*Uninsured Patient Discount
At Piedmont Internal Medicine, we strive to serve our community's health care needs in the most affordable way possible. In addition to the $25 student physicals we are providing pre-teens and teens, we are seeking to help all those who are not covered by health insurance by offering them a 35% discount on all services provided by the practice, with only the following exceptions:
- Any services required by a third party (work, school, camp, insurance, etc.)
- Any services ordered by the practice but performed by outside vendors (reference labs, hospital tests, consults, etc)
- Any fees for insured patients which are considered by the insurance company to be patient responsibility (co-pays, co-insurance, deductibles, non-covered services, and under-covered services).
The discount will be offered, and if accepted, applied at check-out against whatever Evaluation and Management code the physician has selected for that visit, provided the patient is willing to pay the discounted amount in full at the time of check-out (or within 24 hours of check-out if no immediate means of payment.) If the discounted amount can not be paid as above, the discount will be nullified and the full undiscounted amount due and payable per standard billing and collection policies.
Since labs and ancillary testing are typically charged 1-2 days after rendering, and then subsequently billed via mail, uninsured patients who receive labs and/or ancillary testing will be given a “discount coupon” at the time of check out to keep and use upon receiving their invoice. The coupon directs them to call the billing office to have their 35% discount applied and to accordingly receive a reduction in their balance due, which must be paid within 20 days of the invoice date or the discount will be nullified and the full undiscounted amount due and payable per standard billing and collection policies.
Telephone:
(540) 347-4200
(540) 341-7102 (fax)