2 /5 Alexandra Gonzales: I want to start by saying Dr. Stroud is amazing and his nurses are so kind and friendly. Do not walk into this office and expect to not pay your copay because they will embarrass you and refuse service.
Here is some background-
on 8/20 I paid $1550, this HALF of the bill that must be paid up front for my 9 month old daughter to get tubes put in her ears. She gets her tubes put in on 8/26- everything is great! Today, we go in for a follow up and I was told we have a $50 copay- I hand her my credit card and she proceeds to tell me they cant accept my card. I said "can you please bill me?" she proceeded to tell me "you have to pay today in order to be seen, can I use the card on file?" I explain I am a little short on cash after paying the $1550, can we please use my credit card, not the debit card on file? She then tells me "I can call billing but I doubt they will allow us to bill it" she picks up the phone and tells the lady in charge of billing "This has never happened before but the lady I am helping does not want to pay".
I never said anything about not wanting to pay. She completely embarrasses me in front of about 8 people in the waiting room. The billing lady comes out and helps process my credit card payment and we can be seen.
We finish with our appointment and when we are checking out they tell me they will be refunding my $50 payment because there is no copay on follow up appointments.