BasicallyHummus

BasicallyHummus t1_j8ifrr9 wrote

Reply to comment by Ed_the_time_traveler in Cox Health Surgery Selfpay by Anima_EB

I’m really glad you learned how to read and comprehend the English language in school. If you did, you would see right in that little box that I said I don’t handle anything that involves taking payments or handling insurance.

Thank you for your hateful comment, it was really worth everyone’s time.

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BasicallyHummus t1_j8hriln wrote

Reply to Cox Health Surgery Selfpay by Anima_EB

I just started at Cox working as a surgery scheduler a few months ago, so while I don’t know everything I will try to pass along what I know. Bear in mind I only schedule procedures, I do not work with insurance or take payment ever, but I do work directly with those who do.

Cox does offer a self pay option for pts, and this option I believe comes with a heft discount (I believe somewhere in the 30%-50% off range. ), however if you are selfpay by choice (meaning you have insurance, but it won’t cover this procedure so you want to be selfpay for this one moment) that voids any discounts that were offered.

Additionally I have not heard of a case yet where a combo surgery had one approved procedure and one denied procedure. I would imagine they would not want to proceed like this and would prefer everything to be approved before starting surgery.

I would recommend maybe calling one or both of the offices that have planned these surgeries and try to speak to a Financial Advisor if they have one in office (some work in my clinic, I’m not sure if they work in every clinic). If that doesn’t work the only resource I can give that would be reliable would be to call their pre-admission department. They might be able to help, or might be able to give you a connection that could do more for you. Their phone number is 417-269-6791.

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