Does anyone know if TRICARE pays for fills? If not, what on average does a fill cost? If it takes several fills just to get to restriction, this could get pricy.

I'm not sure yet, but I go for my first fill on January 15. Maybe someone else will post before that so we'll know! Tricare did pay for my entire surgery and my stay at the hospital (I only stayed for 1 night).

I am tricare standard and haven't paid for a fill but not sure if that's my surgeon, or tricare, or what. I guess I should've checked but I was so glad tricare covers the surgery; I figured I'd pay for fills out of pocket if necessary.

If you need to budget (something I SHOULD do! LOL) call your surgeon on Monday and ask. They will know! If you dont' have a surgeon yet, call tricare.

I am Tricare prime and was banded in Jacksonville, FL by Dr. Cywes. With his practice, once the program is paid for, you are covered with them for life. The program (the surgery cost) was completely paid for by Tricare except for a $200 fee that had to come out of pocket.

The only problem I foresee for me is I am not sure what I am supposed to do when we are due to transfer. I figured when the time came I would just get another refferal from Tricare. At least I hope that is how it will work! Hope this helps. Christy