Posted on 05/28/2013 8:39:21 AM PDT by llevrok
Walmart already is operating several walk-in clinics where the services and cash prices are posted outside on a big board. They still do take insurance, but this is also a step in the right direction.
Our family doc of 25 years retired early for similar reasons. Liberal guy, of course.
He’s a mountain climber. So he now goes to Tibet/Nepal etc for a few months of every year and practices general medicine there.
I ran into him the other day and asked him how it was going. “Great! And no one tells me how to put a bandage on either!!” was his response.
I live in Maine and not all of Maine is liberal.
The rural areas are rather conservative and pro-2nd amendment to the hilt, too. Rural Maine homes are as likely to have numerous firearms, just like their counterparts in rural Texas.
The doctor in this story is in the Portland, Maine area.....that area IS rather liberal, and is the most heavily populated area of Maine (which swamps the statewide vote in most, but not all, statewide elections, I’m sorry to say. However, we currently have a conservative TEA party guy as governor, Paul LePage.
I like this doctor’s prices.....they seem reasonable.
So true and amusing. A new underground market that doesn’t include the cartels & IA’s. WOW!
Somebody needs to get a graphic with a bunch of docs shooting the finger on the tyranny of ocare and paperwork they are facing.Wonder if hospitals will go cash too?
and it’s probably tax deductible too
It would be amusing if the expected response by government wasn't so fascistic. These underground doctors would be zealously hunted and prosecuted severely.
I was gonna do the same thing but I didn’t win the $600 million Powerball I was counting on.
Driving is a privilege, living is a right.
I hope a doc like this comes to my area. I’ve been paying cash for years and get a 20% discount, but it’s not always easy and I have to shop around.
“Did not HillaryCare have a clause preventing such an alternative health care system lest the well-to-do obtain superior care?”
The well-to-do (and political ruling class) will *always* obtain superior care. The leftists don’t want the Proles to have superior care. They want us to die as quickly and cheaply as possible once we’re no longer producing or useful.
I love this trend and I hope it continues.
It is the only way to do business.
Actually, my employer "self-insures," so it is a bit of misnomer to say that reimbursement comes from my "health insurance company." They merely administer my employer's self-funded plan.
The only thing remarkable about this press account is that the writer finds the practice itself to be so unusual.
“If we HAVE to have auto insurance, why can they not force us to have medical insurance?”
Auto insurance is mandated mainly to protect second and third parties from damage you might do, and creditors if the vehicle is financed.
Years ago, I had a doctor as customer.
I called him about his unpaid bill. He said no problem just come by and see his receptionist, she’ll pay you. I went by right after lunch and asked her for the money. She pulled out a cigar box and it was near empty. She said come back tomorrow. I’ll save you the cash we get this afternoon.
He had a system. He received cash payments and paid bills in cash.
they just didn’t want you suing them for having the heart attack on the treadmill. a shark lawyer would go after them for making you do that treadmill test.
Cash I can deposit tonight is worth much more than a check I can deposit in six months.
The list: http://www.ciampifamilypractice.com/Our_Prices.html
Effective April 1, 2013
Services:
Office Visit (brief) $50.00
(one straight forward issue. i.e. cold, sinus infection, bladder infection, etc.)
Office Visit (regular) $75.00
(one issue of moderate complexity or 2-3 simple issues. i.e. diabetes follow up, back pain, abdominal pain)
Office Visit (extended) $100.00
(multiple issues and/or a single very complicated issue requiring more time, counseling, and/or coordination of care with other doctors or hospital)
Complete Physical Exam $150.00
(comprehensive history and physical exam and review of labwork for preventive health maintinence)
Well Child Exam $150.00
(age appropriate history and physical. immunizations usually covered by state at no extra cost)
House Call $200.00
(for patients who are homebound or too sick to come to office. extra charge could apply if longer travel required)
Nurse Visit $20.00
(for follow up of established problems such as blood pressure rechecks, etc. Results reviewed by doctor to modify treatment plan)
Telephone Consultation with the Doctor $20.00
(for established patients only who cannot come in for appointment who have questions they want to ask the doctor personally. $20 for a conversation up to 10 minutes. Additional minutes will be billed $10 for every additional 5 minutes, or fraction thereof. We will not do telephone consultations on patients who have not been seen by the doctor in the past year)
Minor Surgery (w/o sutures) $100.00-$150.00
(i.e. drainage of abscesses/boils, shave biopsies without sutures.)
Minor Surgery (w/ sutures) $200.00-$250.00
(i.e. removal of skin lesions which require stitches. Follow up visit for removal of stitches is included)
Joint Aspiration/Injection $50.00
(cortisone injection of shoulder, drainage of ganglion cysts, etc.)
Ear Cleaning $30.00
(flushing of ear to remove wax)
Ear Popper $15.00
(use of ear popper device to clear blocked Eustacian Tube)
Cryotherapy $30.00
(freezing of warts, skin tags, and some pre-malignant skin lesions)
Electrical Muscle Stimulation $30.00
(LaserTouchOne device applied to spasmed muscles to treat pain)
Spirometry Testing $25.00
(simple breathing test to evaluate lung function)
Nebulizer Therapy $25.00
(inhaled treatment for asthma, bronchitis, emphysema)
Pre & Post Nebulizer Spirometry $40.00
(breathing test before and after treatment to evaluate effectiveness of treatment and diagnose asthma)
EKG $25.00
(measurement of electrical impulses of the heart)
Injections:
Vitamin B 12 $10.00
Toradol $20.00
Ceftriaxone $20.00
Lab Tests:
Hemoglobin A1C $20.00
Urine Dipstick Analysis $10.00
PT/INR $10.00
Helicobacter Pylori $10.00
(this fee covers collection of specimen. lab fees are separate and can be billed to your insurance)
Glucose $10.00
Urine Pregnancy Test $10.00
Urine Drug Screen $10.00
Services are offered based on medical appropriateness, in consultation with your physician.
Prices are subject to change without notice.
Love it. If I had a doc who did that, and a company who would give me a raise for refusing healthcare, I’d do it.
Shouldn’t sex have some type of mandated insurance, ya know ‘to protect second and third parties from the damage you might do and creditors if the “child” is financed’........
Another bonus; confidentiality. Most of the private self pay doctors don’t use electronic records. So no snooping by the Feds or insurance company.
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