Abstract: Enhanced systems and methods for processing of healthcare information are provided. According to one embodiment, a method comprises receiving, at a claim processing system that is operable to adjudicate a claim for payment from an insurer for services rendered to a healthcare consumer, a request for estimated healthcare payment information. The request may pertain to a service that has not been rendered to the healthcare consumer. The request for the estimated healthcare information may be received (e.g., electronically, such as via a web interface, and/or otherwise via a communication network, such as the Internet) from the healthcare consumer or from a healthcare service provider. The method further comprises processing the request by the claim processing system for determining the requested estimated healthcare payment information. The method further comprises communicating, from the claim processing system, a response to the request that includes the estimated healthcare payment information.