April 26 (Reuters) - Centene Corp beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter profit on Friday, helped by higher premiums from its commercial insurance business.

On an adjusted basis, Centene earned $2.26 per share in the three months ended March 31, compared with analysts' average estimate of $2.08 per share, according to LSEG data.

(Reporting by Vaibhav Sadhamta and Mariam Sunny in Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)