How fees work

We file claims for many PPO dental plans, and the practice's list of plans is kept on the contact page. We are not enrolled in DHMO plans. We are not enrolled with Medicaid or CHIP. If you aren't sure about your plan, call and ask before you come.

If you don't have dental insurance, you pay at the visit. You will know the fee before we start, in writing, even when it's an urgent visit. Financing is offered by third-party lenders. Approval and terms are set by the lender.

After every visit you get an itemized receipt with the procedure codes. If your plan reimburses you directly, you can send it in. Whether the plan pays, and how much, is the plan's decision.

You can ask for a written estimate before any treatment. If you're paying without insurance, we give you a written estimate in advance: the visit, each step we expect and what each one costs. We do this on urgent visits too, before we start work.

Tonya Currie, our patient coordinator, checks your plan's benefits before treatment when your plan lets her. A plan's answer is an estimate of what it pays, not a promise, and she tells you what she found.

An urgent first visit takes about 45 to 60 minutes: a few questions, an exam of the tooth and the area around it, an X-ray if Dr. Olmos needs one, and a written estimate before treatment. Health history goes on the private patient portal the practice links to, not into email or the contact form. In an emergency the forms can wait.