Yes.
You may use your “insurance” for services rendered by providers outside of our office, e.g. lab testing and diagnostic imaging. We can keep your policy information on file for inclusion in the prescriptions, orders and referrals we write for services not provided by us.
If you do choose to use your “insurance” for an outside service, it is imperative that you understand your policy’s coverage terms. Your third-party payor or your specific policy may not cover services ordered by an out-of-network provider. Vibrant Kids Pediatrics is not an in-network provider. Vibrant Kids Pediatrics is not responsible for any out-of-pocket costs you incur by using your “insurance” to pay for any service prescribed or referred by us. You, and only you, are responsible for understanding your policy’s coverage terms.
Know there is no turning back once a claim is filed by an outside provider for any service(s) they rendered to you. You will pay your third-party payor’s negotiated price for any out-of-pocket costs. For example, you cannot have a claim filed for lab services, not like the insurance price, and then come back to us asking to pay our negotiated DPC price—you are stuck paying the outside provider at your payor’s negotiated price.