How fees work

We bill most PPO plans and some employer plans. What a plan pays for chiropractic visits differs from plan to plan, so we check yours before your first visit. Medicare Part B covers manual spinal manipulation only. After the Part B deductible you pay 20 percent, and if we suggest care Medicare does not cover, we ask you to sign a notice first.

Without insurance, Dr. Carbone tells you the fee for each part of your visit before it happens, and you pay at the visit. The front desk can hand you the practice’s fee list at any time.

After every visit you can have an itemized receipt. If your plan reimburses care outside its network, you send the receipt to the plan, and the plan decides what it pays.

If you do not use insurance, you have the right to a Good Faith Estimate. We give you a written estimate in advance, before your first visit, and we answer your questions about it.

Our front desk checks your benefits before your first visit and calls you with what it finds, including any copay or deductible. You can also ask your plan about chiropractic visits.

The first visit takes about 60 minutes. Follow-up visits are shorter.