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HSA AND FSA BINS DETECTION

HSA and FSA Card Identification: Compliance and Acceptance Logic

Health Savings Account (HSA) and Flexible Spending Account (FSA) cards are specialized debit instruments restricted to qualified medical expenses. For merchants, identifying these BINs is essential to comply with IRS regulations and to trigger specific internal routing or payment restrictions.

Technical Acceptance Criteria

To process HSA/FSA transactions, a merchant must typically meet one of the following technical requirements:

  • MCC Verification: The merchant must operate under a healthcare-related Merchant Category Code (e.g., 8011, 8099, 5912).
  • IIAS Compliance: Retailers must implement an Inventory Information Approval System to automatically distinguish between eligible medical items and non-eligible products at the point of sale.

Implementation: Identifying HSA/FSA Ranges

In the BinBase database, these specialized cards are identified via the 5th parameter (Category). This allows systems to block unauthorized card use before attempting authorization.

HSA/FSA Data Structure Example

// Syntax: BIN;Brand;Issuer;Type;Category;Country;...

434684;VISA;UMB BANK, N.A.;DEBIT;HSA NON SUBSTANTIATED;USA;US;...

412211;VISA;METABANK;DEBIT;FSA;USA;US;...

Operational Use Cases

Operation Technical Logic
Authorization Blocking Preventing transaction attempts for non-healthcare merchants to avoid redundant processing fees and declines.
Split-Tender Logic Triggering a split payment workflow where only the eligible medical portion of a cart is charged to the HSA/FSA card.
Compliance Auditing Logging and verifying that healthcare-only payment rails are being used correctly according to card scheme rules.

HSA and FSA identification flags are available in our Standard and Extended database tiers.

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