WellPoint to Hold Conference Call and Webcast to Discuss Third Quarter Results On October 26, 2005

INDIANAPOLIS, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WellPoint, Inc. will release third quarter 2005 financial results on October 26, 2005, at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time (EDT). Management will review these results and its 2005 outlook during a conference call at 8:30 a.m. EDT that same morning.

The conference call should be accessed at least 15 minutes prior to the start of the call with the following numbers:

888-423-3268 (Domestic) 800-475-6701 (Domestic Replay) 651-291-5254 (International) 320-365-3844 (International Replay)

An access code is not required for the October 26, 2005, conference call. The access code for the replay is 779659. The replay will be available from 1:45 p.m. EDT on October 26, 2005, until the end of the day on November 9, 2005. The call will also be available through a live webcast at http://www.wellpoint.com/ under "Investor Info." A webcast replay will be available following the call.

About WellPoint, Inc.

WellPoint, Inc. is the largest publicly traded commercial health benefits company in terms of membership in the United States. WellPoint, Inc. is an independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and serves its members as the Blue Cross licensee for California; the Blue Cross and Blue Shield licensee for Colorado, Connecticut, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Maine, Missouri (excluding 30 counties in the Kansas City area), Nevada, New Hampshire, Ohio, Virginia (excluding the Northern Virginia suburbs of Washington, D.C.), Wisconsin; and through HealthLink and UniCare. Additional information about WellPoint is available at http://www.wellpoint.com/ .