Baylor Punishes Patients!

      Pitbull followers, this post is not about Plano Government. I am posting this as a warning to you. I don't want what happened to me today, to happen to you.
    Today I went for a breast MRI at Baylor Scott and White, The Elizabeth Jekot MD Breast Imaging Center, 3301 East Renner Rd. Suite 100, Richardson, TX www.Baylorhealth.com/breastimaging . I have been going to Dr. Jekot for about eight years now. She is wonderful, but a few years ago Baylor bought her center. She just works there now.      When I made the appointment for an MRI, I told Baylor I had new health insurance. They called me back and said, "We do not take your insurance." So, I told them to put me down as self-pay. They called me multiple times about my insurance information. I am not sure why, because I was now self-pay. I spoke to a woman named Terry multiple times, and she asked me if I still had Blue Cross Blue Sheild. I still had it and my new insurance; however, the BCBS is ending at the end of March. If I used BCBS I would have to pay $2773.13 out of pocket. I talked with the Baylor billing department. They told me self-pay would be $2133.17. My new insurance lets me go wherever I want. If the provider does not take it, I can self-pay and file a claim to get money back. So, of course, I decided to do self-pay. Why would I pay almost $600 extra, and not be able to file a claim with my new insurance?
      When I got to the center today, the women at the front desk told me, I would have to pay over $3,000 for the MRI.  They told me that because I did not want to use my BCBS, I would have to pay more than $3,000. I said, "I will reschedule for April since I won't have BCBS anymore." The women went on to tell me, I would still have to pay over $3,000. Why? Because I have insurance but, they don't take it.  They went on to say,  If I did not have any health insurance I would pay $2133.17. So, they are gouging and punishing me for having insurance they don't like. I left without getting my MRI and they got $0.  Punishing people who have insurance, Baylor does not like, cannot be legal. If it is legal, it is immoral. How dare Baylor penalize people who don't have insurance they don't want to take!
     Also, I cannot go to any Baylor Hospital because they don't take my insurance and will penalize me. So, I had to put a post-it note in my wallet by my license for the EMS. It says, "If I have to go to the ER, DON'T take me to Baylor."
      The people who made this penalty policy should be ashamed of themselves. They should not treat people who don't have any insurance better than people who have insurance that Baylor refuses to take. Shame on you Baylor!!
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