Pacific Vascular accepts all patients and bills most insurance plans including Medicare and Medicaid. Patients are responsible for all co-payments and deductibles not paid by their insurance plans.

Please bring all of your insurance information with you to your exam. When you arrive we will ask you to complete a billing and patient information form. We will not ask you to pay any deposit or co-pay amount at the time of your exam.

Certain medical plans require you to have a written authorization from your primary care physician. If your insurance plan requires a pre-authorization from your physician, please bring that authorization with you.

We will bill your insurance company for your vascular ultrasound exam. How much your plan pays for our services depends upon the plan design. You may want to contact your insurance company for coverage information before your exam. Certain medical plans require you to have a written authorization from your primary care physician.

We also bill your secondary insurance when you are covered by more than one medical plan. Once your insurance plan(s) have paid, we will bill you for any remaining balance. You may also set up a payment plan if you are unable to pay the balance in full.

For your convenience, we accept MasterCard and VISA. We do not accept debit cards other than those that display the MasterCard or VISA logo.

We accept Medicare assignment. If you have Medicare coverage we will bill Medicare Part B for your services. You will be responsible for paying any unmet deductible and the Medicare co-insurance amount. Many times our patients have secondary insurance coverage that will pay some or all of the Medicare co-insurance amount. Since we accept Medicare assignment, we will "write off" any part of our charge that is above the Medicare allowable charge for your exam.

If you have any questions or special needs with regard to billing or patient accounting, we welcome you to call, write, or fax our billing office:

Pacific Vascular is contracted with most insurance companies and accepts Medicare assignments and will bill medical insurance companies directly for the convenience of the patient.

Preferred Provider members include:

• Aetna U.S. Healthcare PPO/HMO*
• CIGNA Health Plan of Washington
• Community Health Plan of WA
• First Choice PPO / Sound Health PPO
• HealthPlus*
• Pacific Medical Uniformed Services Family Health Plan-USFHP*
• Premera Blue Cross PPO/Basic Health/Healthy Options*
• Molina Health Plan
• Regence Blue Shield PPO
• RegenceCare*
• United Health Care Administration PPO
• Washington Health Care Authority - Uniform Medical
• PacifiCare/Secure Horizons*

Managed Care & most HMO managed care patients need to acquire authorization from their primary care physician. Please contact your PCP to gain prior billing authorization.

Pacific Vascular is interested in joining other managed health care programs in order to better serve your patients. We welcome your suggestions. Please call our accounting department at (425) 486-8328 (or toll free in Washington State (800) 741-3317).