Insurance and Payment

PAYMENT IS EXPECTED AT TIME OF SERVICE, UNLESS PRIOR ARRANGEMENTS HAVE BEEN MADE, OR IF YOUR INSURANCE COMPANY IS MEDICARE AND/OR BLUE CROSS-BLUE SHIELD. (THESE ARE THE ONLY HEALTH PLANS VEIN CARE SPECIALISTS, LTD. IS CONTRACTED WITH).

1. The fee for the initial consultation is $75.00. This includes a hand-held Doppler examination. However, your phlebologist may deem it necessary to perform a Venous Duplex Ultrasound of your legs. This is an additional charge that is reimbursable by your insurance company. This state-of-the-art non-invasive diagnostic test is indicated if you have varicose veins. It is usually not performed if you present with cosmetic spider veins only.
2. Vein Care Specialists, Ltd. will gladly file all the necessary paper work on your behalf for the pre-certification and pre-determination of medical necessity for your procedures. We will also file all your claims with the exact procedural and diagnostic codes to ensure you receive maximum reimbursement. Almost all insurance carriers will refuse reimbursement for the treatment of cosmetic spider veins, therefore, absolutely no paper work will be filed for this condition.
3. Vein Care Specialists, Ltd. does not falsify any procedural or diagnostic codes.
4. Patients with delinquent balances greater than 90 days may be turned over to a collection agency.
5. The itemization of charges estimate, which is based on your personalized treatment plan, is only an estimate. Although mostly accurate, we cannot guarantee that it will 100% correct.

NOTE: All of our procedures are done in our facilities. Be it an office setting or an office-based ambulatory surgical setting. You will therefore have no surgical assistant fee, no anesthesiologist fee, and no hospitalization fee. Furthermore, since there is little or no convalescence, you will not lose many work days, if at all. Clearly, our procedures are very cost-efficient when compared with the additional fees and loss of wages associated with stripping (the old-fashioned way of treating varicose veins), that could reach $10-12,000. Many times, our total fees represent your 20-30% co-insurance that you are required to pay in a hospital or surgical center setting.