Question:
IUD under Parent's CIGNA insurance, is it covered? how much?
Anon
2010-04-07 00:19:18 UTC
I am 20 years old. I want to get some form of birth control. It'd be great if I could use my parent's insurance, that'll probably make it cheaper. But I don't want it to show up on the reports to my parents! is that possible?

where is the best place to go to? I don't want to go to like a run-down place. I live in Dallas, Texas.

How much will it cost?
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dcslmt
2010-04-07 05:09:31 UTC
If you file something under their insurance, they will find out about it. They get an explanation of benefits form in the mail for everything the insurance company pays, so there is no hiding it. You'll need to pay out of pocket at your GYN's office or go to Planned Parenthood (clean, reputable, professional, cheap or free depending on your income level) to get birth control.



Regarding the choice of an IUD, though... IUDs are not recommended for women who have never been pregnant. Since you don't want your parents to know you're seeking birth control, I'm guessing you don't have kids. You may have a tough time finding a doctor who is willing to give you an IUD. There are numerous other kinds of birth control out there, though, and some are as low maintenance as an IUD, like Implanon.



Kudos to you for wanting to protect yourself and making the steps to do it. Good job. After you're on BC, be sure to continue using condoms to protect yourself from STDs.



EDIT: Okay, I have to respond to Miss "Nulliparous Status." (Duly impressed, by the way.) The manufacturers of both Paraguard and Mirena do not recommend their products' use for women who are... wait for it... nulliparous. It's not because of difficulty or pain during insertion. It's because they don't want the liability if a woman has fertility problems later in life. While studies have not shown any deleterious effect on future fertility, they want to know that a woman is capable of getting pregnant, simply because they don't want the woman blaming the IUD if she should have problems in the future.



I'm not saying that IUDs are bad for nulliparous women, just that she may have trouble finding a doc to insert it off-label, because most docs don't want the liability, either.
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2016-06-01 01:25:58 UTC
No. This is one of the few exceptions to the rule that every policy is different. In this respect, they are only the same. A parent's health insurance can cover only the parent, the parent's spouse (in some cases), and the parent's own children (in some cases). No insurance policy covers grandchildren. The only possible exceptions are if the girl's parent adopts the baby as the grandparent's own child or if the girl's parent marries the baby (after the baby is old enough to marry).
?
2010-04-07 21:59:26 UTC
I'm not certain about your insurance, but I did want to comment on another poster's answer. There is NOTHING wrong with having an IUD inserted before having children. I had mine inserted at 17 years old without having ever even been pregnant, and I haven't had any complications whatsoever. My gynecologist remarked that my insertion was relatively easy, and it wasn't even that bad pain-wise. Refusing to insert based on your nulliparous status is an outdated practice, and you wouldn't want a doctor that far behind in the field inserting a IUD in the first place.
Jae Lynn
2013-11-23 23:33:57 UTC
honey an IUD is over $800 from the paragard.com website. but if you get a cheap insurance plan, im prety sure under the affordable healthcare care act its free. check with the provider though.
Brion
2017-03-25 10:49:08 UTC
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RE :IUD under Parent's CIGNA insurance, is it covered? how much?

I am 20 years old. I want to get some form of birth control. It'd be great if I could use my parent's insurance, that'll probably make it cheaper. But I don't want it to show up on the reports to my parents! is that possible?



where is the best place to go to? I don't want to go to like a run-down place. I live in Dallas, Texas.



How much will it cost?

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