Question:
Triccar Prime Insurance, What or did you have a copay? What is it if so??

I have Tricare Prime for my insurance. and I did get a approval for the RNY. my question is what was your co-pay. if you had one. Or did they cover the surgery , DR, hospital and the anesthesolgist??? did they cover all of this or just some.. Thanks Bettina [email protected]    — seabeewife (posted on June 26, 2001)

June 26, 2001
I also have Tricare Prime. They paid for my surgery except for my copay for inpatient, which I believe was $25 and then I paid $11 per day for four days. I think though that Tricare has done away with copays, so your best bet is to call them directly and ask if you will have any copay.
   — Melissa L.

June 26, 2001
I have Tricare Prime. The only thing I had to pay was the $11.00 per day hospital charge. Grand total, $34.00. Taxes included I guess!
   — Marnie K.

June 26, 2001
If you are an active duty dependent, like I am, as of April 1, 2001 Tricare no longer has copays. I had my surgery on May 14th and didn't pay a dime.
   — Melissa A.

June 26, 2001
I too have TriCare Prime, my surgery was May 29th, and didn't pay anything for it. Not for all the pre-op tests either. Just have to stay in the network and you should be fine.
   — Cindy S.

June 26, 2001
I also have Tricare Prime. My surgery was April 23. THe only thing I had to pay was $12.00 for the psych eval. I believe that now you do not have to pay any co-pays. Since then the only other thing we have had to pay is the gas to Denver. My surgeon is about an hour to an hour and a half away. Hope this helps you.
   — Tere F.

June 26, 2001
Depends on what type of status you have if your an "Active Duty" dependent then you have little or no co-pay. If on, the other hand your are retired or a dependent of a retiree, expect to pay a $250.00 per day co-pay for the hospital, and a 25% co-pay on the tricare allowable charges on everyone else. I am retired and boy was I surprised when I got the bills!
   — Harold R.