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Qualified Medical Expenses

Qualified Medical Expenses

Your HSA can be used for a wide range of medical goods and services, as well as for certain types of health insurance premiums. Below are abbreviated lists of both qualified and non-qualified expenses. For a complete list, please see the IRS Publication 502, Medical and Dental Expenses.

Qualified Medical Expenses
  • Acupuncture
  • Alcoholism or drug addiction treatment
  • Ambulance services
  • Artificial limbs
  • Artificial teeth
  • Bandages
  • Birth control pills and other prescription contraceptives
  • Braille books and magazines (excess cost)
  • Breast reconstruction surgery
  • Car modifications
  • Certain home improvements
  • Certain nonprescription/over-the-counter-drugs
  • Chiropractor
  • Christian Science practitioner
  • Contact lenses
  • Crutches, purchase or rental
  • Dental treatment
  • Diagnostic devices
  • Disabled dependent care expenses
  • Eye surgery
  • Eyeglasses
  • Fertility enhancement
  • Guide dog or other animal
  • Hearing aids
  • Home care
  • Lead-based paint removal
  • Legal fees to authorize treatment of mental illness
  • Legal termination of pregnancy
  • Lifetime care-advance payments
  • Long-term care
  • Medical conferences concerning chronic illnesses
  • Nonprescription medicines
  • Nursing home
  • Nursing services
  • Optometrist
  • Over–the-counter drugs
  • Oxygen
  • Prescription medications
  • Psychoanalysis (other than related to training)
  • Smoking cessation programs
  • Special education (if prescribed by doctor)
  • Special home for mentally challenged person
  • Sterilization (reproductive)
  • Telephone or television for hearing
  • Therapy prescribed as treatment
  • Transplants (costs of donor)
  • Transportation and other travel costs for medical care
  • Weight loss program (if prescribed by doctor)
  • Wheelchair
  • Wig (for hair loss if prescribed by doctor)
Non-qualified Medical Expenses
  • Babysitting, childcare, and nursing services for a normal, healthy baby
  • Controlled substances in violation of federal law
  • Cosmetic surgery aimed at improving appearances
  • Dancing lessons
  • Diaper services, unless they are needed to relieve the effects of a particular disease
  • Electrolysis or hair removal
  • Expenses used in figuring health coverage tax credit
  • Funeral expenses
  • Future medical care
  • Hair transplant
  • Health club dues
  • Household help other than that qualifying as long term care
  • Illegal operations and treatments
  • Insurance premiums other than those explicitly included
  • Liposuction
  • Maternity clothes
  • Medicines imported from another country
  • Nutritional supplements unless prescribed for a medically diagnosed condition
  • Personal use items unless specifically included
  • Swimming lessons
  • Teeth whitening
  • Veterinary fees, except for guide or assistance animals
  • Weight-loss program