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[quote=Anonymous]My GP is out-of-network and DH goes to a specialist that is.  The GP is awesome -- he schedules like an hour with each patient, takes his time, has you come to his office afterwards to talk through everything, etc.  We can also get sick visits that day or the next, usually, and if he can't, he'll sometimes call in a prescription if it's something routine.  The specialist is for a chronic illness and the name came up over and over when we first moved here and were asking around for recommendations.

That said, I don't think I'd do it in this case.  For something like surgery, there are often lots of different charges -- doctor, anesthesia, facility, etc.  It could be hard to estimate costs and they have a way of ballooning quickly.  Also, unless there were reasons why I felt like my particular surgery was going to be more challenging than most extractions, I don't think oral surgery is something for which you need to see a super top doctor.

FWIW, I think that it's going to become more and more common for the best doctors not to take insurance.  Like a PP said, the best often don't have to.  [/quote]

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