I have come to this location 3 times. Each time went smoothly, but for, the last.
I was told a $240 hold needed to be put on my debit or credit card, bc the insurance did not cover these routine labs. These are the labs I usually get. Per my employer contract with the insurer they are standing covered orders, specifically with Quest labs.
I read contracts, as a lawyer, regularly. I have, I believe a clear understanding of my coverage and how diagnostic versus preventative labs are billed, per my contract.
The phlobatamist who drew the labs told me she would, "Waive it this time, but next time, you have to pay. You need to bring a credit card because we don't take cash. You dont have a credit card?"
When I mentioned that the labs were covered at 100%, she laughed, "No ones labs are covered at 100% percent. You probably didn't meet your deductible. I work for Quest, and my labs aren't even 100%."
No one knows everything. Even when we work in industries and jobs for a time, there are things we do not know, or make mistakes about. Not all patients are ignorant of their contracts. I was insulted and upset by the derogatory insinuations made, because I knew I was being misinformed, but needed the labs done. I stepped outside to call my insurer, before drawing the labs. My insurer via telephone agent, said, "Let her bill you. Those labs are covered under your plan, but just let them go ahead and bill it."
Once I got my billing estimate, I discovered, as I knew: My insurance covered the labs in question, at 100%. Had I allowed the unnecessary hold on my account, that money would have been blocked from use, and getting my refund would have been yet another timely and unneccesary burden.
While this location is less than 3 miles, the convenience of distance does not overcome the inconvenience of being misbilled and repremanded by a stranger.
But I am writing this review here, to inform this location and the public, since my concerns were ignore when I told this location while I was physically there.
This tech gave unauthorized and presumably unlicensed legal advice regarding contract interpretation to an agreement of which she is neither party, nor privy.
Please place your staff on notice of the illegalities and the potential liabilities of giving legal advice to patients. Without a proper license, to do so, this employee (P*t***ce), should refrain. The consequences of practicing law without a license, are far greater than $240. read more