{"id":12577,"date":"2025-03-03T16:04:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-03T21:04:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/?p=12577"},"modified":"2025-03-03T17:36:47","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T22:36:47","slug":"rant-my-494-dental-cleaning-at-aspen-dental-west-lebanon-nh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adamchandler.me\/blog\/2025\/03\/03\/rant-my-494-dental-cleaning-at-aspen-dental-west-lebanon-nh\/","title":{"rendered":"Rant: My $494 Dental Cleaning at Aspen Dental West Lebanon NH"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 12\/23\/2024, <a href=\"https:\/\/micro.adamchandler.me\/2024\/12\/23\/i-walked-into-starbucks-and.html\">I posted this to my Micro.blog<\/a> and laughed a bit at how this dental office just had a walk-in available. I was literally in the area and figured I\u2019d get my 2nd cleaning of the year taken care of. The thing is, I thought I\u2019d just schedule it and they said they could see me now.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>This was Aspen Dental at 257 Plainfield Rd West Lebanon, NH 03784 (603) 298-8099<\/p>\n<p>I sat there for an hour before they squeezed me in and performed a cleaning. I gave them my insurance card and left with clean teeth. It was a pleasant experience. I recognize this place is a chain but it was really convenient. I even scheduled a follow up appointment for Summer.<\/p>\n<p>On 1\/28, I received a bill for $494:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>12\/23\/24 Exam Periodic $72.00<\/li>\n<li>12\/23\/24 Periapical 1st Rdgrphc Image $46.00<\/li>\n<li>12\/23\/24 Periapical Addl Rdgrphc Image $38.00<\/li>\n<li>12\/23\/24 Periapical Addl Rdgrphc Image $38.00<\/li>\n<li>12\/23\/24 Bitewing Four Rdgrphic Images $95.00<\/li>\n<li>12\/23\/24 Topical Fluoride Varnish $54.00<\/li>\n<li>12\/23\/24 Scaling W\/mod\/sev Inflammation $151.00<\/li>\n<li>12\/23\/24 Fluoride 1.1 Neutral Sod Gel $40.00<\/li>\n<li>Totals for ADAM $534.00\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The only thing I was annoyed with before receiving this bill is paying $40 for toothpaste that, had I just requested a prescription would have cost $10 at the local pharmacy. I won\u2019t make that mistake again but now I have two issues.<\/p>\n<p>The issue is I have insurance and they didn\u2019t process it. I checked with my insurance company and they had not received a claim so I called 833-902-4848 and gave Aspen my information and they asked for my insurance information. I thought it was done but when I logged into my account at http:\/\/aspendental.com\/pay they still showed a balance. I also checked and no claim was submitted. I called back and repeated the steps.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Every week for 5 weeks, I have re-done this process twice a week. Sometimes they send me to the local office and I leave a message, sometimes they call the local office for me and say they\u2019ve passed on the information and sometimes they promise to call me back.<\/p>\n<p>Over the course of 5 weeks, I\u2019ve been on hold for hours and each time the person on the phone says they have no insurance on file for me.<\/p>\n<p>I even went into this location twice and physically gave them my insurance card which they\u2019d scan and say it would be taken care of.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I received a new bill from them but this time it says, &#8220;This is your FINAL NOTICE. Your account is at risk of being placed in collections. Please pay the balance due immediately.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I called again and the person on the phone transferred me to the local office which went to voice mail. I called back and they said they\u2019d call me back. My insurance still has not received a claim and has even called on my behalf a few times but gotten nowhere.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So I\u2019m giving this one more week and I\u2019m going to suck it up and pay $494 for a dental cleaning at a place I don\u2019t even really have any loyalty to except they had a walk-in appointment and were located next door to a Starbucks.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Aspen Dental will not be seeing me this Summer for my appointment. I\u2019m going to be a no-show. 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