Can You Get Insurance to Pay for a Tummy Tuck Because of Prolapsed Uterus and Other Issues?

Unfortunately, insurance does not cover a tummy tuck. Occasionally with documentation of recurrent infection they will pay for a panniculectomy (simply removing loose skin).#tt#tummytuck

A tummy tuck will not fix the rest and therefore an insurance company is highly unlikely to pay fo the abdominoplasty.

Although a tummy tuck will address the rectus diastasis that you describe, this issue is only a cosmetic problem, not a functional one. The other problems are certainly functional issues, but are handled with an operation that does NOT involve doing an abdominoplasty.

The second issue is safety: its been shown that there is a higher risk of surgical and medical complications when GYN procedures are combined with abdominoplasty. I'm personally reluctant to do any of these combo procedures.

Ask yourself: Why should you insurance company pay for an abdominoplasty, which is a cosmetic procedure?

Your medical insurance MAY pay for correcting your umbilical hernia, prolapsed uterus/bladder and rectum but it will not pay for flattening your tummy with a Tummy Tuck (Abdominoplasty). Insurance companies regard all of Cosmetic Surgery as unnecessary surgery and do not pay for them.

Nice try - but the abdominoplasty is cosmetic and not covered by insurance. But --- if done at the same time as the gyn surgery, the hospital stay or facility charge will usually be covered by your insurance.