Fees & Payment

INITIAL CONSULTATION

The fees for Initial consultations are:

Follow up consultations

The fees for all follow up consultations are

NB: Please be aware that many insurers do not cover telephone consultations and prefer face to face consultations to occur. Please check with your Insurance company and obtain authorisation for a telephone consultation if you wish to proceed via this route otherwise you, as the patient, will be responsible for this charge.

Following the initial consultation and subsequent investigation a follow up consultation with Mr Dawson is necessary.

Mr Dawson will use your clinical history and investigations to support a diagnosis and future course of treatment. In some instances this follow up consultation can occur either face to face or via the telephone.

Mr Dawson appreciates that a telephone consultation can offer time, efficiency and cost-saving benefits and would like to offer this service where possible.

Surgical Procedure

Mr Dawson operates privately at the Lancaster Hospital and Nuffield Newcastle.  All operation prices are set at the Hospital For further information please contact the Hospitals direct or Jo Dawson Admin team who will be able to provide an indication of the costs.

Payment Terms

Insured patients

Mr Dawson is recognised as a Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon by all the major healthcare insurance companies : BUPA, BUPA International, AXA PPP, WPA, Norwich Union Aviva, Standard Life, Medisure, Pruhealth, Saga, Cigna etc.)

Operative procedures all have a code that insurers and hospitals use and an authorisation number will be required beforehand if using insurance.

Self-funding patients

Mr Dawson will see all patients without private medical insurance who decide to fund their own medical treatment in the private sector. Following the initial consultation and any required investigations, a diagnosis and treatment plan will be made. Based on this plan a fixed price cost for any surgical treatment may be provided. In general private hospitals will require payment in full before the treatment can proceed.

For further information on fees please contact Jo Dawson, Mr Dawson’s PA