Contraceptives

Contraceptives are medicines that prevent pregnancy.

Reimbursements

When will you qualify for reimbursement?

Under public health 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. We reimburse:

  • contraceptive pill

Once every three years:

  • contraceptive injection
  • IUD
  • pessarium occlusivum
  • contraceptive implants
  • hormonal plasters
  • vaginal ring

The costs of dispensing are included in this cover. The costs of dispensing are the costs you pay for the services of the chemist. The costs to apply the devices are not included. If you are entitled to a contraceptive or a specific contraceptive (preferred medicine) under the public healthcare insurance, you are not entitled to reimbursement of a contraceptive under supplementary insurances.

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:

Reimbursement overview for basic health insurance
Basic health insurance  Reimbursement 
HollandZorg basic health insurance  100% up to age 21, minus the statutory personal contribution, if you qualify 

Reimbursement overview by supplementary health insurance
Supplementary insurance  Reimbursement 
Compact  None 
Start  100%
Extra  100% 
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.

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 2026.

Your health insurance

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

    Reimbursements, conditions and regulations 2025