X-rays are included in each of these services if necessary. There is no discount for bringing or sending x-rays to info@RiverCityOMS.com, but doing so will decrease your radiation exposure. X-rays need to be clear & current to be useful. A photo of an x-ray on a computer screen or a worn paper copy is not usually good enough.
Consultation and re-evaluation visits are visits to talk about the patient’s condition. Re-evaluation visits are not post-operative visits. If a patient has surgery, routine postoperative care is included for a period of time and the patient is not billed for a post-operative visit during that time. The amount of time post-operative visits are included are listed on each surgery’s page. Routine post-operative care includes in-office x-rays, post-operative exam, suture removal, and treatment of minor wound complications.
Routine consultation: $200
The fee covers 1 visit. The entire fee is applied to surgery if surgery is needed & completed within 3 months. Patients are encouraged to schedule surgery in a timely manner. We will not extend the 3 month deadline due to our schedule being full.
Trauma consultation: $500
The fee covers the consultation and any follow-up visits within 6 weeks. If the initial consultation was done in our office, the entire consultation fee is applied to surgery if surgery is needed & completed within 6 weeks. If the initial consultation was done at the hospital or outside our office, the consultation fee is not applied to surgery.
Orthognathic surgery consultation: $400
The entire fee is applied to surgery if surgery is needed & completed within 2 years.
Routine re-evaluation: $150
This fee covers 1 visit for re-evaluation of established patients seen in the last 13 months. If it has been more than 13 months since the last visit, a regular consultation fee is charged. The entire re-evaluation fee is applied to surgery if a new surgery is needed & completed within 3 months of the re-evaluation.
If the patient had a consultation, never had surgery, and requests another face-to-face consultation visit, they will be charged a $150 re-evaluation visit. In that case, the initial $200 consultation fee applies to surgery completed within 3 months of the initial consultation but the $150 re-evaluation fee would not be applied to surgery. To avoid paying the $150 re-evaluation fee in those cases, patients are encouraged to have their questions answered over the phone or via email (no charge), rather than face-to-face.
Trauma re-evaluation: $150
After 6 weeks, trauma re-evaluations are $150 each and are not credited towards surgery. If it has been more than 13 months since the last visit, a regular consultation fee is charged.
Orthognathic surgery re-evaluation: $150
Must have been seen within the last 3 years.
Hospital/ER consultation: $450
For new patients (meaning any patient not seen in the last 12 months) first seen in the hospital or ER. This fee is not applied to surgery.
Hospital rounding fee: $200 per day