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What could I Pay to be seen for a knee injury?

At wellbodyKC Clinic At a Hospital Sports Clinic

First visit - $110 First visit - approximately $200

*Xray at Diagnostic Center - $55 *Xray- approx. $200

*MRI at Diagnostic Center - $350 *MRI - approx. $800

*Follow up visit- - $75 *Follow up visit- approx. $120

Facility Fee- - $0 Facility Fees - approx. $75 for each item

* if necessary

$590 $1620 (approximately)

Depends on Hospital

Sports Knowledgeable Doctor Sports Knowledgeable Doctor

Be seen within a week Often takes weeks to be seen

*Quick access to ortho surgeon *Quick access to ortho surgeon

* if needed

This example is for cash pay (no insurance). Insurance payments vary per carrier.

Each medical site/provider will have different charges and this is an estimate.

What makes wellbody KC different

wellbody KC - Concierge Care

A Typical Health Care System- Sports Medicine

wellbody KC - Concierge Care

Often Same week appointments

Tests done quickly

Referrals if needed are sports specific and injury specific

Enough tIme for your appointment

You are the only reason we are here!

NO FACILITY FEES , simple billing

Considered out of network, paperwork will be given for you to request reimbursement from your insurance provider

Same staff, same location, same quality

Communication with your coach and team, with your permission

Not a protocol driven office:

Concussion management

Other services:

-Spirometry -sports asthma

-casting for fractures,

-labs for recurrent fractures

and stress fractures

-treatment for spondylolysis

back stress fractures

-knowledgeable pediatric

xray reads with growth

plate in mind

-growth work ups with

bone age and labs

-return to sport after COVID

Knowledge and Expertise in

Artistic Sports Medicine

A Typical Private Practice

A Typical Health Care System- Sports Medicine

wellbody KC - Concierge Care

Often up to a week to get an appointment

Precerts can take days to weeks if not prioritized.

Referrals often by habit - using the same resources regardless of the age or sport or situation of the patient.

Private practices often block

10 -15 minutes for urgent care and injuries- even if your case is complicated

Often with Insurance and cash options- sometime tests done outside the practice have unknown costs until the test is completed.

The same doctor that sees your parent is giving your young athlete advice- some are experienced with pediatric and adolescent athlete and injury care- others may not be.

Some practices participate in 3rd party communication once HIPAA permission is given if you explain why it would be helpful- others unaware of importance.

Referrals often needed for specialist opinions and management plans.

Some practices manage the typical concussion, less practices manage complex concussion and post concussion - often they refer to Concussion teams at large hospital systems

Many if not most of these services are referred to specialists - not done on the same day or under the same bill and usually not in the same office location

There are only a few clinics in the country with experience in Artistic Sports Medicine

A Typical Health Care System- Sports Medicine

Sometimes weeks to over a month before seeing a provider

Increased wait times often due to patient back logs and so many staff involved in process can make getting a test take two weeks when it could take two days!

Referrals often within the same system- even if another provider at a different system would be more appropriate for your situation

Large institutions often run behind with emergency work ins, doctors may feel rushed with multiple duties, and patients may feel pushed through the system. You may have waited 3 weeks to see someone for 10 minutes

Hospital facility fees, confusing billing, multiple departments each with separate billing practices, does no one seem to know your billing answers?

Experts in the specialty you requested- the follow up appointment may be with a different provider - requiring a new explanation of the situation you already discussed, sometimes even at a different location.

Occasional communication with your coach if asked.

Protocols often used for standardized care among a large team- as well as confidence that assistants, residents, fellows, and staff give similar advice- even if not specific to your unique situation.

Long wait times before appointment, often requiring a referral from another health care provider before you can schedule

Each of these is a separate referral to a different specialist- likely in a different building- on a different day- with a separate bill and all with check in paper work - different staff - and different providers.

There are only a few clinics in the country with experience in Artistic Sports Medicine