Will insurance cover Botox for hyperhidrosis?

Just because your insurance company will cover the procedure, doesn't mean that the cost will be completely reimbursed. There are several hoops that the insurance company will require you to jump through prior to obtaining reimbursement. In my experience, it has been increasingly more difficult to obtain coverage

The answer depends on your insurance company.  Each one has a policy about hyperhidrosis on their website, but in my experience most will initially reject claims for Botox for hyperhidrosis. Sometimes they will pay after you write letters and fight with them, but they pay very little (I have even had... more

Hello and Thank you for asking this question. Some of my Dermatology clinics see significant traffic of patients seeking this treatment for excessive sweating, however we are finding that few cases are being approved by insurance for coverage of treatment using Botox. There are a series of other products... more

   Insurance companies require a failure to some other treatment before they will approve BOTOX. This can be either a topical such as Drysol, an anticholinergic such as hyoscine, biofeedback, or iontophoresis . Once one of these have failed, it is rather easy to get insurance coverage... more

It is very difficult to get an insurance company to cover Botox treatment for hyperhidrosis.  They will almost always reject it on the first submission.  Occasionally, if your physician persists and sends in an appeal (or two) and asks for an expert to review it, then part of it may be covered. ... more