We participate in most major insurance companies, including Blue Cross Blue Shield, Aetna, Keystone, Personal Choice, United Healthcare, NJ Horizon Blue Cross, and others. Please call your insurance provider to check our participation. Ask specifically about Advocare Fairmount Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, not just the doctor's name! Also, please be sure you are not accidentally asking about the Fairmount Primary Care Health Center. They are located on Fairmount Avenue. We are located on Hamilton Street.
PLEASE NOTE: We accept most Medicaid plans including:
Keystone First,
United,
Health Partners and
Aetna Medicaid. We do NOT participate with Americhoice. If you have this plan and wish to be seen in this office, please call Keystone Mercy and request to have your plan changed to one of them. You can find those phone numbers at the bottom of the New Patient page, or follow the links above to their websites.
Our office participates in the
Pennsylvania CHIP Program. If you have a child under 18 years old who is uninsured, CHIP provides free and low-cost insurance.
Please see the following list of administrative fees that our office uses to expedite your needs:
- School/Camp Forms: $10 per form unless you use the free form published to the portal. The fee is waived if you bring the form to your annual checkup.
- Record Transfers: $6.50 per record
- Driver’s License Form: $20.00
- If the applicant has not had a physical within 6 months, we are required by law to perform a brief evaluation of your child. The office charges $20.00 for this visit due to many insurance companies only allowing one well visit per year.
- There is no fee if your child has had a physical within the last 6 months. Your child must be present to sign the form in the presence of a physician. This is required by the Department of Motor Vehicles.
- Returned Check: $35.00
- Billing Late Fee: $10.00
- No-Show/Short-notice cancellation charge: $100. This fee applies if you cancel your appointment with less than 24 hours notice, if you arrive after the start time of your appointment and cannot be seen, or if you do not arrive for your appointment at all. Please note: Patients who no-show or cancel with less than 24 hours notice twice will be asked to leave the practice.