Advanced Perio Financial Policy

Updated 6-10-24

Advanced Perio is a fee-for-service dental practice, and we are not presently in-network with any
insurance companies. We require a 50% deposit to schedule a surgical procedure and payment in full 2
weeks prior to the surgical procedure. We require a payment method on-file to schedule a hygiene visit,
and accounts are automatically charged 2 weeks prior to the appointment. We offer financing to help
spread out the costs of treatment and assist with making treatment affordable in our office.

Dental insurance
Dental insurance is a contract between you and your insurance company. It can be very hard to estimate
how much insurance coverage you will receive in our office due to opaque fee schedules, frequent
changes to the contract, and complicated policies with many exclusions. We have a team solely
dedicated to submitting the necessary information to your insurance company for you to receive your
dental insurance benefits. We can bill all dental insurances and if you have out-of-network benefits, then
you should receive some reimbursement for the costs incurred in our office, though we cannot predict
or guarantee any coverage. We do not bill medical insurance. For details, please contact your insurance
company directly.

Insurance companies do not always pay in a timely manner or provide benefits consistent with current
evidence-based best practices. As a result, we require payment in full for our services prior to treatment
and will gladly refund you any money received from your insurance company after treatment. Refunds
are mailed by check to your address on record within 30 days of a credit being generated on your
account. Any returned refund checks are subject to a $5 reprocessing fee, and if a check is uncashed
after 90 days, then funds will remain on your account and be turned over to the WA Unclaimed Property
on a yearly basis.

If you have questions about why your insurance has not paid for services, or paid more or less than
expected, please speak with the representatives at your insurance company. While we will submit
claims to your insurance company on your behalf, we are not privy to their decision-making and we will
direct you to contact your insurance company if you have questions or concerns about insurance
coverage.

Financing
To make the treatment in our office as affordable as possible, we offer financing with our trusted lending
partners. Depending on your credit score, different options are available to you with varying interest
rates.

Should you incur a balance in our office for any reason, you will receive a statement to pay. Failure to
pay your account balance in full will result in turning your balance over to an outside collections agency
and will disqualify you from participating in the Advanced Perio Implant Warranty Program, where dental
implants are guaranteed for the first 5 years after insertion.