Does insurance cover breast thermography?
That will depend on each individuals insurance coverage. Our center’s policy is to receive payment at the time of service and we will provide you with all of the paperwork necessary for you to submit the bill to your insurance company for reimbursement yourself. Is Digital Infrared Imaging an approved procedure? Yes, in 1982 DII was approved by the FDA for use as an adjunctive breast cancer screening procedure. Does Digital Infrared Imaging replace mammograms? No, but the two tests complement each other. Health care experts agree that no one procedure or method of imaging is solely adequate for breast cancer screening. The false negative and positive rates for mammography are too high for the procedure to be used alone. Digital Infrared Imaging can pick up many of the cancers missed by mammography. A positive infrared image is also the single most important marker of high risk for developing breast cancer. It is DII’s unique ability to monitor the abnormal temperature (physiological) c
