How to get your health insurance to pay for a bike fitting session.
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i haven't read all the posts, but i had my fit reimbursed by my company Health Care FSA. that's not exactly insurance, but at least i paid for it with pre-tax dollars which is about a 30% discount.
all that's required is that you get a specialist to recommend it as part of your treatment plan.
also, if you have a HDHP and HSA, you can use your HSA to pay for it. same reimbursement rules apply to FSA and HSA.
all that's required is that you get a specialist to recommend it as part of your treatment plan.
also, if you have a HDHP and HSA, you can use your HSA to pay for it. same reimbursement rules apply to FSA and HSA.
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i haven't read all the posts, but i had my fit reimbursed by my company Health Care FSA. that's not exactly insurance, but at least i paid for it with pre-tax dollars which is about a 30% discount.
all that's required is that you get a specialist to recommend it as part of your treatment plan.
also, if you have a HDHP and HSA, you can use your HSA to pay for it. same reimbursement rules apply to FSA and HSA.
all that's required is that you get a specialist to recommend it as part of your treatment plan.
also, if you have a HDHP and HSA, you can use your HSA to pay for it. same reimbursement rules apply to FSA and HSA.
I just never was billed for the fit. My only guess is that because one knee is strange it got covered as a medical necessity or something. I got billed for the deductible for that session, so it's not like there was a bookkeeping error.
I was ready to pay, and the benefits I got from the fitting on top of the PT (and learning why no matter how careful I was to keep a correct pedaling motion the pain was just getting worse and worse) were well worth what the cost would have been.
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i haven't read all the posts, but i had my fit reimbursed by my company Health Care FSA. that's not exactly insurance, but at least i paid for it with pre-tax dollars which is about a 30% discount.
all that's required is that you get a specialist to recommend it as part of your treatment plan.
also, if you have a HDHP and HSA, you can use your HSA to pay for it. same reimbursement rules apply to FSA and HSA.
all that's required is that you get a specialist to recommend it as part of your treatment plan.
also, if you have a HDHP and HSA, you can use your HSA to pay for it. same reimbursement rules apply to FSA and HSA.
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Somewhat off topic, but would you mind sharing what it was that you learned?