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Eligible Health Care Expenses

The following information is general and may be changed or updated without notice. If there is a difference between this list and your employer's plan documents, your employer's plan documents will govern. Please see your employer's Summary Plan Description for more information about which health care expenses can be reimbursed from you health care FSA.

Browse our Health Care FSA Expenses Table:

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Health Care FSA Expenses
Expense Covered Not Covered IRS Guidelines
  Obstetrical care X   The cost of obstetrical care is a qualified medical expense.
Occlusal guard See Mouth guard.

 

Oncologist X Amounts paid to an oncologist are qualified medical expenses.
Operation X The cost of a legal operation required for medical care is a qualified medical expense. 
X The cost of an operation required for medical care that is performed legally in another country (and which would be legal if preformed in the U.S.) is a qualified medical expense.  Also see Medical care outside the U.S.
X The cost of cosmetic surgery is not a qualified medical expense. Also see Cosmetic treatment.
Ophthalmologist X Amounts paid to an ophthalmologist are qualified medical expenses. 
Optometrist X Amounts paid to an optometrist are qualified medical expenses. 
Organ donor X When the recipient is covered by the FSA, medical care for both the recipient and donor paid by the recipient are reimbursable from the recipient's FSA.
X When the recipient is covered by the FSA, medical care for the donor paid by the donor are not reimbursable under the recipient's FSA.
X When the organ donor is covered by the FSA, medical care for the donor paid by the donor is reimbursable from the donor's FSA.
X When the organ donor is covered by the FSA, medical care for both the recipient and donor paid by the recipient are not reimbursable from the donor's FSA.
Orthodontia X The cost of orthodontia care (including braces) is a qualified medical expense.
Orthopedic shoes and inserts X Amounts paid for special shoes and inserts are qualified medical expenses. Note: Only the amount that exceeds the cost of regular footwear is reimbursable.
Orthotics   See Orthopedic shoes and inserts.

 

Osteopath X The cost of osteopathic care is a qualified medical expense.
OTC See Medicine, over-the-counter.

 

Out-of-network provider See Reasonable & Customary.

 

Over-the-counter See Medicine, over-the-counter.

 

Ovulation monitor See Birth control; and Fertility.

 

Oxygen X To relieve breathing problems caused by a medical condition, amounts paid for oxygen and oxygen equipment are qualified medical expenses.

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