FWP

Filed pursuant to Rule 433

Registration No. 333-127610

UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED

5.375% NOTES DUE MARCH 15, 2016

FINAL TERM SHEET

Dated February 27, 2006

 

Issuer:

  UnitedHealth Group Incorporated

Ratings:

  A2/A

Security Type:

  SEC Registered

Size:

  $750,000,000

Maturity:

  March 15, 2016

Coupon:

  5.375%

Price:

  99.622% of face amount

Trade Date:

  February 27, 2006

Settlement:

  March 2, 2006 (T+3)

Yield to maturity:

  5.424%

Spread to Benchmark Treasury:

  0.83% (83 basis points)

Benchmark Treasury:

  U.S. Treasury 4.500% due February 15, 2016

Benchmark Treasury Spot and Yield:

  99-8; 4.594%

Interest Payment Dates:

 

March 15 and September 15, commencing

September 15, 2006

Redemption Provisions:

 

        Make-Whole Call:

 

At any time at a discount rate of U.S. Treasury plus

15 basis points

CUSIP:

  91324PAQ5

Joint Book-Running Managers:

  J.P. Morgan Securities Inc.
  Citigroup Global Markets Inc.
  Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Co-Managers:

  Banc of America Securities LLC
 

BB&T Capital Markets, a division of Scott and

    Stringfellow, Inc.

  BNY Capital Markets, Inc.
  Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
  Fifth Third Securities, Inc.
 

KeyBanc Capital Markets, A Division of McDonald

    Investment Inc.

  LaSalle Financial Services, Inc.
  Lazard Capital Markets LLC
  Lehman Brothers Inc.
  Mellon Financial Markets, LLC
 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith

    Incorporated

  Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc.
  NatCity Investments, Inc.
  Piper Jaffray & Co.
  PNC Capital Markets LLC
  Greenwich Capital Markets, Inc.
  The Williams Capital Group, L.P.
  Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC
  Wells Fargo Brokerage Services, LLC

The issuer has filed a registration statement (including a prospectus) with the SEC for the offering to which this communication relates. Before you invest, you should read the prospectus in that registration statement and other documents the issuer has filed with the SEC for more complete information about the issuer and this offering. You may get these documents for free by visiting EDGAR on the SEC Web site at www.sec.gov.

Alternatively, the issuer, any underwriter or any dealer participating in the offering will arrange to send you the prospectus if you request it by calling J.P. Morgan Securities Inc. at 1-212-834-4533 (collect) or Citigroup Global Markets Inc. at 1-877-858-5407 (toll free).

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