Vaccines for Travel (CPB 0473, reviewed 2026-07-24)
Aetna covers medically necessary travel vaccines when the selection criteria are met. Most Aetna HMO plans exclude coverage of travel vaccines, while most Aetna traditional plans cover medically necessary travel vaccines for members of plans with preventive services benefits. Covered vaccines include chikungunya, cholera (ages 2 through 64), tick-borne encephalitis, rabies, typhoid, measles-containing vaccines (MMR and MMRV), yellow fever, Japanese encephalitis and Zaire ebolavirus vaccines. A malaria vaccine for travel and cholera vaccine for other indications are considered experimental, investigational or unproven.