Hepatitis C virus infection screenings
Medicare Part B (Medical Insurance) covers a Hepatitis C virus infection screening if you’re eligible
Description
These screenings help to find out if you’re infected with the Hepatitis C virus.
Who's eligible
Medicare covers a Hepatitis C screening if your primary care doctor or other health care provider orders one, and you meet at least one of these conditions:
- You’re at high risk because:
- You use or have used illicit injection drugs.
- You had a blood transfusion before 1992.
- You were born between 1945-1965.
Costs
You pay nothing if your doctor or other health care provider accepts assignment .
How often
- Yearly, if you’re at high risk because you’ve continued to use illicit injection drugs since your previous negative Hepatitis C screening test.
- Once if you’re at high risk because:
- You had a blood transfusion before 1992.
- You used illicit injection drugs in the past.
- Once if you were born between 1945-1965 and aren’t considered high risk.