Are mammograms covered under health insurance?
Yes, per Florida statute 627.6418 policies must provide coverage for at least the following: (a) A baseline mammogram for any woman who is 35 years of age or older, but younger than 40 years of age. (b) A mammogram every 2 years for any woman who is 40 years of age or older, but younger than 50 years of age, or more frequently based on the patient’s physician’s recommendation. (c) A mammogram every year for any woman who is 50 years of age or older. (d) One or more mammograms a year, based upon a physician’s recommendation, for any woman who is at risk for breast cancer because of a personal or family history of breast cancer, because of having a history of biopsy-proven benign breast disease, because of having a mother, sister, or daughter who has or has had breast cancer, or because a woman has not given birth before the age of 30.
