Minnesota UCare transportation provider bonds.
$2,000 flat.
A transportation vendor contracting with UCare Minnesota, the Minneapolis-based nonprofit health plan, to provide non-emergency medical transportation for its members can be required under UCare's transportation network provider agreement to post a $100,000 bond. Ours is $2,000 flat.
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How much does a Minnesota UCare transportation provider bond cost?
$2,000 at the $100,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Network provider bonds like this are about the simplest thing in surety. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Company details and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no long credit section.
Pay & e-sign
Network provider bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. Issued when you pay. One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Deliver to UCare
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to deliver to your UCare contracting or network representative. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
UCare Minnesota is a Minneapolis-based nonprofit health plan serving Medicaid, Medicare, and individual and family members statewide. To keep members' non-emergency medical trips reliable, UCare contracts with a network of transportation vendors, and its transportation network provider agreement can condition network participation on a $100,000 surety bond.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal, the transportation vendor), the surety carrier, and UCare as obligee. If a contracted vendor fails to perform under its network agreement, or leaves a covered obligation unmet, UCare can make a claim against the bond, and if the surety pays, the vendor repays the surety.
This is a private contractual requirement arising from UCare's own provider agreement, not a Minnesota statute or Department of Human Services rule — so the amount, and whether a bond applies at all, follows UCare's own contracting terms rather than a fixed public code section. Confirm the current bonding requirement with your UCare contracting or network representative before applying.
You need this bond if you are
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $100,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The premium covers a one-year term from the effective date you choose; a longer term is the same price per year, chosen at checkout.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
Deliver to UCare. Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to deliver to your UCare contracting or network representative. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $2,000 at the $100,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
One soft credit pull, never a hard inquiry, and it never affects your score.
Where a check runs, it decides approval; the rate is the same for everyone approved.
One application, then a quick check.
Submit the application with your company details. Approval typically follows a quick soft credit check that never affects your score.
Start the application →Common questions.
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Satisfy UCare's network bonding requirement.
$2,000 flat, soft pull only, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.