So, Tuesday wasn’t the greatest day for me. I left work early to go to a dentist appointment and took this photo of the Sun-Times destruction site from across the river. When I got to the dentist’s office the receptionist discreetly asked that we settle financial matters first and asked me to pay her $450. Turns out Delta Dental makes patients pay for everything first and then reimburses for whatever they cover in your plan. So, I owed them $200+ from last time and over $200 more for this appointment. That’s what I get for upgrading to our PPO, I guess.
I love my dentist because everyone in the office takes their time and explains everything to you and treats you like a person. The dentist herself called my insurance company and figured out a pre-estimate I’ submitted. The dentist office staff were more than willing to work with me as far as payment and were really trusting of me given I’ve only been a patient of theirs for a little over a month. Still, the unexpected expense was just the icing on a really shit day and I had to excuse myself to the restroom down the hall to let it all out. After a good cry I happily went back in the office, put my iPod headphones on, and got my tooth drilled out.
10 responses so far ↓
1 mom // Mar 10, 2005 at 8:33 am
oh Rachelle, you’ve made your mom cry now too. ~hugs~, I love you, mum
2 el // Mar 10, 2005 at 9:28 am
awww. feel better soon!
it’s weird–i’ve been on delta dental for a long time now and i have never had to pay anything up front.
3 Benjy // Mar 10, 2005 at 10:13 am
Yeah, I’ve got Delta Dental, too. What I do is charge my dental bills to a credit card I don’t use regularly. The checks from Delta have always arrived before the credit card bill was due.
4 Emily // Mar 10, 2005 at 12:13 pm
Great photo. The new view really shows off the IBM building.
Sorry about your experience w/ insurance. What a racket.
Sorry about your grandfather too.
5 chris // Mar 10, 2005 at 12:48 pm
Ouch! Ouch for the $400 and for getting your tooth drilled! I only had a to have one of my teeth drilled, man did that suck.
6 Devyn // Mar 10, 2005 at 5:02 pm
I don’t have delta dental, but my dentist has the same practice of pay up front, and then they bill insurance which in turn sends me a check. It kinda sucks, but it all goes pretty fast from appointment to check in the mail.
7 Joel // Mar 10, 2005 at 11:27 pm
crazy - I went to the dentist yesterday for the first time in over 4 years (Terrible!!!) and was lucky that nothing was wrong. One small cavity that will need to be filled.
sorry things were so crappy - rest assured that it’ll start looking up soon
8 roderick // Mar 10, 2005 at 11:55 pm
My company just signed on with DeltaDental. Good to hear someone else’s experience.
Great shot of the IBM buidling, btw. I work near there, I’m surprised I haven’t bumped into you taking pictures of the Sun-Times site.
9 ArthurE212 // Mar 12, 2005 at 8:40 am
That’s a great photo of the building behind the demolition site. What building is that?
(beautiful light fluffy snow sticking to all the branches here in NY - it’s a wonderful snowy day)
10 Jun // Mar 17, 2008 at 7:21 pm
I went through hell with Delta Dental today.
http://ibarrarin.blogspot.com/2008/03/delta-dental-sucks-big-time.html
Clueless phone reps. Grrrr!
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