The anesthesiologists in this group choose not to ...

The anesthesiologists in this group choose not to be a part of most insurance plans, including those the hospitals they work in accepts. This means that when you have surgery you are responsible for a large bill. If the anesthesiologist does happen to accept in network benefit coverage they use the rules to take more money from the patient by putting an extra claim on top of it, which is totally legal, but most doctors don't do this because it is not fair to the patients. If you dispute your claim they will just keep repeating over and over that they are allowed to charge this much and tell you to call your insurance carrier to pay more. Your insurance carrier legally can not tell them to accept less because they are out of network. The hospital will inform you that they are contracted and do not work directly for the hospital so there is nothing they can do about how much they charge. My insurance pays 100 percent of all costs after I meet a high deductible. With all three of the surgeries I have had after my deductible is met I have had to pay over 300 dollars to each of my anesthesiologists, while the doctors who performed the surgeries, and the hospitals I had them in all accepted in network benefits so I had no remaining balance. I understand that the current system of health care allows this to happen, but considering most doctors do not take advantage of patients by padding their paychecks off the backs of the patients, I certainly hope this group of doctors will change how they do business.