Re: julie: (Feng Patient) & how this site works!

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Beth, I also received a bill after surgery for labs and it was for pathology on the tissue removed from the breast. I was told they bill that seperate since they arent sure how much they will be sending to the lab.bethlakey <bethlakey@...> wrote:

Well, I have to add my experience. Being self pay just sucks big time and you just never know if you're going to have a good experience, even with a great surgeon. I used Dr K and she was awesome. I put down $100 to hold the surgery suite. I paid for my surgery a week in advance, $6,200. I had the surgery and went over by 1 hour. I was billed about $450 for going over, not billed for Dr K's time. Paid that. I was then billed two weeks later for some lab fees I never could figure out what they were for. They wanted payment within a week. The lady I spoke with had a severe cold. I finally said, ok, is this the end of it? Am I done? Anyway, it was around $350 and I just paid it. So I spent a total of about $7,000 on that surgery. Ouch... But do I feel

like I was in the best hands? Absolutely. I guess that's what matters in the end. I think about my surgery going 4 hours in her experienced hands. What would have happened to me if I had gone with an inexperienced surgeon? I guess everyone has to go with the person they feel will take care of them.:)Beth>

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That would make sense. The woman I talked to had a horrible cold

and I just gave up trying to make sense of it. Plus I felt very

yucky and just wanted it all to be over.

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