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Reimbursable Expenses

Flexible Benefit Plan

This non-exhaustive list of expenses reimbursable by your Medical Flexible Spending Account is based on Internal Revenue Code 213(d). IRS Code Section 213(d)(1) defines medical care as amounts paid for the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or for the purpose of affecting any structure or function of the body. Such expenses must be incurred primarily for the prevention or alleviation of a physical or mental defect or illness. Please feel free to give us a call if you have questions. Also see examples of Non-Reimbursable Expenses.

  • Acupuncture
  • Acne treatment
  • Ambulance
  • Artificial limbs
  • Artificial teeth
  • Automobile modification (hand controls, lifts, etc.)
  • Birth control pills, devices
  • Blood pressure monitor
  • Birth prevention surgery
  • Birthing classes
  • Braille books & magazines
  • Breast Reconstruction
  • Care for mental handicap
  • Chiropractors
  • Christian Science practitioner
  • Coinsurance (the "80/20" cost-sharing of medical bills required by many policies after payment of the deductible)
  • Contact lenses & supplies
  • Contact Lens Protection Plan
  • Contraception
  • Copays
  • Cord blood storage*
  • Corrective / Support Devices* (special mattress or board)
  • Cosmetic surgery (only if restorative)*
  • Costs for physical/mental illness
  • Crutches
  • Deductible
  • Dental fees (only if not cosmetic; for example, teeth whitening is NOT a reimbursable expense)
  • Dentures
  • Diagnostic fees
  • Diets, Special (medically supervised - excludes foods)
  • Drug & alcohol addiction treatment
  • Drug & medical supplies
  • Eyeglasses, incl exam fee
  • Fee for practical nurse
  • Fees of licensed osteopaths
  • Fertility treatment
  • Guide dog
  • Handicapped persons' schools
  • Hearing devices & batteries
  • Home improvements* for medical conditions
  • Insulin
  • Laboratory fees
  • Laser eye surgery
  • Learning disability - special school fees
  • Mentally challenged - special home for
  • Massage therapy*
  • Mileage (Transportation expenses for medical service)
  • Obstetrical expenses*
  • Operations
  • Orthodontia*
  • Orthopedic shoes
  • Over-the-counter medications*
  • Oxygen
  • Physical therapy
  • Physician fees
  • Prescribed medicine (only if not cosmetic: hair-loss medications are not reimbursable)
  • Prenatal care*
  • Psychiatrist's care
  • Psychologist's fees
  • Routine physicals & other non-diagnostic services
  • Schools and education, special
  • Smoking cessation
  • Special communications equipment for the deaf
  • Special education for the blind
  • Sterilization fees
  • Surgical fees
  • Therapeutic care for drug & alcohol addiction
  • Therapy treatments
  • Transportation expenses for medical service
  • Tubal ligation
  • Tuition at special school for the handicapped
  • Vasectomy
  • Vitamins* and nutritional supplements* (only if recommended by a doctor for a specific medical condition
  • Weight loss* (to treat existing disease)
  • Wheelchair
  • Wigs*
  • X-rays




*Please Note: Additional guidance is available for meeting eligibility requirements for reimbursement of this expense. Special rules apply, including a requirement for additional physician-supplied documentation of medical condition!