Full Range of Charges
Harborside Surgery Center will provide full transparency regarding our charges for services you receive. If you would like information regarding our charges for the full range of surgical services offered, please contact a member of the Business Office for assistance Monday thru Friday, 7am-3pm expect Holidays at (240) 493-6110 to request information.
Billing Information
You will be informed about any coinsurance due for your surgery during your preoperative call. This amount is due before, or on the day of your surgery. Please remember to bring a form of payment with you. We accept cash, checks and major credit cards.
The Surgery Center also participates with Care Credit, a health care expense financing company.
After surgery Harborside Surgery Center, will submit your bill to your insurance company. You will receive a separate bill from your doctor, anesthesiologist and/or pathologist.
Please do not hesitate to contact our business office with any concerns or questions regarding your coinsurance obligation and/or payment options.
Healthcare Carrier Networks
We participate with the following Healthcare Carrier Networks:
- ARP Medicare Complete
- ARRP Suppliment Aetna
- Aetna Innovation Health
- Aetna Medicare
- Aetna Senior Supplemental
- All Savers
- Allegiance
- AMA Medicare Supplement
- Amerigroup
- Anthem
- Anthem Medicare Supplement
- Bankers Life
- BCBS Federal
- BCBS Local
- BCBS Medicare Advantage
- BCBS Medicare Supplement
- CareFirst Administrators
- CareFirst Med Plus
- Carrum Health
- Champ VA/VA
- Cigna
- Cigna Medicare
- Cigna Medicare Supplement
- Dept. of Labor
- First Health
- GEHA
- Humana
- Humana Medicare
- Humana Medicare Supplement
- Independence Administrators
- John’s Hopkins USFHP
- Kaiser Permanente – Flex
- Liberty Health Share
- Medicare
- Medi Plus
- Med Plus BCBS
- Meritain Health
- Mutual of Omaha
- Prosperity Medicare Supplement
- Samba
- Teamsters Local 639
- Teamsters Local 639 – Medicare Supplement
- Tricare East
- TRICARE FOR LIFE
- Tricare/Champ VA Supplement Plan
- UHC Medicare
- UHC Senior Supplement
- UHC Shared Services
- UHC Student Resources
- UMR
- United Healthcare
- US Health Group
- USAA Life Insurance
- Veteran’s Affairs CCN
Charity Care and Financial Assistance Program
Harborside Surgery Center has a Charity Care and Financial Assistance Program created to provide surgical services for free or at a reduced cost care to uninsured, underinsured, and persons who meet eligibility criteria. To see our Charity Care Policy and Financial Assistance Program or apply for Charity Care or Financial Assistance please follow the links below:
English
Charity Care and Financial Assistance Program Policy and Criteria
Financial Assistance Program Application
Spanish
Atención caritativa y Programa de Asistencia Financiera Política y Criterios
Atención caritativa y Programa de Asistencia Financiera, Aplicación
Eligibility Criteria:
- Persons with family income below 100 percent of the current Department of Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines applicable to Maryland who have no health insurance coverage and are not eligible for any public program providing coverage for medical expenses shall be eligible for services at no charge. These guidelines can be found at https://aspe.hhs.gov/topics/poverty-economicmobility/poverty-guidelines.
- Persons with family income above 100 percent of the Department of Health and Human Services Poverty Guidelines but below 200 percent of the federal poverty guideline shall be eligible for services at a discounted charge, based on a sliding scale of discounts for family income bands according to the following table:
HHS Poverty Guideline %
100 to 149%
150 to 174%
175 to 199%
% Discount
75%
50%
25%
- Proof of income and verification of the number of dependents based upon the previous year’s tax return must be provided. If this is not available, the last two months paycheck stubs will be accepted. Dependents must meet IRS definition of dependents to quality as household members.
- Proof that medical assistance has been applied for and rejected. If the rejection is for non-compliance with all medical assistance paperwork requirements, reduced fee or charity will not be granted. If medical assistance rejection is based on income, disability, or assets, Harborside will review person’s medical financial assistance application and make a final determination of eligibility. Harborside staff will assist all persons to complete the application or identify alternative programs such as Medicaid.