Part insurance part cash payment
Asked 2015-07-02
If I get breast reduction covered by insurance can I do a mommy makeover or whatever else is needed by paying cash to cut costs?
2 answers
Procedure(s)
Answered 2015-07-06
Women will not infrequently have multiple procedure done at the same time. As long as you have reviewed the procedures, goals and risks with your surgeon and found to be a good candidate. In terms of how a facility handles the combination of insured procedures with cosmetic procedure varies from institution to institution. Your surgeon or their staff should be able to review those with you.
Insurance will not cover anything else but the breast reduction. Generally what most hospitals do is charge a cosmetic rate for the anesthesia and OR, according to time in surgery after the breast reduction. The additional mommy makeover surgeon fee is determined by the surgeon. Every hospital or surgicenter has its own policy.