Avila Physical Therapy for Women’s Health

A typical first PT evaluation, which went awry upon check out. After I saw the PT and began to check out, I was then informed that Avila is considered «out of network» with my Blue Cross Blue Shield insurance. Why didn’t they tell me this prior to being seen. Especially when I told them I had BCBS when I made the appointment.
After being told they were «out of network» I was then given a fee schedule type form, giving me two options: 1. I could pay them $ 190 for them to file with my insurance (which may or may not be covered) and then my BCBS might reimburse me, or 2. I could pay them $ 150 as an out of pocket patient. As you can imagine, I was taken aback by the fact that they waited until AFTER I was seen, to tell me they were «out of network» and then demand that I pay one of their fees.
The way in which they said I needed to pay seemed very shady and I felt like I had just been duped. They then tried to tell me that they had provided me with a disclaimer before my appointment, but they in fact did not. This disclaimer that they then showed me is not on their website either. I downloaded the all of the patient forms and there is no such disclaimer.
Call me a skeptic, but they wait until the patient is done with therapy and in a good amount of pain to spring this on them? This not only makes one feel mislead, but deliberately taken advantage of.
Do not go to Avila Physical Therapy!!! I will be writing them a letter of demand, for $ 120 of the $ 150 I paid them. They should get my co-​pay of $ 30, but that’s all they should get.