Your Hospital Bill
After your discharge from the hospital, you will receive a statement that includes all services rendered during your visit with DeKalb Medical. For patients with insurance coverage, you will receive a billing statement noting your financial responsibility once your carrier has paid on your account. Any amount you owe will be clearly visible. We appreciate your prompt payment, and for your convenience, we accept cash, personal checks, traveler’s checks, VISA, MasterCard, American Express and Discover Card.
What’s Included on the Bill
If you have any questions about your bill or need assistance, call 404.501.5183.
The following services, as they apply to your treatment, will appear on your bill.
Daily room and care services – your room, nursing care, bedside meals, housekeeping, maintenance, admitting, medical records and other support services.
Special services ordered by your physician – X-rays, laboratory tests, medical supplies, operating room charges, medication, anesthesia drugs and other special treatments.
Physician fees for specific tests or treatments – laboratory tests, pulmonary function, blood flow, EEG, EKG and urodynamics laboratory.
What Isn’t on the Bill
You will receive separate bills for certain professional services received while you were in the hospital. These include – your doctor’s professional services, ambulance services, emergency department physicians, other physicians called in as consultants by your doctor, private duty nurses or patient sitters, DeKalb Anesthesia Associates (surgical anesthesia and recovery room), and Radiology Associates of DeKalb (diagnostic X-rays, nuclear medicine, ultrasound, computerized tomography scanning and magnetic resonance imaging).
For DeKalb Anesthesia Associates, call 404.501.7300; for Radiology Associates of DeKalb, dial 404.634.9196.