Very dissatisfied with Gastro Health. I believe they are dishonest. I told them I was paying in full for all services at the time of the visit because I have a catastrophic insurance policy with a very high deductible, so they won't be getting paid by insurance, only by me directly. They said no problem and quoted me the price for the office visit and for treatment. I agreed to the prices they told me I would be charged, paid in full at the time of service and left thinking all was well. Shortly thereafter I am in a billing nightmare with them claiming the bill was more than three times what I was quoted in the office. Three weeks after the first bill was sent from their office saying I owed them money, they sent the account to collections. The fact that they don't even attempt a phone call reinforces my perception that the entire business is based on fraudulent billing practices. I might also mention that they do not follow up with patients after procedures are performed, so if you think you're dealing with a doctors office of old, where they actually care about whether the service provided to you helped you, you can forget about that with these people.
The office manager is straight out of the ghetto, covered in tattoos, and reeks like an ash tray, with a nasty attitude. When I went in to complain about the bill and said I wanted to speak with the doctor about this, I was told by office manager that she makes the decisions and not to bother trying to talk to the doctor about anything since he's just an employee.
The office is a dive which is dirty, poorly lit, with lots of "workers" milling about having personal conversations, but no one appearing to actually do any medical work. While I was waiting to talk to the office manager (who was outside smoking for the 35 minutes I waited), one office worker conversation was about someone (apparently in the office) being arrested for trying to hire an undercover cop on craigslist to do something illegal.
Quoted $350 for initial visit and $100 per band. Billed more than $1500 for two hemorrhoid bands that did not fix anything for me and the doctor pushing for many more visits as he did not want to put on more than one band at a time. Total time with the doctor for the two visits? Maybe 20 minutes. I was not particularly happy about being charged $450 for 20 minutes but was willing to pay for relief of the problem. Needless to say, getting no relief, no follow up from the doctor or the office, and getting billed 3x what I was quoted after the fact has left left me less than satisfied.
I would not recommend this doctor or Gastro Health unless you like being lied to and overcharged. If you enjoy this kind of abuse in addition to having objects inserted in your rear, you might enjoy the place.
Gastro Health has multiple offices listed, but they're all the same company. Remember, you're not dealing with a doctor when you go to this place, you're dealing with a billing company. They could care less about you as a patient. I think they have multiple Yelp locations to help mitigate bad reviews. I also think that the positive reviews of this place are shill reviews based on the comments in the other negative reviews and my personal experience with the place. Beware. read more