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Breastpump- call your insurance

ClaireBennettClaireBennett
in 3rd Trimester
My insurance covers 90% of my breast pump and I didn't call until today.  After I already bought my own :(  call and check to see if it's covered, you never know!
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Re: Breastpump- call your insurance

  • luckyabby09luckyabby09
    can you return yours? I bought mine, but it is still un-opened
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  • hriesen4hriesen4
    Just curious.....Who do you go thru?  We're Anthem Blue PPO.  I'm crossing my fingers that you are too!!!
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  • ClaireBennettClaireBennett
    My husband opened it and pranced around the house with it :(
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  • ClaireBennettClaireBennett
    I have Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of CA, also a PPO.  CALL! :)
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  • luckyabby09luckyabby09

    imageClaireBennett:
    My husband opened it and pranced around the house with it :(

    OH bad DH bad! mine would have done the same if I hadn't told him not to open it!  

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  • ClaireBennettClaireBennett
    imageluckyabby09:

    imageClaireBennett:
    My husband opened it and pranced around the house with it :(

    OH bad DH bad! mine would have done the same if I hadn't told him not to open it!  

    At the time I found it hilarious.  Now, not so much... well, still hilarious.  In an ironic sort of way :P

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  • vmm0016vmm0016
    I checked mine; it was a no go.  :(  Did you have to get a preauthorization to get yours?  If so, you could buy another one with the 90% off and sell it on craigslist or ebay.
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  • jam1111jam1111
    Aetna PPO=nogo.  Boo!
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  • applejuiceynessapplejuiceyness
    I'm also Anthem.  You have to have a doctor's prescription for them to cover it so make sure you talk to your doc!
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  • luckyabby09luckyabby09
    I could get a manual pump with our Anthem PPO plan, and it has to be medically necessary! oh well, I'm glad I bought mine when I did.
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  • nowayimpreggonowayimpreggo

    imagehriesen4:
    Just curious.....Who do you go thru?  We're Anthem Blue PPO.  I'm crossing my fingers that you are too!!!

    I have Anthem too, and they don't cover pumps, sadly.  Hope your policy is different from mine! 

     

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  • NoJaneNoPainNoJaneNoPain
    If they cover it, wouldn't they reimburse with a receipt?
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  • SethandSaraSethandSara member

    imageClaireBennett:
    I have Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield of CA, also a PPO.  CALL! :)

     I have Anthem PPO too, but when I called months ago the person I talked to had no idea what I was talking about and said they don't cover it. How did you ask them about it?

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  • SoonToBeMrsLavigneSoonToBeMrsLavigne

    I have Anthem Blue Cross Blue Shield, PPO. My pump was covered 100% with a prescription, but I did not have to have a medical reason. According to the insurance co, their policy changed April 2009 so I could get one at anytime during my pregnancy without a reason.

     PS The insurance company was GREAT to deal with, but the pharmacy was HORRIBLE. The gave me a very hard time, and submitted my claim to insurance fraud because they just had never heard of insurance companys covering breast pumps.

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  • monksmamamonksmama member

    We have Keystone Healthplan East (a division of Blue Cross Blue Sheild) and I get reimbursed $50 of a Breastpump, $50 of a sibling or childbirth class and $100 to a lactation consultant. I just have to submit reciepts after the birth.

    It has less to do with the insurance company and more to do with the specific plan your employer chose.

    I have heard of some insurances even paying a portion of infant seats so it is worth checking out!

    (oh and mine also pays up to $200 for a weight loss program for after baby! They call the programs 'health connections' or something like that. The baby program is baby blueprints.)

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