Complaint Review: Charlotte Pediatric Clinic

On January 12th my wife called the office of Charlotte Pediatric Clinic for my son, whom had a cough. She was referred to them by a friend of hers. She told them that she was currently using a pediatric doctor that charged $80 for a regular visit and was told that they charged the same. She was then told this again when she went there and had to fill out paperwork as she was a new patient. She finally got in to see the doctor for all of 2 minutes. He wrote a prescription for an antibiotic and as she was leaving she was told that the bill was $160.

The person in charge of billing stated that they charge $160 for new patients. This is definite fraudulant business practices - baiting and switching (telling someone it is one price and then screwing them with a higher price later). We called to complain about the charges and they told us that they won't do anything about it - they even tried to pin the blame on me.

David
Charlotte, North Carolina
U.S.A.