Who is the Department of Health and Human Services's biggest contractor in FY2020?

UnitedHealth Group, with $101.4B obligated in FY2020. Second is California Department of Health Care Services at $66.8B.

Where does this ranking come from?

It is computed from USASpending.gov award records, which are U.S. government works and in the public domain. Each figure is the total the Department of Health and Human Services obligated to that recipient in FY2020. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.

How many recipients are shown?

The top 100 for FY2020. Each row opens that recipient's own page, where the same money is broken out by year, by counterparty and by place.

Does a high position mean anything is wrong?

No. This is a description of where public money went in FY2020, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

Rankings

Top contractors of the Department of Health and Human Services: FY2020

FY2020 · complete year · data as of 2026-07-12

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UnitedHealth Group received more money from the Department of Health and Human Services than any other recipient in FY2020: $101.4B in obligations. Ranked by what the Department of Health and Human Services obligated to each recipient in FY2020, so the list is about this agency's money rather than a contractor's overall size. Combined corporate families count once. Computed

Ranked from USASpending records. FY2020 to FY2026 are loaded.

Quick findings

Computed

The top 10 account for 53% of the $671.1B combined total of all 100 recipients listed.

Rank	Name	FY2020
01	UnitedHealth Group0 awards	$101.4B
02	California Department of Health Care Services0 awards	$66.8B
03	NYS Department of Health0 awards	$51B
04	Health & Human SVC Commn TX0 awards	$30.9B
05	PA Department of Human Services0 awards	$26.6B
06	Ohio Department of Job & Family Services0 awards	$21.7B
07	Florida Agency for Health Care Administration0 awards	$18.8B
08	Michigan Department of Health and Human Services0 awards	$17.1B
09	Illinois Department of Healthcare & Family Services0 awards	$14.5B
10	North Carolina Department of Health & Human Services0 awards	$13.5B
11	Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System0 awards	$12.5B
12	New Jersey Department of Human Services0 awards	$12.4B
13	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts0 awards	$12.1B
14	The Commonwealth of Massachusetts0 awards	$12.1B
15	Health Services Kentucky Cabinet for0 awards	$10.7B
16	Indiana Family and Social Serv0 awards	$10.6B
17	Department of Social & Health Services0 awards	$10.1B
18	Minnesota Department of Human Services0 awards	$9.8B
19	VA Department of Medical Assistance Service0 awards	$9.8B
20	Lousiana Department of Health0 awards	$9.5B
21	Department of Social Services Misso0 awards	$9.3B
22	Georgia Department of Community Health0 awards	$9.1B
23	Oregon Health Authority-Public Health0 awards	$8.6B
24	Maryland Department of Health0 awards	$8.6B
25	Finance & Administration Tennessee Depar0 awards	$8.1B
26	State of Wisconsin Department of Health Services0 awards	$6.9B
27	State of Colorado - Dept of Health Care Policy & Financing0 awards	$6.7B
28	Department of Social Services California0 awards	$6.2B
29	Department of Social Services Connecticut0 awards	$6.1B
30	New Mexico Health Care Authority0 awards	$5.7B
31	Arkansas Department of Human Services0 awards	$5.7B
32	Arkansas Department of Human Services0 awards	$5.7B
33	Department of Health Human Services0 awards	$5.5B
34	Alabama Medicaid Agency0 awards	$5.5B
35	Mississippi Division of Medicaid0 awards	$5B
36	IA Department of Human Services0 awards	$4.6B
37	West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources0 awards	$4.1B
38	Oklahoma Health Care Authority0 awards	$4B
39	Nevada Department of Health & Human Services0 awards	$3.8B
40	Nevada Department of Human Services0 awards	$3.6B
41	West Virginia Department of Health and Human Resources0 awards	$3.5B
42	New York State Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance0 awards	$3.3B
43	Puerto Rico Department of Health0 awards	$3B
44	Utah Department of Health and Human Services0 awards	$3B
45	Kansas Department of Health & Environment0 awards	$2.9B
46	Maine Department of Health and Human Services0 awards	$2.8B
47	Idaho Department of Health & Welfare0 awards	$2.5B
48	Government of District of Columbia0 awards	$2.3B
49	State of Montana Department of Health and Human Services0 awards	$2.1B
50	State of Rhode Island Department of Administration0 awards	$2B
51	Nebraska Department of Health & Human Services0 awards	$1.9B
52	State of Alaska Department of Health0 awards	$1.9B
53	Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC0 awards	$1.9B
54	Department of Human Services Hawaii0 awards	$1.9B
55	New Hampshire Department of Health & Human Services0 awards	$1.6B
56	Leidos, Inc.0 awards	$1.5B
57	Human Services Vermont Agency of0 awards	$1.5B
58	New York Office of Children & Family Services0 awards	$1.5B
59	Delaware Dept of Health and Social Services0 awards	$1.3B
60	Illinois Department of Human Service0 awards	$1.3B
61	Department of Education California0 awards	$1.2B
62	Texas Workforce Commission0 awards	$1.2B
63	Pfizer Inc0 awards	$1.2B
64	North Dakota Department of Human Services0 awards	$1.1B
65	Florida Department of Children and Families0 awards	$1.1B
66	Department of State Health Services0 awards	$1.1B
67	Arizona Department of Economic Security0 awards	$1B
68	City of New York0 awards	$1B
69	City of New York0 awards	$1B
70	Sanofi Vaccines US Inc.0 awards	$965.8M
71	Modernatx, Inc.0 awards	$954.9M
72	Health Research, Inc.0 awards	$948.5M
73	Glaxosmithkline, LLC0 awards	$948.4M
74	The Johns Hopkins University0 awards	$897.6M
75	Florida Department of Health0 awards	$890.4M
76	The Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York0 awards	$881.9M
77	State of Wisconsin Dept of Children & Families0 awards	$865.1M
78	Virginia Department of Social Services0 awards	$825.9M
79	New Jersey Department of Health0 awards	$820.6M
80	Social Services South Dakota Department0 awards	$814.5M
81	Regents of the University of California, San Francisco, the0 awards	$780.4M
82	Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center0 awards	$775M
83	Florida Department of Education0 awards	$747.2M
84	Department of Human Services Colorado0 awards	$732.3M
85	Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.0 awards	$724.7M
86	University of California, Los Angeles0 awards	$695.9M
87	Regents of the University of Michigan0 awards	$687M
88	Emergent Manufacturing Operations Baltimore LLC0 awards	$672.8M
89	Oklahoma Dept of Human Services0 awards	$660.2M
90	Philips North America LLC0 awards	$648M
91	Duke University0 awards	$640.1M
92	Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc0 awards	$638.4M
93	Maximus Federal Services, Inc.0 awards	$628.6M
94	Dept Family & Protective Ser0 awards	$619.4M
95	California Department of Public Health0 awards	$618.2M
96	University of Washington0 awards	$617.1M
97	Maryland Department of Human Services0 awards	$612.4M
98	Massachusetts Department of Public Health0 awards	$609M
99	Department of Human Services0 awards	$606.3M
100	Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania, the0 awards	$605.4M

Obligations are the dollars the agency committed, which is not the same as dollars paid out. A recipient can appear on several agencies' lists; each ranks only its own money.

Questions

Who is the Department of Health and Human Services's biggest contractor in FY2020?: UnitedHealth Group, with $101.4B obligated in FY2020. Second is California Department of Health Care Services at $66.8B.
Where does this ranking come from?: It is computed from USASpending.gov award records, which are U.S. government works and in the public domain. Each figure is the total the Department of Health and Human Services obligated to that recipient in FY2020. TheFiscalFinder does the ranking; the underlying figures are the government's own.
How many recipients are shown?: The top 100 for FY2020. Each row opens that recipient's own page, where the same money is broken out by year, by counterparty and by place.
Does a high position mean anything is wrong?: No. This is a description of where public money went in FY2020, computed from public records. It is not an allegation about anyone on it.

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