jimistone
long standing member
I was cutting some laminate flooring a couple of weeks ago and I left my safety glasses in the room I was laying the floor in. I think "well, it's not going to hurt to make one cut without the glasses. I felt tiny pieces of wood hitting me in both eyes...nothing big or painful. Used the glasses on all the other cuts I made. Finished the job. Everything is great. This past Monday I wake up and it feels like something is in my eye....and it is red. I put some visit in and it cleared up for a while but then started to get red again. It still felt like I had something in it. Well on Wed I went to the eye doctor. It was not my regular eye doctor who is in another town. He shines the light in my eye looks it over and says "you don't have anything in your eye but you have a small cut which would give you the sensation of having something in it. So, he washed it, put drops in to dilate it, pit some antibacterial salve on it, and taped it shut with a patch. He tells me to come back every morning for he same thing for 5 days
I have blue cross but it has a high deductible ($1100)
I get to the desk to pay and she says "that will be $305.00."
I was shocked....305 freaking dollars for him to look at it, wash it, put some salve on it and badage it?
Well, needless to say I wasn't going to go back there.
The next day I get a call from the receptionist asking when I was gonna be in. I told her " I'm not coming in. I think you gorged me on the bill. 305 dollars is ridiculous...my regular eye doctor did everything you guys did plus removed a tiny piece of metal that was embedded in my eye a whole back....he charged me $140.
She said. "Well, we charged you like someone who didn't have insurance and though it is a high deductible you do have blue cross....so we adjusted to the blue cross allowable charge and you have a $130 credit. The credit will cover your follow up visit and there should be no charge.
I go back and he, after being a smart ads about me skipping a day, looks at it and says . Since its Friday I'm going to put a flexable contact lense bandage in and prescribe eye drops instead of wrapping it.
I get to the desk and she says " that will be $95"
I ask what the deal it and the doctor says I had a credit of $130 and the visit was $130...but the flexible contact lense bandage was $95.
I looked it up in the net....you can buy a package of 6 flex contact lense badage for $57.
I guess I got screwed but it's the last time they will get the chance
I have blue cross but it has a high deductible ($1100)
I get to the desk to pay and she says "that will be $305.00."
I was shocked....305 freaking dollars for him to look at it, wash it, put some salve on it and badage it?
Well, needless to say I wasn't going to go back there.
The next day I get a call from the receptionist asking when I was gonna be in. I told her " I'm not coming in. I think you gorged me on the bill. 305 dollars is ridiculous...my regular eye doctor did everything you guys did plus removed a tiny piece of metal that was embedded in my eye a whole back....he charged me $140.
She said. "Well, we charged you like someone who didn't have insurance and though it is a high deductible you do have blue cross....so we adjusted to the blue cross allowable charge and you have a $130 credit. The credit will cover your follow up visit and there should be no charge.
I go back and he, after being a smart ads about me skipping a day, looks at it and says . Since its Friday I'm going to put a flexable contact lense bandage in and prescribe eye drops instead of wrapping it.
I get to the desk and she says " that will be $95"
I ask what the deal it and the doctor says I had a credit of $130 and the visit was $130...but the flexible contact lense bandage was $95.
I looked it up in the net....you can buy a package of 6 flex contact lense badage for $57.
I guess I got screwed but it's the last time they will get the chance
