Coventry Health Care, Inc. to Release Second Quarter 2005 Financial Results.

BETHESDA, Md. -- Coventry Health Care, Inc. (NYSE:CVH) announced today that it will release second quarter financial results on Tuesday, August 2, 2005. Dale Wolf, Coventry's Chief Executive Officer, will host a conference call at 8:30 a.m. EST on that day to discuss the results. To listen to the call, dial toll-free at 877-502-9276 or, for international callers, 913-981-5591. Callers will be asked to identify themselves and their affiliations. The conference call will also be broadcast over the Internet at www.cvty.com. Coventry asks participants on both the call and webcast to review and be familiar with its filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). A replay of the call will be available for one week at 888-203-1112, or for international callers, 719-457-0820. The access code is 1948472.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements, made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, relating to future events or future financial performance. Actual performance may be significantly impacted by certain risks and uncertainties, including those described in Coventry's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004.

Coventry Health Care is a national managed health care company based in Bethesda, Maryland operating health plans, insurance companies, network rental / managed care services companies, and workers' compensation services companies. Coventry provides a full range of risk and fee-based managed care products and services, including HMO, PPO, POS, Medicare Advantage, Medicaid, Workers' Compensation and Network Rental to a broad cross section of employer and government-funded groups, government agencies, and other insurance carriers and administrators in all 50 states as well as the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico. More information is available on the Internet at www.cvty.com and www.firsthealth.com.