Balance Billing Notice
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No Surprise Billing
The No Surprises Act is a federal law that went into effect on January 1, 2022.
It applies to most types of health insurance, and protects you from unexpected out-of-network medical bills from:
- Emergency room visits
- Non-emergency care related to a visit to an in-network hospital, hospital outpatient department, or ambulatory surgical center
- Air ambulance services
Usually, if you don’t have or use health insurance, providers must give you a good faith estimate of what your care will cost.
STAT Specialty Hospital Will Not Send a Surprise Bill
STAT Specialty Hospital implemented a no-surprise-bill policy before the 2022 legislation was enacted. Since then, none of our patients have received an unexpected charge from us.
All services provided at our facilities, including specialists and other ancillary services, will appear in the invoice we provide after your visit. Because we directly employ all our doctors, you will never see a big bill from us.
Sadly, we cannot control everything the insurance companies do. Some of them have unlawfully tried to charge patients for emergency services.
Should you ever receive a surprise bill from your insurance company after visiting one of our centers, please contact the “No Surprises Help Desk” so we can address the issue of your surprise bill together.
No Surprises Help Desk
Texas Department of Insurance Help Line 800-252-3439
Emergency rooms must maintain an extremely high level of preparedness to effectively treat emergency medical conditions and ensure you have access to the best in emergency care. Therefore, emergency rooms charge a facility fee for each patient visit to help offset the recurring costs associated with maintaining this level of preparedness that is much higher than traditional medical facilities. The facility fee is a charge that is calculated on several different factors and criteria by patient. Acuity level is determined based on; review of patient symptoms, history, physical information, severity of presenting issue, and necessary medical decisions made by the physician for any underlying issues (based on the information given as well as results of procedures and testing performed). These are graded as minimal, moderate and high severity.