Re: Specialist in Atlanta or Bend oregon-NOT TRUE ANON!!!!!
From: Kim (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Fri Sep 27 19:53:06 2002
Judging from his website, they more than likely won't give any information
over the phone. Not detailed. The recommendation on the site is to send
all your records with $125 fee and they will evaluate your case and then
give more information. Futhermore, drs offices are busy, and I hate to
pester them with a bunch of questions that Mindy may have the answers to.
I'm way more comfortable with you all on the chat than I am on the phone
with drs offices. I get intimidated too easily and don't ask all the
questions I want to when I hear even the slightest hint of exasperation on
the other end.
>----- Original Message -----
From: "BJ" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
To: "Multiple recipients of list ENDO" <anonymous@obgyn.net>
Sent: Friday, September 27, 2002 8:01 PM
Subject: Re: Specialist in Atlanta or Bend oregon-NOT TRUE ANON!!!!!
> Kim,
> Why not just call Dr. R's office and ask these questions directly?
> BJ
>
> At Fri, 27 Sep 2002, Kim wrote:
> >
> >Mindy -- Could I ask approximately how much your surgery cost? I'm
having
> >trouble paying my out of pocket max of $1000. I don't know that I ever
> >could have saved 75% of my total cost to have surgery done. Why doesn't
Dr.
> >R accept insurance? Or why doesn't he require a smaller down payment and
a
> >financing on the rest? Or am I confusing the issue, and the hospital
> >charges, anesthesia, etc. are outside the total he requires the 75% on?
> >That would probably be do-able, as long as he would or could work out of
a
> >hospital covered by your insurance. I'm not trying to be argumentative,
so
> >please don't take it that way. I'm just really curious. I'm sure at
> >sometime in the future I'm going to have to make my own decision about
going
> >through surgery again, and I know that my dr is not inclined to remove
deep
> >bowel lesions. So I don't think it would be wise on my part to press him
if
> >he's uncomfortable with it. Dr. R., from all I've read and heard others
> >say, seems to be the best of the best for endo surgery. So I'd like to
> >fully understand how the money stuff works. Then all I have to do is
figure
> >out how to get to the West Coast from the East Coast without an airplane!
> >lol!!
> >
> >Kim
>
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