Contraceptives

Contraceptives are medicines that prevent pregnancy.

Reimbursements

When will you qualify for reimbursement?

Under public healthcare insurance, you will qualify for the reimbursement of the contraceptives specified by the government:

  • if you are younger than 21, or
  • if the contraceptives are necessary to treat certain complaints. The exact conditions are set out in Appendix 2 of the Healthcare Insurance Regulations (Regeling zorgverzekering; in Dutch).

Please note: condoms do not fall under the contraceptives specified by the government.

Do you not qualify for reimbursement under the basic health insurance? If you are 21 or older, you may be entitled to reimbursement of contraceptives on the basis of your supplementary insurance.

The following contraceptives qualify for reimbursement:

  • the contraceptive pill
  • the ‘contraceptive injection’
  • the spiral
  • the hormonal contraceptive plaster
  • the hormonal ring
  • Implanon
  • femcap

Prescription needed

You will be required to have a prescription from a general practitioner or a medical specialist for contraceptives.

Reimbursement of contraceptives

Under the HollandZorg public healthcare insurance and our supplementary insurance, you will qualify for reimbursement for contraceptives:

Basic health insurance
Reimbursement
HollandZorg basic health insurance                               
 100% up to age 21, minus the statutory personal contribution, if you qualify
Supplementary insurance Reimbursement
Compact  None 
Start Maximum of € 100 per calendar year*
Extra Maximum of € 100 per calendar year*
Plus 100%*
No Risk I None
No Risk II None

*) The reimbursement applies for the contraceptives and the statutory personal contribution taken together.

Per prescription, we will reimburse you for the contraceptive pill for a period of up to a maximum of 12 months.
We will not reimburse you for the cost of inserting devices.

Per prescription, we will reimburse you for the contraceptive pill for a period of up to a maximum of 12 months.
We will not reimburse you for the cost of inserting devices.

Statutory personal contribution

A statutory personal contribution applies.

Under the supplementary insurances you are entitled to reimbursement of the statutory personal contribution for contraceptives.

Excess

Are you 18 or older? The costs incurred for contraceptives will count towards your compulsory policy excess and any voluntary policy excess.

If you approach a contracted dispensing chemist or a contracted dispensing general practitioner, the cost of contraceptives will not fall under your compulsory policy excess.

Who may provide this type of care?

If you have a prescription, you will be able to obtain contraceptives from a dispensing chemist or a dispensing general practitioner. Use our Care finder to find a (contracted) dispensing chemist or dispensing general practitioner near you.

Please note:

The information on this page is a brief outline of the reimbursements. No rights can be derived from this page. You can only derive rights from our insurance conditions 2025.

Your health insurance

In My HollandZorg you will find all information about your health insurance policy. 

Maximum rates for a non-contracted care provider

Have you chosen a healthcare provider with whom we have no contract? Then, we will reimburse according to our maximum rates for 2025. If the rate invoiced by the non-contracted care provider is higher than our maximum rates, you will have to pay the difference yourself. You will be able to find contracted care providers with our Care finder.

Reimbursements, conditions and regulations 2024