$60 for my medical records???

I just received a letter this week stating that due to Michigan law, my previous PCP is charging me $60 to copy my records and send them to my new PCP. (so much per page..) Has ANYONE heard of this law? Nobody i speak to has ever heard of paying for your medical records. Just curious....I can pay it, but why should I?

I work for a doctor's office and yes we charge for records. The first few pages are free but after that its per page. So if you have a big chart..more money. We have a service that comes to copy our's and they charge also. Some places may do it free of charge but most don't. It does suck but they have to be paid for their services SOrry Shannon

I also work for doctors. We do our own medical records copying and we also charge for it, but we charge a flat fee depending on the size of the chart, usually $25-35.

Might be listed under the HIPPA laws. Although I have never had to pay for my medical records, I do request to see them often or look at them so I can see what is going on with myself. It's odd, that after requesting my Xrays, I learned from the reports I have a small sliding hiatal hernia I never knew about. No one had told me, nor had anyone discussed this with me. Just making copies for your own records is good, but read them also. Stacey

Have your NEW PCP make the request.

My new PCP did request them... Oh well, I'll pay it then..it's good to know it's legit! I tell ya..for $60 there better be some good "obesity" and diet information in those suckers that I can use for my appeal!!! Thanks everyone!!!

Sure my old surgeon office was going to charge me over 136.96 for my chart to be sent to my new surgeon and I refused to pay that because they were not following the new Michigan law. So I had to hire a lawyer to get my records out of the practice. Tricia

Wow! $60.00!! That's incredible. I can imagine a couple a bucks but 60??? I would te;ll them to roll them in a real tight little wad and shove'm all the way up with a red hot poker. But that's just me. kp @ goal

Thanks KP.. that thought DID cross my mind....

Wow! My PCP was nice enough to copy the records for me ONCE...free of charge. After that, apparently, there is a fee. Although it is horrible to have to shell it out, it's definitely worth it's weight in gold. My thought? Once you get your hooks on em, I'd make a couple of personal copies just incase! Good luck to you. Maria W.