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Iowa
I visited a dentist last month for a dental cleaning. In the course of my visit, the doctor identified cavities and recommended a dental filling in as many as nine teeth. The doctor’s office made an estimate for the total procedure and suggested a co-payment of $170.00 after considering my dental insurance. This amount was affordable to my living state and agreed to the dental service. Subsequently, the office scheduled couple of appointments and I paid the specified amount during my office visits.
Last week, I received a statement of account from the dentist’s office with a total co-payment of $779.60 and pending bill for $609.60. I understand estimates are an approximation and the actual value is likely to be more or less of the estimate by a certain percentage. However, I never imagined it to be different by over 400%. This is distressing, especially when I made my decision to undertake the fillings based on the estimate provided by the doctor’s office. I was surprised and appalled to see such a huge bill sent to me, when I would never have agreed in the first place, if I had any knowledge of the actual price beforehand.
I am stuck with this huge bill. Can someone suggest me what to do?
Iowa
I visited a dentist last month for a dental cleaning. In the course of my visit, the doctor identified cavities and recommended a dental filling in as many as nine teeth. The doctor’s office made an estimate for the total procedure and suggested a co-payment of $170.00 after considering my dental insurance. This amount was affordable to my living state and agreed to the dental service. Subsequently, the office scheduled couple of appointments and I paid the specified amount during my office visits.
Last week, I received a statement of account from the dentist’s office with a total co-payment of $779.60 and pending bill for $609.60. I understand estimates are an approximation and the actual value is likely to be more or less of the estimate by a certain percentage. However, I never imagined it to be different by over 400%. This is distressing, especially when I made my decision to undertake the fillings based on the estimate provided by the doctor’s office. I was surprised and appalled to see such a huge bill sent to me, when I would never have agreed in the first place, if I had any knowledge of the actual price beforehand.
I am stuck with this huge bill. Can someone suggest me what to do?