FAQ for consumers
Yes, Docmart is completely free to use with absolutely no obligation to use the services you found on this website! The only fees you will ever have to pay are the fees that you pay to the providers or facilities that provide services. There are no extra charges to use Docmart to find pricing on health care services.
No. There are many factors that determine the price of a service. Generally, price is determined by the location of provider or facility, market competition, overhead expenses, etc., For example, one study showed that price variation for MRI scans can vary from $300 to $3,000 with no demonstrated difference in quality (Hussey PS, Wertheimer S, Mehrota A. The association between health care quality and cost: a systematic review. Ann Intern Med. 2013;158(1):27–34).
Consumers can’t rely on their health plan’s contracts to always deliver the lowest price, because the same insurer might pay widely varying amounts to different care providers, says Al Prysunka, executive director of the Maine Health Data Organization. In his state, WellPoint Inc.’s Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield preferred-provider organization pays between $559 and $4,526 for a colonoscopy, including the portion due from patients, according to the Maine group’s data. High deductible health plans that require patients to pay thousands of dollars before getting any coverage from insurance are becoming more common. In 2013, nearly 15.5 million Americans were covered by a high deductible health plan, an increase of 2 million from the previous year. These high deductibles forces you to shop around for the best price to save your out of pocket cost.
You have more reasons to shop for healthcare. These plans often have very high deductible and the negotiated price by insurer for particular procedure may be much higher than the price that you pay if you pay cash. For example, let’s say you have health insurance with a deductible of $5000. If you need to have an MRI scan, you may have to pay a negotiated price between the facility and your insurance which may be about $2000 whereas you may get the same at $800 if you don’t go through your high deductible insurance.
Please contact us through our contact us page with details of what you are looking for, we will try to make every effort to find a provider that suits your needs.
Although we constantly monitor the ratings of individual providers or facilities, you need to do your own research to make sure that you are choosing the right provider or facility. There are several rating websites that you can go to check the ratings.
Providers or facilities receive different rates from Medicare or a private insurance. The rates they charge if you want to pay cash is not necessarily lower than those payments. Often, you will be charged lot more than what big insurance companies pay for the same service. So it is at your best interest to shop for healthcare even if you are paying cash.
FAQ for providers and facilities
Everyday millions of people search online for medical and dental procedures. Through a large number of unique visitors of Docmart, you are getting cash paying referrals from Docmart.
As you know, when you have “empty slots” in your schedule, that is the money you lost as you have fixed costs of running a practice/facility. The customers that you are getting through Docmart may be the customers that you may not be getting otherwise. Whatever extra patients you are seeing is your profit. This will also help reduce your marketing and sales staff.
Although you may be busy most of the times, there is always a time of the week or month or year where you may have a “slow time” which can be utilized to increase your productivity.
No. Patients look for the value which does includes not just low price but also other factors such as your ratings and your proximity to where patients live. So, you don’t have to be cheapest to get patients to your practice/facility.
As a healthcare provider or facility, it is FREE for you to sign up, maintain a profile and even to submit price quotes for a particular service or procedure.