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So in September I made an appointment for a cleaning. I went in and had a cleaning. It wasn't even very long... about 30 minutes or so. Nothing was said about any other procedure.
Eventually I received a bill for $150.00 - that my insurance didn't pay. After looking at the explanation of benefits it said they billed for a "scaling" which is typically part of a periodontal issue. (and a reason the insurance wouldn't pay because there was not justification for it).
I called them up and told them that I didn't have a "scaling" I had a cleaning... and they insisted I had a scaling. Which I didn't.
I totally lost it... this actually is the second or third time I had this kind of thing happen to me. I have now filed complaints with the attorney general, the department of professional licensing and my dental insurer for fraud. Absolutely furious about it and feeling pretty disenhartened. It feels lately like every dentist I go to is a fraudster. I have to watch them like a hawk and it seems no one else does.
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