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Billing
Do I need pre-operative testing?
What if I am pregnant?
Why do you ask about illegal drug and alcohol habits?
Why can’t I smoke?
When can I go back to work?
When can I resume exercise?
Why can’t I eat or drink anything after midnight?
Can my significant other watch my surgery?
Why is the operating room so cold?
What happens if something goes wrong in surgery?
Will I need an IV?
Do I have to fill my pain medication prescription?
Billing
Your charges for today’s surgery will be billed seperately for each Company and Physician involved in your care. Below is a list of individuals that may bill you for services provided today:
• Iredell Surgical Center
• Anesthesia Services (Dr. Wells – Anesthesiologist & Carolinas Anesthesia – if needed)
• Your Surgeon
• Pathology (if tissue is sent for testing)
Insurance Carriers Accepted
Aetna Health
- Aetna Select
- Choice POS II
- Elect Choice EPO
- HMO
- Managed Choice POS
- Open Choice PPO
- QPOS
- SRC
- US Access
Beech Street Corporation
- PPO
Blue Cross Blue Shield of NC
- Blue Care HMO
- Blue Choice POS
- Blue Options PPO
- Classic Blue CMM
- Costwise PPO
- MedPoint POS
- Personal Care Plan HMO
- Preferred Care Select PPO
ChoiceCare Network
- National POS – Open Access
- PPO
Cigna HealthCare of NC
- Choice Fund OA Plus
- Choice Fund PPO
- Cigna HealthCare of NC HMO
- Cigna HealthCare of NC FlexCare POS
- Cigna HealthCare of NC Open Access HMO
- Cigna HealthCare of NC Open Access POS
- Cigna PPA PPO
- Cigna PPA Plus PPO
- Cigna PPN/POS
- Cigna PPN/PPO
- Cigna PPO
- Cigna True Access EPO
- PPO Plus
Corvel
- CorCare PPO
DirectNet
- PPO
First Health
- First Health PPO
- Workers Compensation
Great-West HealthCare
- HMO
- OnePlan
- POS
- PPO
Haldex Hydraulics Corporation
- Direct Employer
HOM Medicares
- Humana Gold
- Partner’s Medicare
Kanawha
- Benefits Solution PPO
Mamsi
- Alliance PPO
- Mamsi Life & Health
- Optimum Choice Direct
- Optimum Choice HMO
- Optimum Choice Preferred
MedCost
- Preferred PPO
Multiplan/PHCS
- PPO
PPO Next (HealthStar)
- PPONext – HealthStar
- PPONext – Medical Control
- PPONext – Preferred Health Network (PHN)
Premier Health Systems
- PPO
Primary Physician Care
- PPO
Rutherford Health Plan
- PPO
United HealthCare
- Choice
- EPO PCP Plan
- POS PCP Plan
- Select EPO
- United HealthCare of NC
- United HealthCare of NC Select
WellPath
- WellPath Direct
- WellPath Direct Plus
- WellPath HMO
- WellPath POS
Directions to Our Facility
Surgery FAQ
Do I need pre-operative testing?
Most patients will not be required to have pre-operative testing. Any pre-operative testing required will be determined by your surgeon and/or anesthesiologist.
The pre-operative nurse will ask you if there is a chance you may be pregnant. This is important, because anesthesia and medications may be harmful to your developing baby.
Why do you ask about illegal drug and alcohol habits?
A patient’s response to the anesthesia drugs may vary based on drug and alcohol usage.
Smoking may interfere with the anesthetic and frequently produces nausea during the recovery period.
Return to work will be determined by your surgeon.
Return to exercise will be determined by your surgeon.
Why can’t I eat or drink anything after midnight?
Undigested food and liquids in the stomach can cause complications and your surgery is likely to be postponed if you forget to follow this instruction.
Can my significant other watch my surgery?
For safety and sterility reasons, the surgical center does not allow family members or others not on the surgical team to observe surgeries.
Why is the operating room so cold?
The operating room temperature is kept low for the maintenance of our equipment and to maintain sterility of our supplies. You will be kept warm throughout your procedure.
What happens if something goes wrong in surgery?
The surgical center is fully equipped with state of the art emergency equipment and supplies. All nurses are trained in critical care, and are ACLS (Advanced cardiac Life Support) and PALS (Pediatric Advanced Life Support) certified. In the event of an emergency, the patient is stabilized, then transferred via ambulance to the hospital of the physician’s choice.
All patients receive an IV except those having local anesthesia.
Do I have to fill my pain medication prescription?
Patients are often comfortable when leaving the surgery center and do not think they will need anything as strong as a prescription pain pill. Your pain will be better controlled when you take your pain medication as prescribed. It is much easier to keep your pain under control than try to alleviate it with more medication once you are very uncomfortable. We recommend that you fill your prescription either prior to your surgery or have your ride fill it while you are in surgery. (Please note that most pharmacies will not fill prescriptions for narcotic pain medications without a written prescription.)