Elsie Rivera
I give CG cosmetics a 3/5, due to the long pre op process and additional fees that were not properly communicated prior to my arrival for my pre op appointment. I had my consultation in October, and scheduled surgery for February. At the time of my consultation I was informed I’d need a pre op medical clearance which include blood work and other labs and it can be done by my own PCP as long as it was done and faxed with in 15 days of my surgery. During the consult I was also informed I’d need $160 CASH ONLY the day of my pre op appointment with CG cosmetics for drug, Covid and flu testing. I did get the pre op medical clearance done by my PcP and faxed in the time frame needed ( with in 15 days prior to surgery date). When I arrived for my pre op appointment at Cg cosmetics, I was given an appointment time of 8:30 am and was in the waiting room almost 2 hours before finally being taken back. It was then that I was told there were recent changes and I’d need to be medically cleared by their DR on site and it’d be an additional fee of $340 CASH ONLY even tho they’d received the fax from my physician. I was left with a choice of paying a flat total of $500 cash only or to reschedule my surgery with would have a $500 reschedule fee as well. It felt like a cash grab. After a bit of back and forth with the back receptionist, the supervisor and accounting they said they’d allow me to make the additional payment for a second medical clearance on the alpheon credit card but that it would now be $440. After all payments were made and I did see their DR for the second medical clearance, the DR did not do any additional testing, he used what was faxed from my PCP and repeated what I was told by my PCP, total time spent with their DR was 5-7 minutes at most. So I truly feel that the $440 was a cash grab and not needed at all. As well as it was never mentioned that I’d be paying for medications out of pocket, which totaled $186 from their specified pharmacy only. They specifically said do not go to a Walgreens or cvs. Which seemed very very odd. Lastly, the quickest of all the appointments (pre op, operation and post op) was the post op appointment. Where again, more money was being asked. I was offered/ encouraged to take IV treatments before going home, and the IV treatment was priced at about $150-$260. I’m most disappointed because they advertised breast implants at $2,500 and fail to mention the $500 anesthesia fee and $500 operating room fee until after the consult. And all other fees until the day before surgery. While I am pleased I went thru with the surgery, I’m very disappointed with the total cost and how long the pre op appointment took.