Civil Surgeons

[ZorValachan 0]

After reading all the horror stories about so many civil surgeons trying to get full medicals and big $$ instead of vaccination transcriptions, I was wondering..

I know from other posts that VJ does not endorse any specific civil surgeon, but can we get a list started of whose who demand full medicals and those who just will do the vaccination transcription?

Name, Where, yes, no, $

That way those of us can learn from those who came before.

And even if Dr. Arnold is cut from the USCIS civil surgeon list, I'd rather pay $200-$400 for a flight to another state and get transcribed in person for $50 than to pay a greedy ####### $850 for something not needed.

[payxibka 10,045]

Wow $850? I paid only $225 for a full medical....

[ZorValachan 0]

Wow $850? I paid only $225 for a full medical....

Some people in recent threads are posting 850.

That's why I think having yes, no, and price would be good. to show people their options.

[Krikit 1,164]

Some people in recent threads are posting 850.

Disgusting.

[Waitinggent 2]

I called 4 civil surgeons in my area, and they all are priced between 180 and 280 dollars for a full exam.

[NCWife 0]

I paid $230 for full medical plus TB Skin Test and Tdap shot. But I did my chest X-ray for free at the Health Department since my TB Skin Test turned out positive. And I am in Charlotte, NC.

Cheers...

[nurminen 0]

Remember that you don't need a full medical if you had one in the past year. Bring in all of your vaccination records and ask them to fill out the supplemental form (Parts 1 and 5 only). I waited 15 minutes and paid $25. I saw Dr. Gonzalo A. Fernandez in NC.

[nurminen 0]

Remember that you don't need a full medical if you had one in the past year. Bring in all of your vaccination records and ask them to fill out the supplemental form (Parts 1 and 5 only). I waited 15 minutes and paid $25. I saw Dr. Gonzalo A. Fernandez in NC.

Actually, I didn't even see the doctor. His secretaries collected my vaccination records and had me fill out Part 1 of the form. 15 minutes later they handed me 2 envelopes. One was sealed for USCIS and the other was my copy.

[JSVP08 3]

i called 4 CS (not 17 as posted earlier... 17 were clinics i called scouting for cheaper vaccination ) here in my area (sac) and found the best deal at:

MMR $70

vericella $70

signed form $15

= $155.00

[journeyingwithyou 0]

County health departments charge only 14USD per shot. I just had my Tdap and Vericella vaccine with them

Edited December 4, 2009 by journeyingwithyou

[Eric-Pris 1,607]

Yeah, I don't get why people are using CS's to get their vaccinations and then complaining that CS's charge too much.

[Nik+Heather 121]

Yeah, I don't get why people are using CS's to get their vaccinations and then complaining that CS's charge too much.

We didn't want any vaccines. Just the transcription. We are paying $65 (!!), but the next lowest was $165. "Just for the transcription?" "No, we ONLY EVER do a FULL medical" Well, shoot.

Maybe this is an issue for some, but many many are having the transcribing problem.

[Hugglebuggles 60]

Some people in recent threads are posting 850.

Disgusting.

Unfortunately, its true! I was quoted $850 by a doctor here in Colorado. Actually her exact words were, "we usually end up charging people around $850" which to me sounded very strange and suspicious. She also told me I would need to send them $350 as a down payment before they would even look at me. Nice.

[nathandace 0]

Based on the information I gathered, and a few different scenairos of some people not wanting to get another medical done, and some who wanted to (if it was within a year of applying for K1). I made the choice of going for another medical just to be on the safe side. I called a few different places in a 75 mile radius of where I am located. I found 3. One had an extremely long waiting list, the other also had a long waiting list and would be charging for immunizations that may be given on top of the $180, the last one I called did everything for $200 (including any updates) luckly I didnt need any. At the time I thought it was too much, but compaired to some of the amounts people have been paying I feel greatful. I hope this information will be able to help provide a general idea.