How fees work
A short list of how paying works here, in the order most patients ask.
Insurance we work with
We send claims to many dental plans and tell you before your first visit whether we are in network. For an oral appliance, some medical plans pay when a physician has diagnosed sleep apnea. We are not enrolled with Medicaid at this time.
PPO dental plans: we file the claim
Medical plans: we check an appliance before you start
Medicaid: not enrolled at this time
If you pay yourself
If you pay without insurance, you pay at the visit, and you know the fee before we start. Financing is offered by third-party lenders. Approval and terms are set by the lender.
Pay at the visit
A written estimate first
Third-party financing, set by the lender
Receipts for reimbursement
After each visit we give you an itemized receipt. You can send it to a plan that reimburses you. Whether the plan pays, and how much, is its decision.
Itemized, every visit
Procedure codes on request
An estimate in advance
You can ask for a written estimate before any treatment. If you're paying without insurance, we give you a written estimate in advance, when you schedule or whenever you ask. It lists each step we expect and the fee for each.
Written, before treatment
Each step and its fee
Take it home before you decide
Checking your benefits
Zaria checks your dental and medical benefits before your first visit for an appliance, and tells you what she finds. For a checkup, call the number on your card and ask what your plan pays.
Zaria checks appliance benefits
Ask your plan about checkups
What the first visit includes
About an hour: a talk, an exam by the dentist, X-rays only if she needs them, and a written estimate before any treatment. Fill in your health history on our private patient portal, not by email or in the contact form.
Open the patient formsA talk, then an exam
X-rays only if needed
Health history on the portal
The practice replaces these answers with its own.
Ask about a fee
Questions about a fee? Ask before you come. Zaria can walk you through your estimate by phone.