Financial Assistance

Our goal is to offer a variety of ways to reduce a patient’s financial responsibility for services rendered by Cornerstone Surgicare, while still complying with insurance contract obligations and federal and state regulations. Please contact our facility business office at (870) 607-0777 for further information on our policies as reflected below. Payment plans and charity care will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Surgeons, anesthesiologists, and pathologists or laboratories bill for their own services separately from the surgery center and may offer their own financial assistance program – please contact them for further information regarding their services. See physician list for individual office contact information. Additionally, any billing questions or grievances should be directed to our facility business office.

Other Providers:

BMR Anesthesia, PLLC
400 East 10th Street
Waconis, MN 55387

Phone: 1-800-433-1439

Website: bmranesthesia.com

 

Payment Information

Each patient is expected to pay his or her estimated financial liability on or before the day of service.  In the event a patient is unable to pay the estimated liability in full, our surgery center may offer a short term repayment schedule after a minimum down payment is made.  For an extended repayment schedule, a patient may need to secure financing with an outside source. Please consult our surgery center business office for further information.

 

Uninsured Discounts

Patients who are not eligible to receive services paid for by insurance or other third party payment sources may be eligible to receive an uninsured discount from our facility. This discount does not apply for cosmetic surgery services as defined by our facility.  The discount is a set percentage off of charges and is subject to change. If a patient's services are subsequently found to be covered by insurance or other third party payment source, the uninsured discount may be disallowed.

 

Prompt Pay Discounts

The center may offer a nominal discount for full payment of the estimated financial liability on or before the day of service for patients with non-government insurance coverage in an effort to reduce its collection expenses.  The discount is a set percentage. Should the actual financial liability vary from the estimated liability, the discounted amount will be adjusted in order to maintain the set percentage.

 

Out of Network

A patient receiving treatment at our surgery center under insurance with which our facility is out of network may be eligible to receive an adjustment to their assigned out of network patient liability, assuming our facility is not prohibited from offering Out of Network adjustments under state/federal laws or your insurance company's provisions.  If not prohibited, the application of any out of network discount is subject to vary based on a patient's benefit coverage. Accounts which become delinquent may have the adjustment disallowed.

 

Collection Procedures

As a courtesy to our patients, we will file an insurance claim on behalf of the patient to his or her insurance plan.  A patient is expected to respond to his or her insurance plan's request for information timely, as needed, in order to minimize processing delays with the claim.

Patients are expected to pay their financial obligations in a timely manner including the estimated portion by the day services are received, and any remaining portion upon finalization of the claim by the payer.  Unpaid claims by the payer may result in the account's outstanding balance being fully transferred to the patient for collection.

If needed, the center will attempt to reach a patient by any method available to us to secure payment on the outstanding balance utilizing internal and external resources.  If the account becomes delinquent, it may be placed with an attorney or agency for collection in which their fees and expenses may be the obligation of the patient.

 

Other Providers

Services may be provided in this health care facility by the facility as well as by other health care providers who may separately bill the patient and who may or may not participate with the same health insurers or health maintenance organizations as the facility.

Patients and prospective patients may request from this facility and other health care providers a more personalized estimate of charges and other information.  Patients and prospective patients should contact each health care practitioner who will provide services in the ASC to determine the health insurers and health maintenance organizations with which the health care practitioner participates as a network provider or preferred provider.  

Other Providers:

BMR Anesthesia, PLLC
400 East 10th Street
Waconis, MN 55387

Phone: 1-800-433-1439

Website: bmranesthesia.com

 

NOTICE OF PAYMENT ESTIMATE REQUESTS

Patients and prospective patients have the right to request from this facility and other health care providers a more personalized estimate of charges and other information.

See physician list for individual office contact information

*This list is subject to change.  Please call your insurance company or the surgery center to confirm your insurance benefits prior to your scheduled appointment.