Will insurance pay for my breast reduction?

For a majority of patients insurance companies do cover breast reduction surgery. Learn more from Michael Howard, MD.

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This does assume that the patient has large breasts, that these large breasts do cause physical symptoms, which

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can predictably be alleviated by reducing the breast size. [MUSIC PLAYING]

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Will insurance cover breast reduction surgery? For the vast majority of patients that I see,

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insurance companies do cover breast reduction surgery. This does assume that the patient has large breasts, that these large breasts do cause

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physical symptoms, which can predictably be alleviated by reducing the breast size, and that the patient has tried

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other means of alleviating the symptoms, such as backache, shoulder aches, breast pain. Once all the symptoms have been documented

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and that trying other means to reduce those symptoms or alleviate those symptoms have been documented

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to have not worked, most insurance companies today do allow or will approve breast reduction surgery.

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This, though, is on a case by case basis and does require that the patient have this submitted to insurance per their insurance policy.