Fairview Hugo Clinic

Punished for Poverty.
Working class. stay away.
These folks only help their own.
Requested a refill of a non pain med. Just to Breathe!
Explained I had no way to get there. but…
I was told .No!
You need to be seen. we need xrays etc. what a racket!
Guess they want you to just stay sick…
Won’t return.
Health care is neither.

Went in for a simple strep throat test. Spent 55 minutes waiting for an available appointment (expected since I did not pre-​schedule). Once I was in the office I spent another 15 minutes with the nurse getting my vitals and having a throat swab performed. Doctor arrived shortly after and we chatted for another 10 minutes. I thought everything was fine.
I told them that I didn’t want to bill my health insurance since they would not cover it and that I would like to pay upfront. They charged me $ 75 and told me I would receive an additional bill for the lab work. And I believed them.
I have been billed the $ 75 at the clinic, $ 50 for the strep test and an additional $ 100 for additional charges from the clinic. In speaking with Fairview I have been informed that the original $ 75 is a sort of minimum that they take for people paying up front.
All in all it cost me $ 225 to get a strep test and to speak with a Dr. for 10 minutes. (in hindsight a cheap flight to Mexico to buy antibiotics would have been comparable)
My one star review is based purely on the billings (3 separate charges, 2 bills months apart) and does not represent the staff who I found to be quite pleasant.