At the end of August, I went in to have the ventral scrotalplasty. He required me to put a $2500 payment there in case insurance didn't pay because it can be seen as cosmetic. In my case, my insurance did pay. But, they didn't pay that much. He is in network, so legally - he has to accept my insurance reimbursement even if it is $1.
He also did a small scar revision that turned into a fucking disaster and left me 10x more deformed than if I just left the scar alone.
Now, he's claiming that the scar revision was what he was charging $2500 for, which is a total lie. Not to mention:
1. He botched the scar revision
2. Nobody even charges $2500 for the scar revision (see RealSelf)
3. He excised (and typically excises) WAY too much skin. I have lost so much skin it's insane.
4. I have a document signed that says that if my insurance doesn't pay for the scrotalplasty then I will pay the $2500. It says nothing about the scar revision.
I don't want to fuck up my relationship with this doctor but, I am sorry, this is bullshit. I have seen him for 6 years and always had premier insurance that reimbursed very well. Now, I do not. Then, also had some woman (an epic cunt) call me and berate me for having the nerve to ask for the $2500 back once my insurance paid (which is what 2 other people already told me to do in their billing office!). This cunt started going on and on about "so you pay these Mexicans if you're not gonna pay Dr. X?" and "who goes to Tijuana and gets stuff injected in their penis? You're lucky Dr. X fixed this for you - you should be thanking him - you are so ungrateful" and "You think $600 is enough for having this surgeon operate on you? You think that's enough?" No but bitch that is the law and I don't make the law. Sorry. At one point, we got in some argument about medical issues and she condescendingly goes - "How do you have so much medical knowledge??" in this condescending way. Uh, bitch - google me maybe? And maybe I pay attention to what doctors say about me.
I had the same insurance for 6 years I have been seeing Dr. x and it pays well. Right now, I have a shitty plan that pays very little BUT HE IS IN THE NETWORK. He didn't have to be.
So, he did this to me and wants to keep $2500...and I was told all along the way that it was a deposit for the scrotalplasty which he was reimbursed for at the contracted rate. I don't know wtf to do. I was so angry after the call with this woman, I just wanted to post these pics all over yelp and google reviews and say fuck you (and to that cunt woman) but then I will never be able to go there again. He also routinely has taken out way too much skin in every repair surgery. I will have a 1/2 cm lesion and then he takes practically 1/2 an inch.
I am already in hell enough with this, and now THIS is going on? The doctor, I respect...and maybe there was a misunderstanding. But, having this woman call me like some Rottweiler was so inappropriate. I emailed him the following (next post). He replied that he will get back to me once he understands the timeline. There's nothing to understand.
# 1. Before Any August Surgery
# 2 Far more removed than I asked
#3. I watch in horror as the wound opens ... this is now the third one that did this but the other two were due to other doctors.
# 4. Surgery is needed to close the wound
#5. He takes out a a large amount of skin and PMMA inside to close this wound, which was actually very small. Every time I had a wound closure, a very very large amount of skin is removed - so much that I needed the scrotalplasty because I couldn't have an erection without pain due to how much skin was pulling upwards.
6. Erect pic / partially erect . I can't really get a good erection anymore at all.
Then I get told that my $2500 deposit (for the scrotalplasty that my insurance paid for) is being kept. When I remind them it was paid by insurance, they change to say that they're keeping it for the scar revision...nevermind this was never agreed to and the scar revision was a disaster.
He also did a small scar revision that turned into a fucking disaster and left me 10x more deformed than if I just left the scar alone.
Now, he's claiming that the scar revision was what he was charging $2500 for, which is a total lie. Not to mention:
1. He botched the scar revision
2. Nobody even charges $2500 for the scar revision (see RealSelf)
3. He excised (and typically excises) WAY too much skin. I have lost so much skin it's insane.
4. I have a document signed that says that if my insurance doesn't pay for the scrotalplasty then I will pay the $2500. It says nothing about the scar revision.
I don't want to fuck up my relationship with this doctor but, I am sorry, this is bullshit. I have seen him for 6 years and always had premier insurance that reimbursed very well. Now, I do not. Then, also had some woman (an epic cunt) call me and berate me for having the nerve to ask for the $2500 back once my insurance paid (which is what 2 other people already told me to do in their billing office!). This cunt started going on and on about "so you pay these Mexicans if you're not gonna pay Dr. X?" and "who goes to Tijuana and gets stuff injected in their penis? You're lucky Dr. X fixed this for you - you should be thanking him - you are so ungrateful" and "You think $600 is enough for having this surgeon operate on you? You think that's enough?" No but bitch that is the law and I don't make the law. Sorry. At one point, we got in some argument about medical issues and she condescendingly goes - "How do you have so much medical knowledge??" in this condescending way. Uh, bitch - google me maybe? And maybe I pay attention to what doctors say about me.
I had the same insurance for 6 years I have been seeing Dr. x and it pays well. Right now, I have a shitty plan that pays very little BUT HE IS IN THE NETWORK. He didn't have to be.
So, he did this to me and wants to keep $2500...and I was told all along the way that it was a deposit for the scrotalplasty which he was reimbursed for at the contracted rate. I don't know wtf to do. I was so angry after the call with this woman, I just wanted to post these pics all over yelp and google reviews and say fuck you (and to that cunt woman) but then I will never be able to go there again. He also routinely has taken out way too much skin in every repair surgery. I will have a 1/2 cm lesion and then he takes practically 1/2 an inch.
I am already in hell enough with this, and now THIS is going on? The doctor, I respect...and maybe there was a misunderstanding. But, having this woman call me like some Rottweiler was so inappropriate. I emailed him the following (next post). He replied that he will get back to me once he understands the timeline. There's nothing to understand.
# 1. Before Any August Surgery
# 2 Far more removed than I asked
#3. I watch in horror as the wound opens ... this is now the third one that did this but the other two were due to other doctors.
# 4. Surgery is needed to close the wound
#5. He takes out a a large amount of skin and PMMA inside to close this wound, which was actually very small. Every time I had a wound closure, a very very large amount of skin is removed - so much that I needed the scrotalplasty because I couldn't have an erection without pain due to how much skin was pulling upwards.
6. Erect pic / partially erect . I can't really get a good erection anymore at all.
Then I get told that my $2500 deposit (for the scrotalplasty that my insurance paid for) is being kept. When I remind them it was paid by insurance, they change to say that they're keeping it for the scar revision...nevermind this was never agreed to and the scar revision was a disaster.
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