Have you ever disputed a doc bill asking for something like a lab to be paid by the office? how did you do it?

Question

How do you get a doc to pay for labs that were done?
My derm ran labs for Accutane then denied me the Rx for no medical reason, but because he didn't want to deal with the goverment regulations with Accutane.
The problem is, with the goverment iplege accutane program you have to get labs the same time every month or you have to start the labs over and cant get the Rx. He informed me he wouldn't give me the Rx less than a week before my next appointment which did not give me enough time to get into another derm to use the labs. So now the labs are worthless to me to get the Rx I need (to prevent recurrent staph).
I have not been able to find much info on this subject, but have sent a letter to my derm office saying I would pay for the visit ($117)but ask them to pay for blood draw and labwork ($129).
If you have ANY insight or suggestions on this please contact me!

Answer 1

Contact the manager of the lab and let that person know that you feel that the doctor should be liable for this bill because the doctor prevented you from the proper course of action and ask the manager to redirect the bill to the doctor. It doesn't hurt to ask. I have had similiar situations and because I was persistent ...they finally gave up. But you may want to choose a different doctor.

Answer 2

You agreed to the labs to start with so you are responsible for the charges incurred. Read the fine print in the policies and procedures of the dermatologist that ran the labs. They cover themselves quite well so they are not responsible for anything.
You're better off to just pay the bill and be done with it than to try to fight it and end up getting nothing reimbursed.
If you are paying privately they are probably giving you a discount on the fees already.

Chalk this up to a lesson learned and just pay the bill and move on.