READING ANESTHESIA ASSOCIATES is a private medical group providing services at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center, The Reading Hospital SurgiCenter at Spring Ridge, Berkshire Eye Surgery Center, Pennsylvania Eye and Ear Surgery Center, Berks Urologic Surgery Center and Berks Plastic Surgery Center.

Reading Anesthesia Associates participates with the following insurance plans:

• Aetna
• Berkshire Health Plan
• Capital Blue Cross
• Cigna / Great West
• Health America/Health Assurance
• Highmark Blue Shield
• Independence Blue Cross
• Keystone Health Plan Central
• Medicaid Amerihealth Mercy
• Unison Medicaid
• Medicare
• Gateway Medicaid
• Pennsylvania Medicaid
• United Healthcare
• Geisinger

If you have a question about our participation in a particular plan, please call our billing office at 484-628-5134.

For services performed at The Reading Hospital and Medical Center or The Reading Hospital SurgiCenter at Spring Ridge, you will receive a bill from Reading Anesthesia Associates for the services rendered by the Anesthesiologist which is separate from the hospital's bill. You may also receive a bill for the professional fee for the hospital employed CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist), if applicable.

For services performed at the Berkshire Eye Surgery Center, Berks Plastic Surgery Center or the Berks Urologic Surgery Center, you will receive a bill from Reading Anesthesia Associates for the professional services rendered by the anesthesiologist which is separate from the Surgery Center's bill.

For services performed at the Pennsylvania Eye and Ear Surgery Center at Granite Point, you will receive a bill from Reading Anesthesia Associates for the professional services of the anesthesiologist, which is separate from the Surgery Center's bill. Depending on your insurance carrier, the fee for the professional services of the RAA-employed nurse anesthetist may be billed separately or may be included in the bill for the anesthesiologist.

For certain elective and cosmetic procedures, you may be required to prepay your anesthesiologist's fee, as well as the hospital or surgery center's bill and surgeon's fee. Your surgeon will give you a form with our charges. Please bring this form with you to the pre-anesthesia interview prior to your operation.

Our billing procedures will follow the payment policies of your particular plan. We will always submit a claim form on your behalf and notify you of any co-insurance or deductible responsibility.

Payment plans can be arranged when necessary. We accept Visa, MasterCard and Discover.

Questions concerning your bill can be answered by calling 484-628-5134. The office is open weekdays from 7:30 AM until 4:30 PM.

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