ACA Free Preventative Services
Routine check up with physical
Blood pressure, diabetes, and cholesterol testing
Many cancer screenings, including mammograms and colonoscopies
Counseling on such topics as quitting smoking, losing weight, eating healthy, treating depression, and reducing alcohol use
Routine vaccinations against diseases such as measles, polio, or meningitis
Counseling, screening, and vaccines to ensure healthy pregnancies
Flu shots and other vaccines
Abdominal aortic aneurysm one-time screening for men of specified ages who have ever smoked
Colorectal cancer screening for adults 45 to 75
Tuberculosis screening for certain adults without symptoms at high risk
Hepatitis B screening for people at high risk, including people from countries with 2% or more Hepatitis B prevalence, and U.S.-born people not vaccinated as infants and with at least one parent born in a region with 8% or more Hepatitis B prevalence.
Hepatitis C screening for adults age 18 to 79 years
HIV screening for everyone age 15 to 65, and other ages at increased risk
PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) HIV prevention medication for HIV-negative adults at high risk for getting HIV through sex or injection drug use
Lung cancer screening for adults 50 to 80 at high risk for lung cancer because they’re heavy smokers or have quit in the past 15 years
Sexually-transmitted infection (STI) prevention counseling for adults at higher risk
Statin preventive medication for adults 40 to 75 at high risk
Syphilis screening for adults at higher risk
Free Services for pregnant women or women who may become pregnant
Breastfeeding support and counseling from trained providers, and access to breastfeeding supplies, for pregnant and nursing women
Birth control: Food and Drug Administration-approved contraceptive methods, sterilization procedures, and patient education and counseling, as prescribed by a health care provider for women with reproductive capacity (not including abortifacient drugs).
Folic acid supplements for women who may become pregnant
Gestational diabetes screening for women 24 weeks pregnant (or later) and those at high risk of developing gestational diabetes
Gonorrhea screening for all women at higher risk
Hepatitis B screening for pregnant women at their first prenatal visit
Maternal depression screening for mothers at well-baby visits (PDF, 1.5 MB)
Preeclampsia prevention and screening for pregnant women with high blood pressure
Rh incompatibility screening for all pregnant women and follow-up testing for women at higher risk
Syphilis screening
Urinary tract or other infection screening
Other covered preventive services for women
Bone density screening for all women over age 65 or women age 64 and younger that have gone through menopause
Breast cancer genetic test counseling (BRCA) for women at higher risk
Breast cancer mammography screenings
-Every 2 years for women 50 and over
-As recommended by a provider for women 40 to 49 or women at higher risk for breast cancer
Breast cancer chemoprevention counseling for women at higher risk
Cervical cancer screening
Pap test (also called a Pap smear) for women age 21 to 65
Chlamydia infection screening for younger women and other women at higher risk
Diabetes screening for women with a history of gestational diabetes who aren’t currently pregnant and who haven’t been diagnosed with type 2 diabetes before
Domestic and interpersonal violence screening and counseling for all women
Gonorrhea screening for all women at higher risk
HIV screening and counseling for everyone age 15 to 65, and other ages at increased risk
PrEP (pre-exposure prophylaxis) HIV prevention medication for HIV-negative women at high risk for getting HIV through sex or injection drug use
Sexually transmitted infections counseling for sexually active women
Urinary incontinence screening for women yearly
Well-woman visits to get recommended services for all women