Mill Creek Family Practice, PLLC

Fees and Payments

Co-pays, co-insurance, and any patient-responsibility balance are due at the time of service. For your convenience, we accept:

• Cash
• Checks
• Debit
• Credit: Visa, Mastercard, American Express, Discover.

Mill Creek Family Practice, PLLC, believes in the importance of preventative care services. Your yearly examinations and your child’s ‘Well Child’ visits play an important part in stopping preventable diseases.

• What is a Physical and what does it include? This varies depending on your insurance coverage. Our office does not know what your individual benefits are. You are responsible for obtaining this information from your insurance company.
• A Physical is essentially a ‘Well Visit’. During this visit, we will discuss disease prevention and healthy lifestyle choices, order appropriate lab tests for screening purposes, and give immunizations (when appropriate). Your insurance may or may not cover this visit.
• A Physical does not cover discussion or treatment of medical problems with a distinct diagnosis, or medications used to treat your medical problems. While your doctor may be willing to discuss any and all of your medical issues at your Physical visit, time allowing. Be aware that this will be charged as a ‘Problem Visit’. Your insurance company may require a co-pay for both visits and will likely apply the ‘Problem Visit’ toward your deductible.
• Some insurance companies include limited laboratory testing as part of your Physical. Your doctor may order additional testing which is not covered in the Physical. You would then be personally responsible for any additional laboratory costs. It is your responsibility to know which tests your insurance will cover.
• Your provider may request a return visit, should tests or lab results disclose abnormal findings. This return visit will not be covered under your Physical and will be charged as a ‘Problem Visit’.
• Your provider codes your visits according to the insurance requirements for the issues covered and the documentation noted. Neither the clinic, nor your provider, will change the type of service billed, if your insurance company denies payment. Please do not as your provider to do this, as it may be construed as insurance fraud.