WellPoint To Hold Conference Call And Webcast To Discuss Fourth Quarter Results On February 7, 2005

INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- WellPoint, Inc. will release fourth quarter 2004 financial results on February 7, 2005, at 6:00 a.m. Eastern Standard Time (EST). Management will review these results and its 2005 outlook during a conference call at 8:00 a.m. EST 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 February 7, 2005, conference call. The access code for the replay is 762257. The replay will be available from 1:45 p.m. EST on February 7, 2005, until the end of the day on February 21, 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/ .

WellPoint, Inc.

CONTACT: Investor Relations: Tami Durle, +1-317-488-6390, or Media:James Kappel, +1-317-488-6400, both of WellPoint, Inc.

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