was captured in the current research set.

Caveats

• Do not apply the header-change rule to all corrections; use the applicable claim type and product instructions.

Provider resources

• Authorization resource (official)
• Filing resource (official)
• Claims resource (official)

Sources

Update notes

Last updated: 2026-10-30.

• Added current product distinctions and the specific void/new-original correction rule. Did not carry forward a deadline from an old manual.
• Payer pages blocked direct automated retrieval. Official search results confirmed the toolkit and authorization instructions; filing guidance came from the state regulator, not a Blue Cross contract.