BILLING/COLLECTIONS
Understanding Your Surgery Billing
As you prepare for your surgery, we want to make sure you understand how you will be billed for the services you receive. At a minimum, you will receive three separate bills. The success of your surgery depends on a team effort by many dedicated professionals, including those in our facility. Because government and insurance rules do not permit us to bill or collect money for each professional entity listed below, each one must send a separate bill and collect payment from you separately. Listed below is an explanation of the bills you may receive.
- Surgery Center's Bill: You will get a bill from us for what is known as the facility fee. This fee is for the staff and equipment we provide for your safe and successful experience here.
- Surgeon's Bill: Since the physician performing your surgery is not an employee of the Center, you will be billed separately for these services. The physician's bill will be sent from the physician’s office. You must address all questions, and send all payments, to that office.
- Anesthesiologist's Bill: The anesthesia you receive during your surgery will be provided by an anesthesiologist. The anesthesiologist will give you either local or general anesthesia and will monitor you throughout the surgery. You will get a separate bill for these services. You must address all questions regarding these services and send all payments to that group or physician.
Other Bills:
Depending on several factors related to your particular surgery, you may receive services for which you will get additional bills. These additional bills may include:
- Laboratory/Pathology Bill - which may include, for example, fees for blood and urine tests or tissue sampling.
- Radiology Bill - which may include, for example, charges for X-rays, angiograms, MRIs, or ultrasounds.
- Cardiology Bill - which may include, for example, charges for an electrocardiogram, angiography, or cardiac catheterization
- Durable Medical Equipment Bill - which may include, for example, the cost of crutches.
You will receive a separate bill from the provider for each of the applicable services. You must address all questions and send all payments separately to each individual provider.
We realize that these multiple bills can be confusing. Our staff will do their very best to help you with questions and guide you to the proper sources of information. If you have any questions about this information, please contact us at (203-743-2400) ask for the business office.
MEDICARE
We accept assignment of benefits.
PRIVATE INSURANCE
Your copay amount is due on or before your date of service. We will submit your bill directly to your private insurance company. A bill will be sent to your secondary insurance upon receipt of payment or denial from your primary insurance. If you have no secondary insurance, a bill will be sent to you for any balance after receipt of payment or denial from your insurance company. We must make a copy of each insurance card at the time of registration.
SELF PAY
You will be contacted prior to your surgery with an estimated/actual procedure cost for your surgery. The payment is due prior to admission to the surgery center
SELF PAY - COSMETIC SURGERY - Cosmetic SURGERY
Payment in full must be received 7 days prior to surgery and will be collected either by the physician’s office or at our front desk. Ask you doctor for details
Danbury Surgical Center's policy is to turn over to an attorney or collection agency all accounts which are delinquent. You will be responsible for any collection fees that are incurred.
We utilize Transworld 800-873-8005 and Northwest Collectors 800-635-8943 as our collection agencies.
NOTICE TO PATIENTS
In the State of Connecticut complaints can be made to the Department Of Public Health, Joan Leavitt, Section Chief, (860) 509-7400