i live in columbus georgia and got to atlanta to Dr.finley for my fills.My free ones are over and i just found out his charge is $300.00 and i have to pay $195.00 for the fluoro scope.

I cant afford that.i need to find me a cheaper Doctor do take over my care and do my fills.Are their many doctors that will work behind another doctor and take his patient.

I cant afford to spend $495.00 every time i get a fill:cursing:

Wow, that is really rough, I'm sorry to hear that.

I am thankful of the approach my surgeon takes - at the time of surgery he charges $4000 above the scheduled fee ($16,000 instead of $12,000) BUT he never charges you another cent for any follow up care; consults, fills, re-operation (although there will obviously be hospital/anethetist fees if this occurs, but he wont charge for his services).

It is comforting for me to know that I will not have to worry about funding this on an ongoing basis, with the exception of always maintaining my health care insurance.

I found out about the costs of the fills while I was getting the details for my self-pay for this procedure.

The fills that aren't covered by the surgery cost are $75.00

It breaks down like this:

One-year's worth of fills free, regardless of how many, 3 fills the 2nd year free, and 1 the 3rd year free. Any outside of that schedule are $75. So, for example, if I get 4 in year 2, 3 are free and one is $75.