Billing Information and Collection Policy
Anticipating
surgery can be stressful, and part of the anxiety can arise out of not fully
understanding out-of-pocket expenses associated with a proposed surgery. At Florida
Endoscopy and Surgery, we believe it is important to make patients aware of
their potential financial expense prior to their procedure.
One of our
insurance verification specialists will contact you if there are any
anticipated out-of-pocket expenses associated with your planned procedure.
Please realize charges for your procedure at Florida Endoscopy and Surgery are
separate from your surgeon’s charge as well as any anesthesiologist and/or
pathologist charges which may be incurred. Florida Endoscopy and Surgery
collects all co-payments or deductible amounts on the day of your procedure. If
your procedure is not covered by insurance, full payment is required at the
time of service unless other arrangements are made in advance. Florida
Endoscopy and Surgery does not offer charity care or financial hardship
discounts. If you are unable to cover the cost of your surgery, please
contact Florida Endoscopy and Surgery at 352-596-1145 prior to your date of
surgery so further arrangements can be made.
Patients, or
their legal guardians, are responsible for payment of facility services. As a
courtesy, Florida Endoscopy and Surgery will bill your primary and secondary
insurance carriers for you. Please bring your insurance cards with you on the
day of surgery. Uninsured and cash-paying patients will be required to pay for
services prior to or on the date of your procedure.
Florida
Endoscopy and Surgery accepts cash, checks, major credit cards, flexible
spending accounts (FSA), health savings accounts (HSA), and care credit as
financing options. Your Surgery Center Fee Includes:
- Medical and surgical care
- Cost of routine equipment and supplies
- Cost of drugs administered (including
anesthesia drugs)
- Operating room time
- Recovery room services
Anesthesia,
pathology, surgeon, and physician consultation fees are not included in the
Center’s fee and may or may not participate with the same health insurers or
health maintenance organizations as the surgery center.
Prior to your
procedure, you may request from the surgery center and other health care
providers a more personalized estimate of charges and other information. The
estimate is based on your current insurance benefits. Patients should contact
each health care practitioner who will provide services in this surgery center
to determine the health insurers and health maintenance organizations (HMOs)
with which the health care practitioner participates.
Following
your procedure, upon request, you may request an itemized bill of charges.
FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
ARRANGEMENTS
If your
physician or the physician’s office staff have agreed to provide special
financial assistance to you for a procedure the physician wants to schedule at
this facility, please contact us. If you are unable to cover the cost of your
surgery, please contact us at 352-596-1145 prior to your date of surgery so
further arrangements can be made.
CHARITY CARE
Florida
Endoscopy and Surgery does not offer charity care or financial hardship
discounts. If you are unable to cover the cost of your surgery, please contact Florida
Endoscopy and Surgery at 352-596-1145 prior to your date of surgery so further
arrangements can be made.
CONTRACTED SERVICE PROVIDERS
During the care you received at our facility you may have
received services from physicians or other medical providers, such as
Anesthesiologists, CRNA's, laboratories, etc. You will receive separate bills
from these physicians or medical providers. Should you have any questions
concerning their bill, please contact them directly.
CARE BUNDLES
To view
information on payments made to the facility for service bundles and
procedures, you can visit the Agency for Healthcare Administration’s pricing
website at price.healthfinder.fl.gov. Service bundle
information is a non-personalized estimate of costs that may be incurred for
the anticipated services; the actual costs charged will be based on the
services actually provided to each patient. Patients and prospective patients
may request from this facility and other health care providers a more
personalized estimate of charges and other information. Patients and
prospective patients should contact each health care practitioner who will
provide services in the ASC to determine the health insurers and health
maintenance organizations with which the health care practitioner participates
as a network provider or preferred provider.
Accepted
In-Network Plans
Commercial
Managed Care
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Aetna
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AvMed
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BCBS
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Cigna
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Humana
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Multiplan
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United
Medicaid
Managed Care
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Aetna
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Amerigroup
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Freedom Health
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Humana
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Molina
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Prestige Health Choice
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Simply Health
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Sunshine
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United
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Wellcare
Medicare
Managed Care
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Aetna
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BCBS
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Freedom Health
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Humana
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Optimum
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United
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Wellcare