Insurance Coverage

 

Our mission at IA is to make acupuncture accessible. We take all insurance that covers our services and provides a livable wage to our valued staff.

Our team of providers are in network with Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Aetna and MVP. We have two providers in network with CIGNA. We accept Veteran’s Health Plans, Worker’s Compensation and more. Not all insurance plans include acupuncture, so check your plan by calling the phone number on your insurance card or find out more information here about verifying your coverage.

VT Medicaid/Green Mountain Care will not cover acupuncture. Read our post about Vermont’s failure to cover Acupuncture and how our staff has been advocating for change for a decade.

Medicare currently does not allow Licensed Acupuncturists in their network to bill for services. We can not accept Medicare. 

We will bill as out of network providers, including CIGNA and United for your insurance plan if it includes our services.

Insurance Information
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Private Insurance

We are In-Network with the following private insurance companies: Blue Cross Blue Shield, Federal BCBS, Anthem Blue Cross and MVP. We have two providers that are in network with CIGNA (Dr. Kerry Boyle and Jennifer Etheridge), please be sure to book appointments with these providers if you would like to bill CIGNA.

Co-Pay – Some insurance plans cover the full cost of a acupuncture treatments, and the patient pays a set amount, called a copay, each visit. Amounts vary by plan, but commonly range from $25-$40 per visit.

Co-Insurance – When an insurance company pays for a percentage of the treatments performed, the patient is responsible to the co-insurance, or remainder of the costs. While these amounts vary, co-insurance commonly covers 70%-80% of costs.

Deductible – If an insurance plan has a deductible component, all costs of the treatments will be the patient’s responsibility until the deductible has been met. These amount vary greatly, and should be discussed with our office ahead of your appointment

Medicare

Non Covered Services – Although Medicare documents acupuncture as a “covered service for low back pain up to 12 visits per year”, Medicare does not pay for acupuncture by licensed acupuncturist at this time. We are unable to access the network required to bill Medicare. Patients are responsible for these costs and if they would like to request payment from Medicare directly we can provide an itemized bill. Read about how IA providers have advocated for Medicare coverage and how you can advocate too.

Veterans Affairs

All providers at Integrative Acupuncture accept Veterans and will bill the VA for both massage therapy and acupuncture. An authorization is required prior to treatment. Authorizations are usually for 8-12 visits and have an expiry date. We will not provide treatment after an expired authorization, unless the patient agrees to pay out of pocket for services. Veteran’s authorizations may be revoked after missed/no show/same day cancelled appointments. Please do not book an online appointment prior to our office receiving your authorization- it will be canceled. We will call patients when we receive authorizations.

No Insurance

Paying Cash – We offer a discounted time of service fee for those not using our service of billing insurance. As of August 1, 2025 our time of service or “out of pocket” fees are $150 for initial visit and $95 for return visits for acupuncture.

Cost – Acupuncture time of service fees are $150 for initial visit and $95 for return visit as of August 1, 2025.