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[quote=Anonymous]I recently went to the ER at the INOVA Healthplex in Springfield and was seen by a doctor who works for Alexandria Springfield Emergency Physicians.  Evidently this is a company that contracts with INOVA, so the doctor is not actually employed by INOVA.  And it turns out this company is not a participating provider with federal BCBS.  I have the Basic plan, so now I owe several hundred dollars out of pocket for my ER visit.  This comes as quite a shock compared to the cost of other ER visits by members of my family over the last few years.

I know that going to an in network hospital does not guarantee all of the services/providers will be in network.  But I was really surprised (and disappointed!) to learn that a portion of my visit to a facility that is part of one of the largest health care providers in the area (INOVA) was not covered by one of the largest health insurance companies in the area (federal BCBS).

Has this happened to anyone else?  The company says they've gotten lots of calls from people like me with BCBS.  Personally, I will not be going back to that ER again.  They say they are working on becoming in network with BCBS, but who knows when that will happen.  According to their website, these doctors also contract at INOVA Alexandria.  So I would just warn against visiting these two ERs if you have federal BCBS!
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