Does TRICARE cover cataract surgery?

Yes. TRICARE covers:

• Facility services, doctor services, and supplies needed to insert a standard monofocal intraocular lense (IOL); 

• Insertion of a standard monofocal IOL; and 

• One pair of eyeglasses or contact lenses after the surgery.

If you would like anything other than the standard monofocal IOL, you’ll be responsible for the difference in the charges. TRICARE won‘t pay for services that are specific to treatments, insertion, or adjustments related to the presbyopia or astigmatism-correcting functionality of the IOL.

Note: If you have TRICARE For Life coverage and live in the U.S. or a U.S. Territory, you must follow Medicare’s rules.