Cook Children's Medical Center and Cook Children's Physician Network have contracts with the following health care insurance companies, and we are committed to growing this list. We want to be sure that every family and child in our community has the coverage they need to get and stay healthy.
Aetna**
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO Blue Essentials
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PAR - Cook Children's Medical Center Fort Worth Only
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Premier
Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthSelect of Texas
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HPN
Cigna Healthcare of Texas**
EHN- Employers Health Network
First Health Network*
Fort Worth Firefighters 440
Galaxy Healthcare Network
HealthScope*
HealthSmart Payors Organization/HealthSmart*
Imagine Health
MultiPlan Inc/PHCS*
Providence Health Alliance
Baylor Scott and White Health Plan**
United Healthcare PPO/EPO**
USA Managed Care Organizations
* Does NOT include Physician Only Plans or Christian Healthcare Sharing Ministry Plans
** Excluding exchange products
To confirm that your insurance is covered, please review Cook Children's accepted insurance plans.
Cook Children's Medical Center and Cook Children's Physician Network have contracts with the following health care insurance companies, and we are committed to growing this list. We want to be sure that every family and child in our community has the coverage they need to get and stay healthy.
Aetna**
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HMO Blue Essentials
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PAR - Cook Children's Medical Center Fort Worth Only
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas Premier
Blue Cross Blue Shield HealthSelect of Texas
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Texas HPN
Cigna Healthcare of Texas**
EHN- Employers Health Network
First Health Network*
Fort Worth Firefighters 440
Galaxy Healthcare Network
HealthScope*
HealthSmart Payors Organization/HealthSmart*
Imagine Health
MultiPlan Inc/PHCS*
Providence Health Alliance
Baylor Scott and White Health Plan**
United Healthcare PPO/EPO**
USA Managed Care Organizations
* Does NOT include Physician Only Plans or Christian Healthcare Sharing Ministry Plans
** Excluding exchange products
To confirm that your insurance is covered, please review Cook Children's accepted insurance plans.
Meet Dr. Irene Castaneda-Sanchez
Irene Castaneda-Sanchez, MD, has been a pediatric pathologist with Cook Children's Medical Center since 2009.
Dr. Sanchez received her medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School at Houston in 2004. She completed her residency in Pathology at the University Health Sciences Center in San Antonio, Texas in 2008 and completed a fellowship in Pediatric Pathology at the University of Texas Southwestern/ Children's Medical Center in Dallas in 2009.
Dr. Sanchez served as Medical Director of Pathology and Laboratory Services at Cook Children's Medical Center from March of 2018 through November 2024. She serves on several committees at the medical center, including Continuing Medical Education Committee (2014), Medical Board Committee (2015-17), Peer Assistance Committee (2018) and Trauma/PIPS Committee (2018). She has professional affiliations with the Society for Pediatric Pathology, the College of American Pathologists, the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, and the American Society for Clinical Pathology.
Dr. Sanchez is certified by the American Board of Pathology in Anatomic/Clinical Pathology and Pediatric Pathology.
Services
Pediatric pathology
Education
Medical School:
University of Texas Medical School at Houston
Residency:
University of Texas Health Science Center-San Antonio
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