Re: How do I get average fees charged in my area for all dental procedures

From: Joel M. Eichen, D.D.S. (joeleichen_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/13/04 

Date: Sun, 13 Jun 2004 05:37:00 -0400

On 12 Jun 2004 22:02:09 -0700, purple543210@yahoo.ca (Alexander
Vasserman DDS., BS.) wrote:

>PapaSmurf <wavewalker@Ñ0SPÄM_bigfoot.com> wrote in message news:<72tmc0dt8iva3buducdi446l23khfos2k5@4ax.com>...
>> smasrani@yahoo.com (Sandy) wrote:
>>
>> >I am a dentist looking for information on fees charged by
>> >dentists(average or median) for all the dental procedures. How/where
>> >can I get the data. Please email thanks.
>>
>> Don't they call that "Price Fixing" ?
>> I would think that you would set your prices based on costs with a reasonable
>> markup. NOT on what OTHER people charge.
>a
>
>I only use the book as a guide to set up fees for procedures I rarely
>use and as a reference for dealing with insurance companies.
>My usual fees are nowhere near what is in the book, I base them on lab
>and employee costs and my hourly rate for a particular procedure.

Another good way is to peek outside and see what kind of car the
patient drives up in ........

For Mercedes we have a BIG surcharge.

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