I have a running tab on UCSD hospital and UCSD Medical Group and Cedars Sinai Medical versus Cedars Hosiptal… (two seperate bills between facility charges versus physician charges)…
The standard practice is that if you don’t pay, it goes onto your account, and your medical record number is linked to your SSN.
I found out you can have all your deductibles,copays,etc your responsible for to be outstanding for about 6 months without calling them before they send you a notice telling you that if you don’t pay, they will send you to collections. And then, it’s a matter of calling them, giving them your CC#….
If i go see a doctor, in either one, I just tell them to put the copays on my account.
Generally, they never forget to bill you.
Often times, things get a little complicated because the billing is wacked because payments from insurance CO’s sometimes take time..
Also, my flex spending account is automatically linked, so when the medical group sends a bill to the insurance company, the insurnace company pays their portion, and then pays the rest of of the remainder of the flex account, until I run out.
Copays are around (per visit)
$15 for general doctor
$30 for specialist
$45 for urgent care
$100 for ER…
Last year it was about $15 for general doctor, and $30 for everything else…
