Payment Options
If you have insurance:
Currently (as of May 2006), I accept the following insurance plans:
- Blue Cross and Blue Shield of New Mexico
- Lovelace — all Lovelace plans, including Salud! and Lovelace Senior Plan, CIGNA
- Presbyterian — all Presbyterian plans, including Salud! and Presbyterian Senior PPO
- Medicare
- United Health Care
- Definity
- GEHA
What if I do not have health insurance?
If you do not have health insurance, I have set my rates to be both affordable and fair. I don’t want the presence or absence of health insurance to be the defining nature of the patient-doctor relationship. I cannot offer my services for nothing, but I can be a doctor who offers excellent service at a good value. It’s the relationship that is central in my practice. I will work with you, your family or your employer (if you are a small business without insurance or if your company if having trouble affording insurance) to make this clinic work for both of us.
Visits are billed in 15 minute increments with a 15 minute minimum. To calculate my rates, see the table below.
Payment Charts
| Persons in Family or Household |
payment per 15 minute increment based on 2006 Income for Residents of New Mexico |
|
| single | $30,000 or less | more than $30,000 |
| couple or partners | $40,000 or less | more than $40,000 |
| family (couple or partners + dependents) | $50,000 or less | more than $50,000 |
| You Will Pay: | $26.72 for 15 minutes* | $53.44 for 15 minutes* |
| +Practice Fee | Annual Fee Based on Income | |
| * includes New Mexico Gross Receipts Tax of 6.875% | ||
Cash, check and credit cards (currently Visa and Mastercard) are all acceptable forms of payment. Payment must be made at the time of service.