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This is a list of telephone area codes in the state of Missouri. The area codes are allocated within the North American Numbering Plan (NANP) . The two original area codes for Missouri in 1947 were 314 and 816.
In 1982, Blue Shield merged with The Blue Cross Association to form the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association (BCBS). [11] Prior to 1986, organizations administering BCBS were tax exempt under 501(c)(4) as social welfare plans. The Tax Reform Act of 1986 revoked the exemption, however, because the plans sold commercial-type insurance.
They also serves all of southeastern Missouri (including the Missouri Bootheel area) and areas adjacent to the Mississippi River. 573 was created on January 7, 1996, in a split of area code 314, which was limited to the St. Louis metropolitan area in Missouri, and 235 was added on March 24, 2024 as part of an overlay complex.
In 1982, the Kansas City Blue Cross and Blue Shield Plans merged, creating Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas City. [ 6 ] In 2003, Kansas Insurance Commissioner Sandy Praeger denied a bid from Anthem (the fifth-largest US publicly traded health insurance company at the time) to purchase the company.
Toll-free telephone numbers in the North American Numbering Plan have the area code prefix 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, or 888. Additionally, area codes 822, 880 through 887, and 889 are reserved for toll-free use in the future. 811 is excluded because it is a special dialing code in the group NXX for various other purposes.
"Hundreds of thousands of Mercy patients" are on Anthem BCBS plans, according to Thompson. Patients on Anthem BCBS plans will be able to receive care at Mercy through Jan. 1, 2025.
In 2000, the Missouri PSC announced plans to create an overlay plan for the numbering plan area. On February 20, 2001, the overlay was approved by the North American Numbering Plan Administration (NANPA), [ 4 ] by assigning area code 975 for service starting October 20, 2001, which was later postponed to May 5, 2002. [ 5 ]
On October 24, 2000, the Missouri Public Service Commission announced plans to add a second area code for the 314 numbering plan area, creating an overlay, but postponed the implementation date (May 5, 2002) indefinitely on September 25, 2001, when the commission determined no immediate need for additional central office prefixes. [4]