$250.00 for medical records? Does that sound right?
I had a VSG in 2009 at Jerusalem Hospital in Tijuana, and am now thinking of getting a DS here in the USA, since I have the insurance to cover it. The surgeon says the first thing they need are the records from my VSG surgery. So I emailed them in Tijuana, and they said, "Sure, send us $250.00." I guess they have me over a barrel, but it seems excessive.
That sounds high. Some places here do change .25/page, but have a cap. We do discounts for digital records or faxes, but we're not a surgeon's office. Maybe that's an option?
Always call versus email when asking for discounts - its more human and inspires more empathy.
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It is not that we have so little time but that we lose so much...the life we receive is not short but we make it so; we are not ill provided but use what we have wastefully. -- Seneca, On the Shortness of Life
I had a VSG in 2009 at Jerusalem Hospital in Tijuana, and am now thinking of getting a DS here in the USA, since I have the insurance to cover it. The surgeon says the first thing they need are the records from my VSG surgery. So I emailed them in Tijuana, and they said, "Sure, send us $250.00." I guess they have me over a barrel, but it seems excessive.
you do know the records will come in Spanish, right?
In the USA you are legally entitled to your medical records, though a clinic or hospital can charge a reasonable fee (whatever that means) for copying them for you. but your surgery was in a different country and the laws there may not be the same. I don't think we can make a comparison to what is typical in the USA.
Larra
