Exhibit 21

WELLPOINT HEALTH NETWORKS INC.  LIST OF SUBSIDIARY ENTITIES

|Company                                                        |  | State of
Incorporation
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|Affiliated Healthcare, Inc.                                    |  | Texas                 
|AHI Healthcare Corporation                                     |  | Texas                 
|American Managing Company                                      |  | Texas                 
|Atlanta Healthcare Partners, Inc.                              |  | Georgia               
|BCC Holdings Corporation, Inc.                                 |  | California            
|BC Life & Health Insurance Company                             |  | California            
|Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia, Inc.                    |  | Georgia               
|Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthcare Plan of Georgia, Inc.        |  | Georgia               
|Blue Cross of California                                       |  | California            
|C&S Properties, Inc.                                           |  | Missouri              
|Cerulean Companies, Inc.                                       |  | Georgia               
|Comprehensive Integrated Marketing Services                    |  | California            
|Cost Care, Inc.                                                |  | Massachusetts         
|CSRA Healthcare Partners, Inc.                                 |  | Georgia               
|Diversified Life Insurance Agency of Missouri, Inc.            |  | Missouri              
|Fourty-Four Fourty-Four Forest Park Redevelopment Corp.        |  | Missouri              
|Foxfield Ventures II, Inc.                                     |  | Delaware              
|Greater Georgia Life Insurance Company                         |  | Georgia               
|Group Benefits of Georgia, Inc.                                |  | Georgia               
|Group Benefits Plus                                            |  | California            
|HealthLink, Inc.                                               |  | Illinois              
|HealthLink HMO, Inc.                                           |  | Missouri              
|Health Ventures Partner, LLC                                   |  | Illinois (LLC)        
|Healthy Alliance Life Insurance Co.                            |  | Missouri              
|HMO Missouri, Inc.                                             |  | Missouri              
|MCS Health Management Options, Inc.*                           |  | Puerto Rico           
|National Capital Health Plan, Inc.                             |  | Virginia              
|UNICARE National Capital Preferred Provider Organization, Inc. |  | Maryland              
|Park Square I, Inc.                                            |  | California            
|Park Square II, Inc.                                           |  | California            
|Park Square Holdings, Inc.                                     |  | California            
|Precision Rx, Inc.                                             |  | Texas                 
|Preferred Health Plans of Missouri, Inc.                       |  | Missouri              
|Professional Claim Services, Inc.                              |  | New York              
|R&P Realty, Inc.                                               |  | Missouri              
|RightCHOICE Insurance Company                                  |  | Illinois              
|RightCHOICE Managed Care, Inc.                                 |  | Delaware              
|The Epoch Group, L.C.*                                         |  | Missouri (LLC)        
|The Industry MSO, Inc.*                                        |  | California            
|TriState Inc.                                                  |  | Delaware              
|UNICARE Health Plan of Oklahoma, Inc.                          |  | Oklahoma              
|UNICARE Health Plan of Virginia, Inc.                          |  | Virginia              
|UNICARE Health Plans                                           |  | Illinois (partnership)
|UNICARE Health Plans of the Midwest, Inc.                      |  | Illinois              
|UNICARE Health Insurance Company of the Midwest                |  | Illinois              
|UNICARE Life & Health Insurance Company                        |  | Delaware              
|UNICARE Illinois Services, Inc.                                |  | Illinois              
|UNICARE National Services, Inc.                                |  | Delaware              
|UNICARE of Texas Health Plans, Inc.                            |  | Texas                 
|UNICARE Service Co.                                            |  | California            

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|UNICARE Specialty Services, Inc.           |  | Delaware  
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|WellPoint Association Services Group, Inc. |  | Washington
|WellPoint Behavioral Health, Inc.          |  | Delaware  
|WellPoint California Services, Inc.        |  | Delaware  
|WellPoint Dental Services, Inc.            |  | Delaware  
|WellPoint Development Company, Inc.        |  | Delaware  

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