Thanks a lot. Very helpful. Let me know if you can find anything for Ohio.
Here ya go... $95.99 per quadrant
Thanks a lot. Very helpful. Let me know if you can find anything for Ohio.
Thanks, extremely helpful. Just curious how you're finding these things. If you want to let me know.Here ya go... $95.99 per quadrant
The majority of dentists don’t accept Medicaid.Thanks, extremely helpful. Just curious how you're finding these things. If you want to let me know.
Thanks, extremely helpful. Just curious how you're finding these things. If you want to let me know.
I know that and also Medicaid underpays doctors and other Medical professionals. I wouldn't think of actually going by what they pay. However, if you multiply it by something like two times, it is way less than what the dentist is charging. Useful bargaining toolThe majority of dentists don’t accept Medicaid.
Seems like a fair price. I had it done probably 10 years ago and it was around $800 then. Nationaly they say prices run from $800-1800.My old dentist retired and I went to a new dentist who suggested I get deep cleaning because my gums have some pockets in the six to eight range. Don't have any serious pain or periodontal issues that I am aware of. Realize the pockets can become something worse.
In any event, it took them about an hour and 10 minutes to do my right side and 50 minutes to do my left side. Mostly seem like a regular cleaning to me other than they gave me some painkiller gel. Dentist is trying to charge $640 each for each visit which is more than $600 an hour. Seems totally unreasonable to me. Claims that National dental advisory service recommends this price. I am going to double-check that organization.
Curious if other people have had this procedure and what the charges were.
My dentist, should I say, former dentist told me I needed scaling. Went for the first of two sessions and was told my insurance would not cover it and I had to pay $362 for each of the two sessions. This seemed pretty high but I went ahead with it. Before session two I was told insurance would not cover it and I owed another $300 for session #1. I was told that the dentist's contract with the insurance company allowed the company to tell them how much to charge me. I refused and told them to finish the job and I would pay $362 for that and no more. They are still sending bills and this will go to collections I guess. Gotta add that the work they did seemed like no more than previous dentists did as part of a regular cleaning. Total time for the work done was less than 2 hours and was done by a hygienist, not the doctor.My old dentist retired and I went to a new dentist who suggested I get deep cleaning because my gums have some pockets in the six to eight range. Don't have any serious pain or periodontal issues that I am aware of. Realize the pockets can become something worse.
In any event, it took them about an hour and 10 minutes to do my right side and 50 minutes to do my left side. Mostly seem like a regular cleaning to me other than they gave me some painkiller gel. Dentist is trying to charge $640 each for each visit which is more than $600 an hour. Seems totally unreasonable to me. Claims that National dental advisory service recommends this price. I am going to double-check that organization.
Curious if other people have had this procedure and what the charges were.
I had a regular cleaning by new dentist which went quickly. However, the scaling that the dentist tried to charge me $1200 for was simply a more thorough cleaning that went under the gums which the students have been doing on me for a long time. Dentist doesn't deserve $600 an hour for work done by dental hygienist.Gotta add that the work they did seemed like no more than previous dentists did as part of a regular cleaning.
here ya go LafayetteBear: four quadsAre you sure that is not a per quadrant price? And I gotta say that I didn't know squat about "quadrants" (at least in the teeth cleaning context) until talking to my retired dentist friend Paul. If you want me to ask him any more questions about this, let me know. I am headed to Portland (actually, Vancouver, Washington) tomorrow for a reunion of fraternity brothers and their significant others, and Paul will be there.