Sterilisation Kostenübernahme beantragen

The statutory health insurance funds cover the costs of medically required sterilization.

The statutory health insurance funds cover the costs of sterilization if the procedure is medically necessary.

In women: If

• a pregnancy would endanger their health.

In healthy men:

• If a serious injury to the woman is to be expected from pregnancy and at the same time the intervention of sterilization would be life-threatening for the woman.

In other cases, you bear the costs yourself.

• Electronic health card

The attending physicians decide in which cases there is a medical indication for sterilization.

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• Insured persons are entitled to benefits in the event of sterilization required by illness.
• The claim exists for both women and men.
• Sterilization required by illness is present when treatment is necessary to protect personal health. This is the case, for example, in women for whose pregnancy would be harmful to health and for which another form of contraception is not possible or reliable.
• On the other hand, there is no medical indication if, due to the state of health of a parent in the event of pregnancy, a disease of the child would be to be feared, since in this case sterilization is not a curative, but a prophylactic measure.
• Sterilizations that are not due to illness and are to be carried out within the framework of individual life planning cannot be carried out at the expense of the GKV.