Tummy Tuck Covered by Insurance?

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 is generally not covered by insurance unless there is a special reason why the procedure would be necessary for you, and this reason would have to be therapeutic rather than just cosmetic. Please contact your insurance provider to find out if your tummy tuck would be covered.

It is highly unlikely that your insurance company will pay for removal of extra skin from the fibroids.

Abdominoplasty is considered a cosmetic procedure which is generally not covered by health insurance. This procedure removes excess skin and fat, lifts the pubic area, tightens the muscles, and reshapes the umbilicus (belly button).

If you have had a large weight loss and have excess skin which hangs past your pubic area (pannus), health insurance may pay for a portion of the procedure to remove it (panniculectomy). This may lessen some of the cost of the abdominoplasty, but is frequently very difficult to have approved by insurance carriers. I would recommend a consultation with a Board Certified Plastic Surgeon. I wish you the best of luck, Andrew Lyos MD, FACS.

A tummy tuck is a plastic surgery procedure that tightens your loose skin, muscle, and soft tissue in a beautiful, pleasing shape and appearance.  This surgery is considered cosmetic, so health insurance will not cover this procedure.

If you have a large amount of loose skin only, then the medical term for this loose skin is called a pannus.  Removal of this skin is called a panniculectomy.  This may be covered under some types of health insurance.  The problem with getting coverage for a panniculectomy is that it's not the same as a tummy tuck.  A panniculectomy is a procedure that only removes loose skin, and does not have the reshaping of the tummy that a typical tummy tuck includes. 

I wish you the best of luck!