Johnston Eric C MD

I visited Dr. Johnston after receiving a left ankle injury to receive a diagnosis and schedule surgery date. I informed the doctor about where the pain was located and also indicated that I had a pinching sensation in my upper left calf area. The doctor did not acknowledge the additional pain I was receiving he just concentrated on the pain I had on my left ankle which entailed: syndesmosis full ligament tear. I planned to have surgery but it was postponed due to Mountain West Surgical Center employee Brian BERG not working with myself on payment options. BERG rejected my surgery and I had to visit another doctor because I couldn’t come up with 50% of $ 2,300 prior to being billed to my insurance. I’ve never dealt with a company that didn’t work out a deal to bill insurance or accept debit card information for payment at a later date. BERG was requesting my personal financial history in order to receive surgery. I was not comfortable with that because no one has ever asked me for that type of information in my entire medical history records.
I received diagnosis from another doctor that I also have a bone break (fibula bone break) due to the ankle injury and Dr. Johnston didn’t acknowledge that after getting an MRI done. I would not recommend going to Mountain Orthopaedics nor Mountain West Surgical Center because you won’t be diagnosed correctly and they’ll expect you to pay an arm and a leg just to get a procedure done. Worst medical experience I’ve had in my 35 years of existence.