Welcome and thank you for choosing the Meadows Surgery Center. Your upcoming procedure will be performed in our state of the art facility where we put you and your health first. We are confident that your experience at Meadows Surgery Center will be first class in every way. The staff and administration of Meadows Surgery Center are experienced professionals that have gone to great lengths to ensure that all of our patients receive the best care and surgical experience possible.

Meadows Surgery Center is a free standing, physician-owned ambulatory surgery center. Accordingly, please take notice that the physician who will be performing your procedure may be an owner in the Center as a result of his/her commitment to quality healthcare and to provide better services to his/her patients.

If your insurance carrier is not one of the companies below, payment for your procedure will fall under the out-of-network benefit of your policy. If you have any questions regarding how your insurance benefits will be utilized at Meadows Surgery Center, please call us at (201) 574-0566. A member of our staff will be happy to assist you.

The Meadows Surgery Center utilizes the services of Hackensack Anesthesiology Associates. Hackensack Anesthesiology Associates will bill your insurance plan for the services provided. Hackensack Anesthesiology Associates participates with most health plans.

Meadows Surgery Center fees include items such as the cost of the procedure, operating room, supplies, equipment, medication and recovery care. We offer the option to pay bills online. With our online bill pay option, you can securely make a payment for your service online with no hassles.

Our fees do not include charges from your treating physician, anesthesiologists and ancillary services, such as blood work and pathology.

Insurance Plans We Accept

Our surgery center is dedicated to providing consumers with as much information as possible regarding potential healthcare costs. Accordingly, we have listed information on the insurers and providers the center participates in.

It is important you contact your insurance company prior to receiving services or care. Each plan is different and some provide different levels of coverage that could make a difference in your out-of-pocket costs.

• Cigna
• Encompass
• Horizon BCBS
• Oxford
• Qualcare
• UHC
• Medicare
• AARP
• Clover
• Empire

This list may not be comprehensive. For example, specialty insurers such as workers’ compensation and personal injury protection (“PIP”) are not included because there are a number of different types of insurance products and we may not participate in all of them. If you do not see your plan listed on our website, we strongly recommend that you contact us or your health insurance plan to confirm whether your plan is in-network or out-of-network.

In addition, the physicians who provide care within our center might not participate in the same insurance plans as the ASC. You should check with the physician who is arranging your healthcare services to see which insurance plans the physician participates in. You should also know that these healthcare professional(s)’ costs are not included in the facility’s charges. They will bill separately.

Other Care Providers

We work with other providers as part of your care. In addition to a bill from the facility and the physician, you may receive a bill from another provider, depending on the nature of your procedure.

Anesthesia Group Billing Department (insurance questions)

New Jersey Healthcare Specialists, P.C.
Dept # 10006
P.O. Box 417191
Boston, MA 02241-7191
Phone: (800) 431-5379

Anesthesia Scheduling

NJ Healthcare Specialists
Hackensack Anesthesiology Associates, PA
25 Main Street, Suite 103
Hackensack, NJ  07601
Phone: (201) 488-0066

Anesthesia Group Billers

Physician Office Partners
6050 Sprint Parkway, Suite 300
Overland Park, KS 66211
Phone: (913) 754-8503

Pathology

Pathology Consultants of New Jersey
865 Stone Street
Rahway, NJ 07065
Phone: (732) 499-6139

The Cost of Your Procedure

Because you are responsible for costs for covered healthcare services until you reach your deductible, you should comparison shop if you elect to have a nonemergency procedure.

You can use tools like Healthcare Bluebook and the Medicare Procedure Price Lookup (for Medicare patients).  Many health insurance websites also provide information on where to find in-network services.