PODIATRIST LONG ISLAND PODIATRIST FOOT ORTHOTICS HOUSE CALLS DR CHASKIN PODIATRIST BELLMORE LONG ISLAND (516) 783-1101 PODIATRIST1@OPTONLINE.NET HTTP://WWW.FOOTORTHOTICS.NET WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU NEED FOOT ORTHOTICS AND YOUR INSURANCE DOES NOT COVER THIS DEVICE THAT IS CLASSIFIED AS A DURABLE MEDICAL EQUIPTMENT DEVICE? FOOT ORTHOTICS COST ME APPROXIMATELY $90 TO $125 FOR SUBORTHALON ORTHOTICS MOLDED FROM A PLASTER MOLD I SEND TO THE LAB. I CHARGE A CASTING FEE OF APPROXIMATELY $75. THEREFORE FOR A PAIR OF SUBORTHALON ORTHOTICS YOU WOULD PAY $200, IF I DID NOT MARK UP THE PRICE OF THE ORTHOTICS I DISPENSE. IF PATIENTS NEED ORTHOTICS AND CANNOT AFFORD ORTHOTICS, AND THEY ARE NOT COVERED BY INSURANCE, WHY SHOULD THERE BE ANY MARK UP IN THE PRICE OF THE ORTHOTIC ABOVE WHAT THE LAB CHARGES? Now if a patient has insurance, and is being treated for a plantar faciitis the office visit would be covered regarding the examination and treatments for the plantar faccitis which may include even oral medication .Part of my exam sometimes includes a static exam and a gait analysis. The problem arises is that foot orthotics are not covered by some insurance companies.Foot orthotics are a durable medical equiptment device that is generally not covered by some insurance companies. This is where the above $200 figure comes from for which this is generally what you will have to pay for the cost of the device without the markup and for my casting fee. Please understand that some of my patients have benefited from the use of felt I placed in their shoes to attempt to alter their gait. The felt was a lot cheaper than the orthotics, but was not as permanent a treatment. Felt is not as durable as suborthalon foot orthotics. Also felt is not custom made to fit the foot when the foot is attempted to be casted in it's "optimal position". I tried orthotics labs and my favorite orthotics lab is STJ. I PERSONALLY USE STJ ORTHOTICS LABS BECAUSE OF THE PERSONAL ATTENTION THEY GIVE REGARDING ANY QUESTIONS I HAVE. I ASKED THEM SO MANY QUESTIONS AND THEY HAVE BEEN VERY PATIENT WITH ME. I WANT WHAT IS BEST FOR MY PATIENTS AND THIS IS WHY I CHOOSE AND I TRUST STJ ORTHOTICS LAB. Regarding any heel pain, I got some good results with the heel spur special. STJ ORTHOTICS LABS CAN BE REACHED AT 1 800 321-4785. Please understand that whenever there is any orthotic made, it is important to do a gait analysis and a static exam and to take an accurate cast and to communicate with the lab and to choose correct materials for the orthotic and correct shoes. Sometimes I even send the patients shoes and the foot orthotics so that STJ can attempt to get a more accurate orthotic fabricated. If I were a patient, I would probably ask my podiatrist about the lab that is fabricating my foot orthotics. As in any podiatric exam, diagnosis or treatment there are no guarantees.
