TOUCHTON SURGERY CENTER FINANCIAL INFO
The facility charge incorporates all care during your procedure but does NOT include pre-procedure tests, anesthesia professional fee, pathology studies or special supplies. All co-pays, deductibles and co-insurance are due at the time of admission as determined by your insurance benefits pertaining to ambulatory surgery centers. Cosmetic procedures and self-pay accounts require full payment (100%) at the time of admission. If special payment arrangements are necessary, please call us at (904) 686-6020 prior to the day of surgery.
Cash, Checks, Money Orders, MasterCard, Visa, American Express and Discover are accepted forms of payment. We also accept Care Credit.
Information on payments made to the facility for defined bundles of services and procedures is available at https://pricing.floridahealthfinder.gov/. The service bundle information is a non-personalized estimate of costs that may be incurred by the patient for anticipated services, and actual costs will be based on services actually provided to the patient.
MORE INFORMATION
Touchton Surgery Center’s financial assistance policy, charity care policy, and collection procedure.
Financial Assistance - Our financial assistance program offers a variety of ways to reduce a patient’s financial responsibility for services rendered by the surgery center. Our program structures a balance between offering the patient a reduced financial liability while still complying with insurance contract obligations and Federal and state regulations. Please contact our facility’s business office for further information on our policies as reflected below. Surgeons, anesthesiologists, and other service providers (such as pathologists or laboratories) bill for their services separately from the surgery center and may offer their own financial assistance program—please contact them for further information regarding their services.
Charity Care - The center maintains a charity discount policy which provides financial relief to patients who receive medically necessary care and who do not qualify for state or Federal assistance and are unable to pay the estimated or remaining financial responsibility in part or in full. A patient must meet the policy’s household income qualifications which are based on Federal Poverty Level Guidelines (revised annually). Submission of supporting documentation is required to validate a patient’s qualifying status.
Collection Procedures - As a courtesy to our patients, we will file an insurance claim on behalf of the patient to his/her insurance plan. A patient is expected to respond to his/her insurance plan’s request for information timely, as needed, in order to minimize processing delays with the claim. Patients are expected to pay their financial obligations in a timely manner including the estimated portion by the day services are received, and any remaining portion upon finalization of the claim by the payer. Unpaid claims by the payer may result in the account’s outstanding balance being fully transferred to the patient for collection. If needed, the center will attempt to reach a patient by any method available to us to secure payment on the outstanding balance utilizing internal and external resources. If the account becomes delinquent, it may be placed with an attorney or agency for collection in which their fees and expenses may be the obligation of the patient.
Anesthesiology
Allegiant Anesthesia, LLC 577 Mulberry Street Suite 110 Macon, GA 31201 Phone: 888-728-0882
Pathology
This surgery center submits specimens to different pathology / laboratory providers so please inquire with the facility as to which pathology / laboratory provider will be used. Some pathology / laboratory providers may engage in specialized pathologists or other labs to assist in analyzing the patient's specimen.
Laboratory
This surgery center submits specimens to different pathology / laboratory providers so please inquire with the facility as to which pathology / laboratory provider will be used. Some pathology / laboratory providers may engage in specialized pathologists or other labs to assist in analyzing the patient's specimen.
Contact the health care practitioners anticipated to provide services to the patient while in the center regarding a personalized estimate, billing practices and participation with the patient’s insurance provider or health maintenance organization (HMO) as the practitioners may not participate with the same health insurers or HMO as the hospital.
Services may be provided in this health care facility by the facility as well as by other health care providers who may separately bill the patient and who may or may not participate with the same health insurers or health maintenance organizations as the facility.
Patients and prospective patients may request from this facility and other health care providers a more personalized estimate of charges and other information, such as billing practices. Patients and prospective patients should contact each health care practitioner who will provide services in this surgery center to determine the health insurers and health maintenance organizations (HMO) with which the health care practitioner participates as a network provider or preferred provider.
Health insurers and health maintenance organizations for which Touchton Surgery Center contracts as a network provider or participating provider.
Many same-day surgical procedures are covered by standard medical insurance and we participate with many insurance plans. However, you should call your insurance company prior to your surgery date to verify that we participate with your plan and to understand the coverage for your procedure. We will submit claims to most major insurance carriers on your behalf. We have written contracts/agreements with many major managed care insurers/networks listed below. This list may not be fully up to date, so if you see your insurance provider listed below, it’s still a good idea to check your individual policy, or contact your insurance company to ensure your plan covers treatment at our facility.
HEALTH PLANS & INSURANCE CARRIERS ACCEPTED
Florida Blue (BCBS)- https://www.floridablue.com/
Cigna- https://www.cigna.com/
Medicare - https://www.medicare.gov/
Medicaid - https://www.medicaid.gov/