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BILLING
Noe Valley Pediatrics will bill the insurance plan that you provided at the time of service. To ensure that we are billing the correct plan, please be prepared to show your current insurance card at every office visit.
All co-payments are due at the time of service. If your child is sent with a caregiver, please make sure that they are prepared to make the co-payment for you. There is a $10.00 administration fee for failure to pay your copay at the time of service.
If you’d like to notify us in advance of any changes in your insurance coverage, you can e-mail a copy of your new insurance card (both front and back) to our front desk at frontdesk@noevalleypediatrics.com. Failure to notify us typically results in unnecessary billings to insurance companies only to find out that the policy has lapsed. Incorrect or outdated information will delay your claim and you may be held responsible for full payment.
In the case of divorce or separation, the parent authorizing the treatment for the child will be the parent responsible for those subsequent charges. If the divorce decree requires the other parent to pay all or part of the treatment costs, it is the authorizing parent’s responsibility to collect from the other parent.
Additional Services during a Well Child Visit
Many insurance plans require no copay or other out of pocket cost for routine well child examinations. However, if in the course of that routine exam issues come up beyond the scope of routine health discussion such as significant dietary problems, school problems, chronic complaints about abdominal pain, allergy or headache, it may require additional time for discussing these issues.
In those cases requiring extra physician time, an additional diagnosis and charge will be added proportionate to the time spent. Adding that secondary diagnosis frequently triggers out of pocket costs such as copays and deductibles. An acute illness at the time of the well exam will also usually trigger additional billing and out of pocket expense. Here in our practice we are making sure that our billing reflects the care given during a visit.
Please note that you will be charged a $50.00 missed appointment fee for a no-show or the late cancellation of a well-child exam (less than 24 hours).