Paying Your Bill
Cost quotations owed upon admission are estimates only.
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As a patient, you will receive a summary copy of your bill (except those with Title V or Vocational Rehabilitation). A periodic statement will be sent with the outstanding balance. This statement helps you follow the progress of payment on the account.
Overpayments are normally refunded on a periodic basis. Credit balances on hospital accounts will be applied to any outstanding bills owed to the hospital before any refund will be made.
Upon request, you will receive an itemized statement of charges after the account has been paid in full. This will be a final bill containing all charges for the hospital stay and is presented for your records.
All doctor bills are handled separately from the hospital bill. Any questions concerning a doctor’s bill should be directed to that physician’s office.
Want to pay your bill online?
We understand the convenience of paying your bills online. That's why we offer a secure payment form for your online bill payments. If would would like to make a payment that is larger than $10,000.00, please call our office.
Or you can mail your payment:
Tuomey Healthcare System
PO Box 602129
Charlotte, NC 28260-2129
*Be sure to include your account number on the check.
TRICARE
If you live within certain zip codes around a uniformed service or military hospital, you must use that facility instead of a civilian hospital for non-emergency inpatient care. If services cannot be provided at the military hospital, you must obtain a non-availability statement before using TRICARE.
The current co-pay schedule is as follows:
ER Visit: $30 co-pay
Inpatient:
| |
TRICARE Prime |
TRICARE Extra |
TRICARE Standard |
| Dependent |
$11/day co-pay |
$9.90/day co-pay |
$9.90/day co-pay |
| Retiree |
$12/day co-pay |
$250/day co-pay* |
$360/day co-pay* |
*Or 25 percent of billed charges.
Upon admission, you will be required to produce your current military ID card.
Health Insurance
Patients are always responsible for the entire amount of the hospital bill; however, as a service to you, we will file all insurance on which the benefits have been verified and assigned to the hospital. It will be your responsibility to have the doctor, insured and patient's portion of the claim(s) completed.
Medicaid
If you are covered by South Carolina Medicaid and present us with your current Medicaid ID card, your bill will be covered in full. Non-covered charges, as long as it is medically necessary that you remain in the hospital, are an exception. If there are any non-covered charges, the hospital is required to notify you of them before you receive the services.
If you have any other hospital insurance or if you were injured and have car insurance or any type of liability or other insurance, Medicaid requires that you furnish us with this information. The hospital must file this insurance first and receive either a payment or denial from it before billing Medicaid.
If you have applied for Medicaid, you will need to sign a promissory note claiming financial responsibility until you bring in your Medicaid card. Please inform the hospital of the date you applied for Medicaid.
Medicare
You should be sure that Medicare is the primary payor for your hospital bill. Medicare law requires that you inform the hospital if you also are covered by group insurance through your own or your spouse's employer, or if you were injured due to an accident and your hospital bill is covered by car insurance or liability insurance. We must bill that insurance first and receive either payment or a denial before we bill Medicare.
If you have Medicare part A, which is the hospital coverage, you have 60 regular days of care and 30 co-insurance days for each spell of illness. A spell of illness begins anytime you are admitted to the hospital as an inpatient and have not been in a hospital or skilled nursing home within 60 days.
If you are readmitted to a hospital within 60 days of this admission, you remain in the same spell of illness and will not owe the deductible again, but you will continue to utilize your covered days. If you use your 60 days of regular care and your 30 co-insurance days, you also have 60 lifetime reserve days that you may use.
Self-Pay
Upon admission to Tuomey Regional Medical Center, our billing department will work with you on all bills, co-pays and deductibles. Financial arrangements can be made for the remaining bill. For your convenience, Tuomey will accept VISA or MasterCard to help meet your financial obligation.
Financial Assistance
The following documents and information are required in order to complete your Tuomey Healthcare System Financial Assistance application. In an effort to better serve you we request that you provide all identified information with the submission of your application. Incomplete applications will not be processed.
- Proof of Employment for the last 6 weeks
- Proof of household income including anyone living in the household
- Proof of unemployment compensation, i.e. letter of approval, copy of unemployment print out
- Proof of any state assistance that may be received in the household, i.e. food stamps, Medicaid for the last 6 weeks
- Proof of application for state assistance and/or denial if not approved
- Most recent Income Tax statement
- Copy of bank statement for the last 6 weeks
- Notarized statement of support if unemployed
- Notarized income statement from employer if no bank account or check stubs are available
We thank you for choosing Tuomey Healthcare System for your healthcare needs. Your application will be processed upon receipt with all pertinent documentation. Please be advised that applications that are received incomplete or with missing documentation / information will be held open for 10 days. If requested information is not received within 10 days of notification, your application will not be processed.
For an explanation of how our financial assistance program works, click here. If you are applying for assistance, please fill out our Application for Financial Assistance and bring it with you.
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