Christopher M. Bean, MD

Christopher M. Bean, MD

Specialties: Children's Urology

Gender: Male

Practice Locations

Accepted Insurance Plans

The University of Mississippi Medical Center accepts all plans, but may not be an in-network provider with your plan. We encourage you to contact your insurer and ask if the plan is in network with UMMC. Always contact your insurance carrier for specific coverage information.

*Note: Grenada and Holmes County locations have different payor contracts. Oral Surgeons are considered in-network to the medical health plans listed below NOT dental.

Jackson and Madison

Medicare health insurance plans

  • Devoted Health
  • Humana Medicare Advantage
  • Medicare - Fee for Service
  • Railroad Medicare - Fee for Service
  • Shared Health Mississippi
  • United Healthcare (except HMO)
  • Vantage Health Plan - Medicare Advantage
  • Wellcare - Medicare Advantage

Medicaid health plans

  • Mississippi Medicaid Fee for Service
  • MS CAN Plans: Magnolia, Molina, TrueCare
  • MS CHIP: Magnolia, Molina, TrueCare

Dental plans

  • Always Care
  • Avesis
  • Medicaid Fee for Service
  • MS CAN: Magnolia Health Plan, Molina HealthCare, TrueCare
  • Ambetter
  • Unum

Vision plans

  • EyeMed
  • First Look
  • March Vision

Commercial, Marketplace and other health plans

  • Aetna Health Management (excludes UMMC Madison)
  • Ambetter
  • American Life Care - PHCS/Multiplan
  • Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi
  • BCBS Federal
  • Celtic (Transplants)
  • Cigna PPO (excludes transplants; excludes UMMC Madison)
  • Corvel Healthcare Corp (Workers Comp.)
  • First Choice Health Plan - includes Humana PPO Commercial, but not Humana Medicare Advantage
  • First Health Network/Coventry - Aetna
  • Government Employees Health Insurance Association (GEHA) - United Healthcare
  • Interlink Health Services (Transplant)
  • LifeTrac (Transplant)
  • Mississippi Department of Rehab Services (MDRS)
  • Mississippi Physicians Care Network (MPCN)
  • Mississippi State and School Employees' Health Insurance Plan (AHS Network administered by Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Mississippi)
  • Multiplan - PHCS/American Life Care
  • North Mississippi Health Link
  • OptumHealth Care Solutions, Inc. (Transplant)
  • OptumHealth VA CCN 
  • PPO Plus, LLC/Zelis/Stratose
  • Private Healthcare Systems (PHCS)
  • Tricare
  • United Healthcare: PPO Commercial (excludes HMO)
  • Vantage Health Plan: Commercial, PPACA Plan
  • Veterans Administration

Behavioral health plans

  • United Behavioral Health
  • Cigna Behavioral Health

Education

Board Certification: Urology, Urology, Pediatric Urology
Fellowship:Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Internship:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Medical Education:University of Mississippi Medical Center
Residency:University of Mississippi Medical Center

Experience

Current Positions

Professor, School of Medicine, Department of Surgery, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS 3921607/2023 - Present

Specialty Certification Licensure

Certification, Pediatric Urology Subspecialty, American Board of Urology11/2018 - Present
Licensure, State of Ohio07/2012 - Present
Licensure, State of Mississippi07/2014 - Present
Certification, American Board of Urology, American Board of Urology03/2016 - Present

Honors, Awards, and Recognition

Robert S. Caldwell, MD Memorial Award, Medical Assurance Company of Mississippi2012
Chief Administrative Urology Resident, UMMC Division of Urology2011
T-Leon Howard Imaging Award, Southeastern Section of the American Urological Association2011
NIH pre- Cancer Research Training Award, National Institutes of Health / National Cancer Institute2001
Dean's List, Spring Hill College1998