Empire Medicine & Rehabilitation participates with many insurance companies including, Medicare, Empire Plan, United Health Care, Empire Blue Cross Blue Shield,
Cigna, Vytra and Oxford. The coverage for acupuncture varies among plans. Please
contact us for more information.

Please note: If your health insurance company is not listed please contact us for more information. We will offer you a discounted rate if your health insurance plan does not cover acupuncture treatment

Aetna
Aetna has plans that do and do not cover acupuncture treatment. You can call your Insurance Company to find out whether your plan has this benefit. If it does not, some
Insurance companies may offer the option of adding this benefit at a low cost.
Aetna has many different plans for acupuncture treatment. The patient may be responsible for a co pay ranging from $5 to $30 or coinsurance which can range from 10 to 50%.

Blue Cross Blue Shield
Blue Cross Blue Shield Federal (R), Verizon (NYN) and Suffolk County (SUF) plans do cover acupuncture treatment for pain management at 100% after a co pay. Some plans may be limited to 10 acupuncture treatments per calendar year.
All other plans under Blue Cross Blue Shield will cover acupuncture treatment for conditions that they consider medically necessary. Some of these may include nausea due to pregnancy, nausea due to chemotherapy, postoperative dental pain and osteoarthritis.

Cigna
Cigna has plans that do and do not cover acupuncture treatment. You can call your Insurance Company to find out whether your plan has this benefit. If it does not, some
Insurance companies may offer the option of adding this benefit at a low cost.
Cigna has many different plans for acupuncture treatment. The patient may be responsible for a co pay ranging from $10 to $30 or coinsurance which can range from 10 to 20%.

The Empire Plan – (New York State Health Insurance Plan “NYSHIP”)
The Empire Plan do covers acupuncture treatment at 100% after a $12 to $18 co pay.

GHI
GHI does not cover acupuncture treatment but the insurance companies will cover the initial consultation .

HIP
HIP does not cover acupuncture treatment but the insurance companies will cover the initial consultation.

MagnaCare
Magnacare has plans that do and do not cover acupuncture treatment. You can call your Insurance Company to find out whether your plan has this benefit. If it does not, some
Insurance companies may offer the option of adding this benefit at a low cost. Magnacare has many different plans for acupuncture treatment. The patient may be responsible for a co pay ranging from $10 to $35.

Medicare
Medicare does not cover acupuncture treatment but the insurance companies will cover the initial consultation

Medicare Supplement Plans (AARP)
All Medicare supplement plans follow Medicare guidelines. Therefore, these plans do not cover acupuncture treatment.

Oxford
Oxford does not cover acupuncture treatment but the insurance companies will cover the initial consultation.

United Health Care
United Health Care has plans that do and do not cover acupuncture treatment. You can call your Insurance Company to find out whether your plan has this benefit. If it does not, some
Insurance companies may offer the option of adding this benefit at a low cost. United Health Care has many different plans for acupuncture treatment. The patient may be responsible for a co pay ranging from $10 to $30 or coinsurance which can range from 10 to 20%.

Vytra
Vytra has plans that do and do not cover acupuncture treatment. You can call your Insurance Company to find out whether your plan has this benefit. If it does not, some Insurance companies may offer the option of adding this benefit at a low cost. Vytra has many different plans for acupuncture treatment. The patient may be responsible for a co pay ranging from $10 to $30 or coinsurance which can range from 10 to 20%.