Do Most Insurance Companies Pay for Endoscopic Thoracic Sympathectomy for Hyperhidrosis?
Absolutely Yes. As a matter of fact, 73/78 insurance companies we have worked with in the Northeastern United States agreed to pay for the procedure once we explained our experience with these pateints and the success rate of the operation. Among these are Blue Cross Blue Shield, Univera, Independent Health, AETNA, and United Health Care. Hyperhidrosis is considered a medical condition. The process of obtaining approval is an art and depends on the experience of the surgeon and particular hyperhidrosis clinic. Some of these clinics in Beverly Hills, Miami and Texas are notorious for the huge amounts of money that they take from patients for elimination of hyperhidrosis. Our fees are very reasonable and we continue to serve a large number of patients with these disorders. Needless to say, hours of work on the telephone, in some cases appealing the medical necessity of the procedure was required by my staff and/or myself. In most cases, the insurers have come to believe that these proced
