Dr. Calliope Fine, MD

My doctor sent me to Boston Ultrasound Consultant for my first pregnancy ultrasound around 5-6 weeks. When I get there, they made me sign a paper acknowledging that my insurance may not cover this. So first, the doctor attempted to see the baby with an abdominal ultrasound which did not take more than a few seconds. Predictably he could not see anything and asked if he could do a vaginal ultrasound. I agreed since that's what I had expected in the first place.

Now I found at that I have been charged two ultrasound procedures, each for $200 a total of $400!!!! This is truly a money scam! and of course my insurance is not covering it...



I have been trying to talk to the manager/billing person since a week now and she is not returning my calls. This is unacceptable. The least they can do is to inform the patient and ask if they would like to proceed to the vaginal option right away. But this seems more like a little routine they have going to scam people.



I hope I can talk to the manager soon and get an explanation, if there is one that is...