Will Medicaid cover breast augmentation?

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Will Medicaid cover breast augmentation? After breastfeeding my breasts became very deformed And my nipple are so painful and I have constant pains in my breasts

Richard H. Fryer, MD · Answer

Thank you for your question.  Unfortunately, Medicaid and any other insurance company does not cover any costs towards a cosmetic breast augmentation.If you would like additional information regarding breast augmentation, you can download your free copy of my Breast Augmentation Planner at ABetterBreast.com.Best of luck!

Brian C. Reuben, MD · Answer

No, unfortunately Medicaid is designed for coverage of medically necessary surgery.  No insurance will see breastfeeding as a deformity that requires reconstructive surgery.

James E. Murphy, MD, FACS · Answer

Breast Augmentation is a cosmetic procedure therefore  not medically necessary.  Medicaid will not cover cosmetic procedures.  Breast Augmentation will not alleviate the breast pain you are experiencing. You may want to speak with your primary care physician regarding your pain. All the best to you.

Vincent N. Zubowicz, MD · Answer

Breast augmentation is an elective aesthetic procedure. Medicaid does not and should not cover the operation.

Luis Macias, MD, FACS · Answer

See your primary care doctor regarding your breast pain as this requires an examination. Regarding insurance paying for a breast augmentation, usually and they only cover breast reconstruction secondary to a congenital malformation. This is a purely cosmetic surgery and therefore not covered by insurance.

Don Fontana, MD · Answer

No....neither  does any other insurance  company that I am aware.  See your GYN  doctor  to examine your breasts. Nipple pain is  abnormal and the cause should be  determined.

Jourdan Gottlieb, MD · Answer

Medicaid will not cover breast augmentation nor any other aesthetic procedure. Furthermore it is most unlikely that implants will resolve the pain symptoms you are experiencing. A visit to your primary MD for evaluation is the next step.All the best.

Norman Bakshandeh Day, MD, FACS · Answer

breast augmentation is a purely elective medical procedure and is not and should not be covered by medicaid

Stephen M. Davis, MD, FACS · Answer

The best place to start is with your primary care physician. Your physician need to find out why your breasts are deformed and so painful ( mastodynia). I don't believe any plastic surgeon would augment a breast that is already painful as the surgery may worsen the pain.Good LuckStephen M. Davis, MD, FACSGreen Hills Plastic Surgery

Aramis Vega, MD · Answer

In Dominican Republic insurance do not cover expenses for aesthetic surgeries. You can go to a plastic surgeon near you for better orientations.

Will Medicaid cover breast augmentation?

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