Understanding Anesthesia Charges:
Old Pueblo Anesthesia physicians are not employees of any hospital, surgery center or other facility. The anesthesia services provided by Old Pueblo Anesthesia are not included in your hospital bill. Because of this you will be billed separately by OPA based upon several factors, including the nature of the surgical procedure, the time involved, and your health status. The medical facility will charge you separately for anesthetic medicines, gases, and use of monitoring and disposable equipment.
Old Pueblo Anesthesia will initially bill your insurance company for professional services rendered associated with anesthesia and/or pain management care. We participate with many HMO and PPO insurance plans, which means that payment should come directly to us. In the event that we do not participate with your insurance carrier, you will receive from us a statement showing the status of your account. For patients with participating insurance carriers, if you have not received an explanation of benefits from your insurance company within 60 days of the time of surgery, you may want to contact your carrier directly to determine the status of the claim. The insurance company may have pended our claim for additional information either from the insured or from another healthcare provider.
Are you contracted with my insurance company?
We encourage patients to check with their insurance company to determine whether OPA is a member of their health network. If you are not sure, please contact our office.
Why is my anesthesiologist not in my network when my hospital and surgeon are?
Your anesthesiologist is a separate entity from the hospital. Anesthesiologists are not required to contract with the same insurance companies as the hospital. It is the patient’s responsibility to verify that all providers are in network.
Payment Policies:
In some situations you may have a balance due for deductible or co-insurance amounts after your insurance has paid our claim. If we have been supplied with information regarding your secondary insurance, we will bill them for any balance due. If you do not have secondary insurance, you will receive a statement from OPA for any amount due from you personally. This balance is due upon receipt of our statement.
If you do not have insurance or cannot afford to pay the balance, after insurance, in full within 30 days, please contact the billing office to set up a monthly payment arrangement after receiving your first statement. We understand that expenses associated with surgery can be overwhelming and we are willing to do what we can to accommodate your financial needs.
We accept payment by cash, check, money order, Visa ©, MasterCard ©. Please mail your payment to Old Pueblo Anesthesia and please make sure you include your account number.
I don’t have insurance, can I get a discount?
If the bill is paid in full within 30 days of the procedure, OPA will extend a 20% discount.