TRICARE doula rates · March 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027

What does TRICARE pay doulas where you live?

TRICARE pays certified labor doulas a rate set by the Defense Health Agency for each area of the country. Enter the ZIP code where you see clients to find your rates for 2026.

How TRICARE pays doulas

TRICARE covers doula care through its Childbirth and Breastfeeding Support Demonstration, which runs through December 2031. It pays two codes:

T1032, prenatal and postpartum visits: paid per 15 minutes, in person, up to 6 hours (24 units) per birth, shared between visits before and after the birth.
T1033, labor and birth support: one flat payment per birth.
Who's covered: families on TRICARE Prime, Prime Remote and Select. TRICARE For Life isn't included.
Who can bill: doulas certified by TRICARE's contractor for their region: TriWest in the West, Humana Military in the East. How to become a TRICARE doula.
How much you're paid: TRICARE pays the lower of what you bill and its rate for your area, straight into your own bank account.

All TRICARE doula rates, by state

Visit rates are per 15 minutes (T1032). Birth support is per birth (T1033). The most per pregnancy is 6 hours of visits plus birth support.

TRICARE West · certified by TriWest · 26 states

Alaska 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Alaska	$41.60	$1,261.52	$2,259.92

Arizona 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Arizona	$32.33	$980.40	$1,756.32

Arkansas 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Arkansas	$30.19	$915.38	$1,639.94

California 29 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Bakersfield	$34.24	$1,038.43	$1,860.19
Chico	$34.11	$1,034.42	$1,853.06
El Centro	$34.11	$1,034.42	$1,853.06
Fresno	$34.11	$1,034.42	$1,853.06
Hanford	$34.11	$1,034.42	$1,853.06
Los Angeles and Orange County	$35.99	$1,091.45	$1,955.21
Madera	$34.11	$1,034.42	$1,853.06
Marin	$40.08	$1,215.50	$2,177.42
Merced	$34.11	$1,034.42	$1,853.06
Modesto	$34.11	$1,034.42	$1,853.06
Napa	$38.20	$1,158.47	$2,075.27
Redding	$34.11	$1,034.42	$1,853.06
Riverside / San Bernardino	$34.54	$1,047.43	$1,876.39
Sacramento	$35.46	$1,075.44	$1,926.48
Salinas	$35.30	$1,070.44	$1,917.64
San Benito County	$40.91	$1,240.51	$2,222.35
San Diego	$35.86	$1,087.45	$1,948.09
San Francisco Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland, San Mateo)	$40.05	$1,214.50	$2,175.70
San Luis Obispo	$34.77	$1,054.43	$1,888.91
Santa Clara County (San Jose)	$40.74	$1,235.51	$2,213.27
Santa Cruz	$35.99	$1,091.45	$1,955.21
Santa Maria / Santa Barbara	$35.37	$1,072.44	$1,921.32
Santa Rosa	$36.35	$1,102.45	$1,974.85
Stockton	$34.11	$1,034.42	$1,853.06
Vallejo	$38.17	$1,157.47	$2,073.55
Ventura	$35.73	$1,083.44	$1,940.96
Visalia	$34.11	$1,034.42	$1,853.06
Yuba City	$34.11	$1,034.42	$1,853.06
Rest of California	$34.11	$1,034.42	$1,853.06

Colorado 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Colorado	$33.88	$1,027.42	$1,840.54

Hawaii 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Hawaii	$34.51	$1,046.43	$1,874.67

Idaho 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Idaho	$31.08	$942.39	$1,688.31

Illinois 4 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Chicago (Cook County)	$34.90	$1,058.43	$1,896.03
East St. Louis area	$33.12	$1,004.41	$1,799.29
Suburban Chicago	$34.54	$1,047.43	$1,876.39
Rest of Illinois	$32.43	$983.40	$1,761.72

Iowa 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Iowa	$30.88	$936.38	$1,677.50

Kansas 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Kansas	$30.88	$936.38	$1,677.50

Louisiana 2 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
New Orleans	$32.26	$978.40	$1,752.64
Rest of Louisiana	$31.18	$945.39	$1,693.71

Minnesota 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Minnesota	$32.50	$985.40	$1,765.40

Missouri 3 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Kansas City	$32.03	$971.40	$1,740.12
St. Louis	$32.26	$978.40	$1,752.64
Rest of Missouri	$30.85	$935.38	$1,675.78

Montana 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Montana	$32.99	$1,000.41	$1,792.17

Nebraska 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Nebraska	$30.98	$939.38	$1,682.90

Nevada 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Nevada	$32.79	$994.41	$1,781.37

New Mexico 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
New Mexico	$32.00	$970.40	$1,738.40

North Dakota 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
North Dakota	$32.20	$976.40	$1,749.20

Oklahoma 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Oklahoma	$31.08	$942.39	$1,688.31

Oregon 2 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Portland	$34.61	$1,049.43	$1,880.07
Rest of Oregon	$32.53	$986.40	$1,767.12

South Dakota 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
South Dakota	$32.10	$973.40	$1,743.80

Texas 8 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Austin	$33.75	$1,023.42	$1,833.42
Beaumont	$31.54	$956.39	$1,713.35
Brazoria	$32.69	$991.41	$1,775.97
Dallas	$32.89	$997.41	$1,786.77
Fort Worth	$32.76	$993.41	$1,779.65
Galveston	$32.79	$994.41	$1,781.37
Houston	$33.52	$1,016.42	$1,820.90
Rest of Texas	$32.10	$973.40	$1,743.80

Utah 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Utah	$31.93	$968.40	$1,734.72

Washington 2 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Seattle (King County)	$37.01	$1,122.46	$2,010.70
Rest of Washington	$33.68	$1,021.42	$1,829.74

Wisconsin 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Wisconsin	$31.44	$953.39	$1,707.95

Wyoming 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Wyoming	$32.66	$990.41	$1,774.25

TRICARE East · certified by Humana Military · 25 states and DC

Alabama 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Alabama	$30.52	$925.38	$1,657.86

Connecticut 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Connecticut	$34.77	$1,054.43	$1,888.91

Delaware 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Delaware	$32.76	$993.41	$1,779.65

District of Columbia 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Washington, DC and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs	$36.75	$1,114.46	$1,996.46

Florida 3 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Fort Lauderdale / Fort Myers	$34.28	$1,039.43	$1,862.15
Miami	$35.66	$1,081.44	$1,937.28
Rest of Florida	$32.99	$1,000.41	$1,792.17

Georgia 2 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Atlanta	$33.55	$1,017.42	$1,822.62
Rest of Georgia	$31.60	$958.39	$1,716.79

Indiana 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Indiana	$31.21	$946.39	$1,695.43

Kentucky 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Kentucky	$31.18	$945.39	$1,693.71

Maine 2 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Southern Maine	$32.36	$981.40	$1,758.04
Rest of Maine	$31.27	$948.39	$1,698.87

Maryland 3 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Baltimore area	$34.67	$1,051.43	$1,883.51
Washington, DC and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs	$36.75	$1,114.46	$1,996.46
Rest of Maryland	$33.22	$1,007.41	$1,804.69

Massachusetts 2 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Boston	$36.49	$1,106.45	$1,982.21
Rest of Massachusetts	$33.78	$1,024.42	$1,835.14

Michigan 2 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Detroit / Ann Arbor	$33.39	$1,012.41	$1,813.77
Rest of Michigan	$31.84	$965.40	$1,729.56

Mississippi 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Mississippi	$30.52	$925.38	$1,657.86

New Hampshire 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
New Hampshire	$33.45	$1,014.42	$1,817.22

New Jersey 2 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Northern New Jersey	$36.55	$1,108.45	$1,985.65
Rest of New Jersey	$35.17	$1,066.44	$1,910.52

New York 5 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Manhattan	$37.28	$1,130.46	$2,025.18
NYC suburbs / Long Island	$38.07	$1,154.47	$2,068.15
Poughkeepsie / northern NYC suburbs	$35.46	$1,075.44	$1,926.48
Queens	$37.41	$1,134.46	$2,032.30
Rest of New York	$31.84	$965.40	$1,729.56

North Carolina 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
North Carolina	$31.47	$954.39	$1,709.67

Ohio 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Ohio	$31.67	$960.39	$1,720.47

Pennsylvania 2 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Philadelphia	$34.18	$1,036.42	$1,856.74
Rest of Pennsylvania	$31.67	$960.39	$1,720.47

Rhode Island 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Rhode Island	$33.65	$1,020.42	$1,828.02

South Carolina 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
South Carolina	$31.64	$959.39	$1,718.75

Tennessee 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Tennessee	$30.98	$939.38	$1,682.90

Vermont 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Vermont	$32.17	$975.40	$1,747.48

Virginia 2 rate areas

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
Virginia	$32.33	$980.40	$1,756.32
Washington, DC and its Maryland and Virginia suburbs	$36.75	$1,114.46	$1,996.46

West Virginia 1 rate area

Rate area	Visit, 15 min	Birth	Most per pregnancy
West Virginia	$31.57	$957.39	$1,715.07

Rates: Defense Health Agency, “Locality-Adjusted Rates for TRICARE Doula Services, March 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027.” ZIP codes: CMS ZIP code to carrier locality file, October 2026. Shown for reference; DHA’s file is the authority. Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands and Guam are under TRICARE Overseas and aren’t listed.

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