Ana Costa Health

What Ana Costa Health does

Ana Costa Saúde is a regional health insurance provider operating in the Baixada Santista metropolitan area of São Paulo state, Brazil. Founded in 1970, the company offers health plans covering approximately 100,000 enrolled users across five cities: Santos, Guarujá, Cubatão, São Vicente, and Praia Grande. The core product is the Plano de Saúde Ana Costa, a regional health plan integrating insurance coverage with access to Hospital Ana Costa as the primary credentialed hospital, owned medical centers (Centros Médicos Próprios), and emergency care units (Pronto-Atendimento). A telemedicine service (Telemedicina) is included as part of the plan offering, enabling remote medical consultations for members.

The company generates revenue through recurring monthly subscription premiums paid by individual and corporate plan members, covering medical consultations, emergency care, hospitalizations, and surgeries. Pricing is not publicly disclosed and is handled on a quote-based system through authorized broker TJK Seguros. Distribution is channel-driven: all customer acquisition flows through TJK Seguros (TJK Seguros Corretora Habilitada) via phone and WhatsApp contact. The go-to-market is sales-led, targeting both individual/family consumers and employer-sponsored groups within the defined regional catchment.

No proprietary technology platform, mobile app, API, or AI capabilities are disclosed. The company is private with no funding rounds, M&A activity, or leadership changes on record. Its competitive positioning rests on regional brand recognition accumulated over 50+ years and the vertically integrated hospital-clinic-insurance model, rather than technology differentiation. The company maintains no disclosed certifications, patents, or formal regulatory actions in the available data.

Name

Ana Costa Health

Legal name

Ana Costa Saúde

Website

https://anacostasaudesite.com.br

Company type

Private

Founded year

1970

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Ana Costa Saúde is a regional Brazilian health insurance provider operating in the Baixada Santista area of São Paulo state, serving approximately 100,000 users across five cities with health plans integrated into the Hospital Ana Costa network.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Health Insurance

NAICS

Health Care and Social Assistance (62)

SIC

Hospital & Medical Service Plans (6324)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYHLAFAAAO

Hospital Shared Services, GPOs & System Support Organizations

Healthcare & Life Sciences/Healthcare Providers & Systems/Acute Care Hospitals & Health Systems

Keywords

• Health insurance plans
• Regional health coverage
• Telemedicine services
• Hospital network
• Medical centers

Headquarters

HQ city

Santos

HQ country

Brazil

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Supply Chain

Revenue model

1. Health Insurance Premiums: Recurring premium payments from approximately 100,000 enrolled users covering medical consultations, emergency care, hospitalizations, and surgeries through the Ana Costa hospital network and affiliated providers

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Ana Costa Saúde is a regional health insurance operator based in Santos, Brazil, selling health plans to individuals, families, and businesses across the Baixada Santista region. The plans grant members access to the Ana Costa hospital network, including Hospital Ana Costa, emergency units, and company-owned medical centers, along with an integrated telemedicine service. Coverage spans medical consultations, emergency care, hospitalizations, surgeries, and remote consultations.

Product overview

Ana Costa Saúde is a regional health insurance provider offering a unified health plan portfolio with coverage across Baixada Santista. The core product is the Plano de Saúde Ana Costa, which integrates access to Hospital Ana Costa (the plan's flagship credentialed hospital), owned medical centers, and emergency units. The plan also includes a modern Telemedicina (telemedicine) service enabling remote consultations. The offering ranges from elective consultations to hospitalizations and surgeries.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Plano de Saúde Ana Costa (Ana Costa Health Plan) Core health insurance plan offering regional coverage in the Baixada Santista area, including consultations, emergency care, elective procedures, hospitalizations, and surgeries through the Ana Costa hospital network. Designed for individuals, families, and corporate clients in the region.
• Telemedicina Ana Costa Telemedicine service included with health plan coverage, enabling plan members to access remote medical consultations and follow-ups.
• Pronto-Atendimento (Emergency Care Units) Emergency care units providing urgent medical attention for plan members across the regional network.
• Centros Médicos Próprios (Owned Medical Centers) Company-owned medical centers offering elective consultations and medical procedures for plan members in the Baixada Santista region.

Quantifiable outcome

• Serves approximately 100,000 enrolled users

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Hospital Ana CostacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHospital Ana Costa serves as the primary credentialed hospital and reference provider for the Ana Costa Saúde health plan. This integration provides plan members with access to the hospital's facilities for consultations, emergency care, hospitalizations, and surgeries. The partnership forms the core healthcare delivery component of the insurance plan's regional network.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Omint: Premium-tier health plan operator with strong corporate-account focus and curated hospital network. Comparable mid-size scale to Ana Costa, but with higher average ticket and corporate concentration.
• Golden Cross: Traditional Brazilian health plan operator with similar scale to Ana Costa, focused on individual and corporate plans with regional network density. Closest mid-tier size and product positioning to Ana Costa.
• Unimed Santos: Local Unimed cooperative serving the same Baixada Santista region with comparable individual, family, and corporate health plan products anchored by a regional hospital network. Ana Costa's most direct head-to-head competitor in its home geography.

Regional players

• Prevent Senior: São Paulo-focused health plan operator specializing in the older-adult segment with an integrated hospital network. Highly comparable regional concentration and integrated delivery model, though narrower demographic focus.

Broad incumbents

• Hapvida NotreDame Intermedica: Brazil's largest vertically integrated health plan operator post the NotreDame Intermedica merger, with owned hospitals and clinics nationwide. Directly comparable integrated model, but with national scale and stronger cost leverage.
• SulAmérica Saúde: One of Brazil's largest health insurers, offering individual, family, and corporate plans nationwide with strong brand recognition. Comparable product set but with broader geographic reach and corporate distribution.
• Bradesco Saúde: Health insurance arm of Bradesco, distributing plans via Brazil's largest retail banking channel. Competes for the same individual, family, and corporate segments Ana Costa targets in Baixada Santista.
• Porto Seguro Saúde: Health plan product from Porto Seguro leveraging the parent insurance brand and multi-channel distribution (brokers, digital, bancassurance). Competes in the same individual and corporate segments Ana Costa serves.
• NotreDame Intermedica: Historically a São Paulo-focused integrated health plan operator with owned hospital network; now under Hapvida. Closest historical model to Ana Costa's hospital-anchored regional play before its national consolidation.
• Amil (Dasa): Major national health plan operator now integrated with Dasa diagnostics, offering individual, family, and corporate plans across Brazil. Comparable product breadth but vastly larger scale and network.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/saude_costa
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/plano-de-saude-ana-costa

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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