Decasperis Steven J DMD

A good dental experience ruined by unfair billing and general greed.
My family was visiting this office because it was covered by my insurance. It was very nice, they are an «upscale» dental practice, and had all the amenities. The dentist was very pleasant and did good work. Unfortunately, due to an error, my insurance changed to a DMO, and they refused to pay for the work that was done.
This change occurred right when we had our whole family go in and have major work done. We received a bill for over $ 4000 for the work. I called the office to discuss the issue and was told that they would not «help me out» and accept the dollar amount that the insurance would have paid them, but rather were seeking out the full cash price that an uninsured person would pay. There is absolutely no reason for this other than pure greed. They were never going to get $ 4k for this work, until they discovered I was uninsured. Now they are taking advantage. I’m not asking for charity, but I do want to be treated fairly, especially since they should have pre-​qualified me prior to doing the work.
There is a silver lining to this story. My new dentist does the same quality of work for almost half the cost, so my after-​insurance price is lower.