I appologize for writing this resonse to the previous post as a separate ""review"", but it is a shortcoming of this site that there is no other way to provide the following comment:
I am a physician in this practice, but I did not participate in the care of your son. From what you describe it sounds like your son received excellent care and our staff went to great effort to accommodate your request to have another surgeon do the surgery sooner than was medially necessary.
I want to reassure you that there is no charge for examining the other ear with the microscope. I also want to reassure you that there is usually no rush to remove a foreign body from the ear canal. It is not unusual for us to discover and remove a foreign body that has been in the ear canal for weeks or months without causing any problems.
In addition, I want to reassure you that even though you may have seen a charge for the procedure, after the charges are run through your insurance company and we deduct the significant negotiated insurance discount, the actual amount paid for the surgeon will likely be a fraction of that.
Nevertheless, we are sorry that your son had a condition that necessitated general anesthesia. Safety is our highest priority, and it is for this reason it is important for him to be examined by the surgeon who will actually be doing the procedure before undergoing a procedure under general anesthesia.
We are glad that your son did well with the treatment and had no harm from the incident.
My partners and I wish you and your family the very best.
Mark Brown, MD, Capitol Ear, Nose and Throat
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