A urgent care doctor takes cash only: Patients complain about the charges

Kevin

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November 14, 2006

Once you sign an agreement, there’s not much a patient can do:

Bonnie Berry was also initially charged $290. The charge was made to a credit card belonging to her sister, Martha Green.

Remember, Bonnie had a cut finger but she says the doctor told her she also has high blood pressure. “The bottom line was, he wanted an additional $1,400 and something dollars to treat me. I told him that I couldn’t afford that. I just wanted my finger stitched.”