That is so strange-- cash? Half the time people don't even want to take cash-- it is credit cards only!
Also, I have never had to pay up front at a doctor's office.
I think the receptionist is skimming.
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Sophia Brooks - Aug 08, 2006 10:25:18 am PDT #1408 of 10001
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-t - Aug 08, 2006 10:30:55 am PDT #1409 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
That's ridiculous, Tom! I've had to pay my deductible up front before expensive procedures, but they took a check. Sending you out to find an ATM while you're in such pain, and then giving your appointment away, is terribly horribly wrong.
sarameg - Aug 08, 2006 10:31:03 am PDT #1410 of 10001
Yeah, I'd be asking for a receipt. Of course, I get hopelessly confused by billing everytime I visit a doctor. Copay? OK. Then I get a bill. Or a statement. It isn't clear which, the math on it is seriously whack, and it is from the doctor's office. I opted to ignore them and no collections agency has come after me yet, and one of my friends is still speaking to me (doctor was her cousin) and I've not been blacklisted from repeated visits so I think I'm ok?
Jessica - Aug 08, 2006 10:31:42 am PDT #1411 of 10001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I usually pay my co-pay in cash, but it's $15, not $300!! (But I wonder if doctor's offices taking cash is a NYC thing, because I don't think I've ever had a doctor here who could take a credit card. If I didn't have cash on me, they'd just send me a bill and I'd mail them a check.)
Jesse - Aug 08, 2006 10:34:48 am PDT #1412 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I'm pretty sure I've paid my co-pay in cash, via debit card, AND via getting billed. I'm tricky like that.
But again, $10-$15 co-pay is not the same thing as a $300 deductible. That really sounds like something to be billed.
bon bon - Aug 08, 2006 10:35:17 am PDT #1413 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation, like credit card fees being too expensive-- but wouldn't the receptionist be sending people out to get cash all the time? What a PITA on their schedule.
Allyson - Aug 08, 2006 10:41:40 am PDT #1414 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
But that's just the thing, bon. When they called to confirm the appointment, why not say then what the deductible is and that they only accept cash (which is NUTS, they should also accept money orders and cashier's checks for that amount, and the fee is only 2%)?
Fred Pete - Aug 08, 2006 10:45:57 am PDT #1415 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
I have a $15 co-pay that I have to pay up front at the doctor's. I usually pay cash (my choice) and get a receipt.
Vortex - Aug 08, 2006 10:48:17 am PDT #1416 of 10001
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I opted to ignore them and no collections agency has come after me yet, and one of my friends is still speaking to me (doctor was her cousin) and I've not been blacklisted from repeated visits so I think I'm ok?
yeah, I did that after my surgery, and then started getting calls from a collection agency over a year later. It was $150 on a 16K surgery, so I think I came out ahead.
sarameg - Aug 08, 2006 10:50:19 am PDT #1417 of 10001
It's been years, but I figure they'd have tracked me down if it was actually a bill.