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Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge is committed to providing patient-centered care with superior outcomes. We practice under the most current standards and guidelines set by federal, state, and local government, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), The Joint Commission (TJC), and other regulatory and advisory organizations. Our goal is to enhance general health and patient safety by reducing the risks of infections and other adverse events.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, we have ensured this by:

  1. screening all patients prior to surgery for symptoms of COVID-19, as well as potential exposures.
  2. placing hand hygiene stations conveniently located throughout the facility.
  3. installing plexiglass barriers between visitors and Admissions and front desk staff to reduce opportunities for transmission.
  4. labeling waiting area seating to encourage proper social distancing.
  5. encouraging staff, patients, and visitors who are feeling ill or who have been exposed to someone with COVID-19 to wear a face covering while in the facility.
  6. providing all supplies necessary for our team to practice safely, including personal protective equipment.
  7. educating all hospital staff continually on COVID-19 and prevention measures.
  8. encouraging all hospital staff members to vaccinate against COVID-19.
  9. screening each staff member daily for signs/symptoms of COVID-19.

 

Visitors:

Each patient is allowed two (2) visitors with them during their stay. Visitors must be over 12 years of age and are not allowed to switch out with one another to reduce the amount of traffic throughout the facility. Visitors who can answer “yes” to any of the following questions will be asked to wait outside of the facility:

  1. Have you recently experienced:
    • Fever
    • Cough
    • Shortness of breath
    • Sore throat
    • Congestion
    • Body aches
    • Unexplained Fatigue
    • Nausea/vomiting
    • Diarrhea
    • Loss of taste or smell
  1. Have you been near someone who has tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 14 days? 

Note: Visitors who wait outside of the facility will be contacted by phone with updates after the patient’s procedure is complete.

 

 

Frequently Asked Questions:

  • What if I experience symptoms of COVID-19 or test positive for COVID-19 myself within 2 weeks of my surgery?
  • Contact our Pre-Admit department as soon possible by calling (225) 408-5504. If you test positive for COVID, your surgery will need to be rescheduled. Pre-Admit staff will communicate with your doctor’s office during this process.

 

  • I live with someone who has now tested positive for COVID-19 and my surgery is within the next 2 weeks; what do I do?
  • Contact our Pre-Admit department as soon possible by calling (225) 408-5504.

 

  • Do I need to have a COVID-19 test prior to having surgery?
  • Your doctor will instruct you if you need to be tested prior to having your procedure.

 

  • How do I keep myself safe from getting COVID-19?
  • You should wash/sanitize your hands often, stay up-to-date on COVID vaccination, stay home if you are sick, and avoid contact with people confirmed or suspected to have COVID-19.

 

  • Should I get vaccinated against COVID-19?
  • The vaccines available for COVID-19 have been proven safe and effective in decreasing the risk of getting or spreading the virus and keeping you from getting seriously ill if you do get COVID-19. For information from the CDC regarding vaccine safety, click here. For information on where to get a free vaccine in your area, click here or dial 211.

 

  • What do I do if I feel ill or have been directly exposed to someone with COVID-19?
  • Contact your primary care doctor or surgeon for further instruction.
  • If you test positive for COVID-19, notify your surgeon as soon as possible to reschedule your procedure.

 

  • How do I keep up with the latest information and guidance surrounding COVID-19?
  • The most up to date information from the CDC can be found here.

Thank you for choosing Surgical Specialty Center of Baton Rouge to meet your needs, and thank you for helping us keep our patients, our team, and our community safe!

IMPORTANT COVID-19 INFORMATIONClick Here

In compliance with federal law, SSCBR provides a list of standard charges for hospital services (the “Fee Schedule”). The Fee Schedule does not represent the actual amount paid by any governmental or commercial insurance providers, nor does it represent that actual amount for which a patient may be responsible. Each patient’s financial responsibility may vary. The actual amount a patient pays is based on many factors, including health insurance, benefit plans, other applicable discounts, and the services provided based on the patient’s individual needs.

To obtain the most accurate estimate of patient out of pocket costs, it strongly recommended that patients contact their insurer to request an estimate or SSCBR's Admission's Department at (225) 408-5661. To obtain the most accurate estimate possible, the patient’s insurance information, if any, as well as a specific description of the service requested, preferably a physician’s order, are necessary.

We also advise patients to consult, as applicable, with his or her health insurer to confirm individual payment responsibilities and remaining deductible balances.

Although estimates are available through SSCBR for most scheduled services, the nature of healthcare, including the factors described above, dictates that the appropriate level of care, and thus the patient’s cost of that care, frequently cannot be accurately determined until the care has actually been provided.

The actual cost for which the insurance and/or patient may be responsible are often, although not always, significantly less than the total charges posted to a patient’s account, and thus, estimating payer cost or patient responsibility using a fee schedule alone will not produce an accurate estimate.

By Accessing This Fee Schedule, You Are Acknowledging The Following: 

I have read and am aware of the above information, the contextual limitations of the SSCBR Fee Schedules and recognize that the SSCBR Fee Schedules cannot be used as a single source for determining actual cost to any payer, including insurers, employers, or patient out-of-pocket responsibility, and if such single service determination is attempted, the information will be out-of-context and therefore, incomplete and inaccurate. I understand that the list of charges reflects the standard charges for services provided at SSCBR. I understand that the Fee Schedule includes hospital services only and does not contain professional fees for any physicians or other medical practitioners, lab charges, diagnostic services or other related costs that are not included as hospital services. I understand that the prices on the Fee Schedule are the prices of hospital charges and do not necessarily represent the amount my insurance company will pay or what I will owe.

If I am a non-patient, third-party, I acknowledge that I have read and am aware of the above information, the contextual limitations of the SSCBR Fee Schedules, and recognize that the SSCBR Fee Schedules cannot be used as a single source for determining actual cost to any payer, including insurers, employers, or patient out-of-pocket responsibility, and if such single service determination is attempted, the information will be out-of-context and therefore, incomplete and inaccurate. I further acknowledge that if I or my organization republish, post online, or otherwise re-communicate this information to another party and hold-out these fee schedules to the sole determining factor in establishing payer cost or patient out-of-pocket responsibility, without providing the contextual limitations described above, I risk misleading the consumers of such information due to the limitations detailed in this disclaimer. If my or my organization’s intent is to aid a payer or patient in determining actual payer cost or patient out-of-pocket responsibility, I acknowledge that this intent is most accurately and effectively achieved by recommending that such individuals contact their insurer or SSCBR's Admissions Department at (225) 408-5661.

THIS SITE AND THE FEE SCHEDULE IS STRICTLY AN ESTIMATE OF CHARGES AND SSCBR CANNOT GUARANTEE THE ESTIMATES BECAUSE SERVICES RENDERED TO EACH PATIENT AND THEIR COST MAY VARY BECAUSE OF TREATMENT DECISIONS, UNFORESEEN COMPLICATION, ADDITIONAL TESTS OR SERVICES ORDERED BY YOUR PHYSICIAN, AND THE INDIVIDUAL NEEDS OF EACH PATIENT. THIS SITE AND THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THE FEE SCHEDULE IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY AND IS NOT AN OFFER OR REPRESENTATION OF THE PROVISION OF MEDICAL SERVICES.