Understanding the insurance aspect of vascular disease treatment

At Baton Rouge Vascular Specialty Center (VSC), we understand that navigating through the health insurance process can be tricky, and often overwhelming, for patients. Rest assured that our office support team, which has years of experience working with insurance companies and processes, will help you through the insurance aspect of your care experience.

VSC participates with many insurance plans. Please see below for a general listing of the insurance companies with which we have working relationships. If you do not see your insurance company listed, please call our office as we periodically accept new plans.

Health insurance Baton Rouge Vascular Specialty Center accepts

  • Medicare
  • Medicaid
  • Aetna
  • Amerigroup
  • Amerihealth
  • Bluecross Blue Shield of Louisiana
  • Cigna
  • Coventry
  • Department of Labor
  • Galaxy
  • GE Healthcare
  • Gilsbar
  • Heritage Summit
  • Humana
  • Lousiana Healthcare Connection
  • Multiplan
  • Ochsner HMO
  • People’s Health
  • PPO Plus
  • Railroad Medicare
  • Tricare
  • United Healthcare
  • Vantage Healthcare
  • Verity Health
  • Wellcare

Information for patients with Medicare

VSC is a Medicare-participating provider and accepts assignments on all Medicare claims. This means we accept the approved Medicare reimbursement amount. However, patients are still responsible for any deductibles or coinsurances (20% of the approved fee). If you have Medicare and have questions about the cost-share arrangement, please feel free to ask one of our insurance specialists.

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Information for patients with other insurance carriers

If you have another insurance provider, we are happy to file a claim for you. We are required by law to bill for amounts considered to be “Patient Responsibility” by insurance companies, including Medicare.

If you are covered by a managed-care (HMO, PPO, POS) plan, your co-payment must be collected at the time of service. This is a contractual requirement of insurers. We accept most major credit cards.

If your managed-care plan requires a precertification number, we will assist you in getting the approval for your services.

You will receive a monthly statement for all charges considered “Patient Responsibility.” Our policy is for all accounts to be settled in 90 days. You may contact our billing department if you need special arrangements. Again, we accept most major credit cards.

Don’t suffer from vascular disease any longer. Call 225.769.4493 or request an appointment online now.