TRICARE Preferred In-Network Provider
You’re never alone when you receive your TRICARE supplied breast pump through Nurturing Expressions. A number of our Nurturing Experts have spouses, family members, and friends who actively serve and who are veterans. We will help you navigate your TRICARE insurance benefit, get the right breast pump prescription, pick a breast pump, and show you how to use it.
We are here to support you even after you receive your breast pump:
- One free virtual breast pump consultation with one of our Nurturing Experts
- One 15-minute lactation consultation with our RN, IBCLC and lactation team,
- Plus an easy breast pump supply reorder process
TRICARE Breast Pump Benefit
Manual and electric breast pumps are covered for all pregnant TRICARE beneficiaries beginning at the 27th week of pregnancy (third trimester) or birth of a child if prior to 27 weeks. An approval from HNFS is not required for breast pumps and supplies.
TRICARE covers one manual or electric breast pump per birth, as well as adoption for a female beneficiary who legally adopts an infant and intends to personally breastfeed the adopted infant. The beneficiary must have a prescription from a TRICARE-authorized physician, physician assistant, nurse practitioner, or nurse midwife. The prescription must, at a minimum, indicate the type of breast pump prescribed (manual, standard electric or hospital-grade electric).
Heavy duty hospital-grade electric breast pumps may be covered if use is determined to be medically necessary and appropriate. When prescribing a hospital-grade breast pump, supporting medical documentation is required.
Note: When the hospital-grade breast pump is no longer needed, a manual or standard electric breast pump may be covered with a new prescription.
TRICARE Pump Supplies Benefit
TRICARE covers one breast pump, which includes the pumping kit, per birth or adoption event. TRICARE covers the following breast pump replacement supplies without an additional prescription:
- 2 replacement bottles and caps/locking rings every 12 months
- 1 replacement power adapter after the first 12 months
- 12 individual valves/membranes every 12 months (6 pairs/units)
- 1 set (2) flanges/breast shields per birth event
- 1 set of tubing per birth event
- 100 breast milk bags every 30 days (100 individual bags)
Additional replacement supplies to those detailed above may be covered when a new prescription from a TRICARE-authorized provider describing the specific supplies required is obtained. Only those replacement supplies, which are essential for breastfeeding and are accompanied by a new prescription from a TRICARE-authorized provider, shall be reimbursed.
