If you plan to use medical insurance plan benefits to help pay for your hearing services and hearing instruments, it is important to know that only the testing provided by an Audiologist—not by a hearing aid dealer—can provide the diagnosis code that is required on insurance claims. (An Audiologist is the primary professional who is

Northland Audiology & Hearing Services is not an in-network provider. However, because the nearest in-network Audiologist is more than 500 miles away from Southeast Alaska, insurance plans will cover services at an in-network rate. Testing: Services performed during your diagnostic hearing evaluation will be billed to the medical portion of your insurance plan. If you call your insurance

Alaskans who are Medicaid recipients, are likely to be covered for the diagnosis and treatment of hearing loss, including hearing aids when authorized. After we test your hearing, we will submit to the Medicaid program for approval for hearing aids if needed. As long as your coverage is current, you are unlikely to need to

Medicare does not cover hearing aids or tests to determine the need for hearing aids. Medicare will also not pay on diagnostic hearing evaluations unless referred by a physician or healthcare provider for each exam. Medicare also routinely does not pay for Audiology office visits, so either you the patient, or your insurance plan will