Dr. Hoan Chung is a family physician who specializes in metabolic diseases, weight loss, hormone balancing, digestive disorders, and chronic fatigue syndrome.
Call our office at 509-584-5344 so we can discuss your needs and set up your first appointment.
Insurance companies exert a lot of power over the way doctors practice medicine. Their reimbursement contracts generally incentivize shorter visits, instead of visits aimed at obtaining full medical histories and providing proper patient education.
Conventional physicians who average 5–15 minute visits have chosen a quantity strategy to keep their doors open and serving you.
We have chosen not to participate as in-network providers, because we value a quality strategy. We would like to treat you, not your insurance company.
This choice helps keep our patient’s health interests at the forefront of our medical decision making, instead of following your insurance companies’ rules.
Because each visit is unique, the cost of the visit will depend on the complexity of the case and level of medical decision making required by the physician.
Here are our general rates for different levels of complexity:
First office visits (establishing care, 60-90 minutes):
Well child/annual exams: $150
Straightforward complexity: $200
Low complexity: $300
Moderate complexity: $400
High complexity: $500
Return office visits (established patients, 45-60 minutes):
Well child/annual exams: $75
Straightforward complexity: $100
Low complexity: $125
Moderate complexity: $150
High complexity: $200
Medical decision making is based off of the number and complexity of problems addressed at the encounter, amount of data reviewed and analyzed, and risk of complications. Symptoms may cluster around a specific diagnosis but each symptom is not necessarily a unique condition.
Straightforward Complexity:
a) 1 self-limited or minor problem
Low Complexity:
a) 2 or more self-limited or minor problems, OR
b) 1 stable chronic illness, OR
c) 1 acute, uncomplicated illness or injury
Moderate Complexity:
a) 1 or more chronic illnesses with exacerbation, progression, or side effects of treatment, OR
b) 2 or more stable chronic illnesses, OR
c) 1 undiagnosed new problem with uncertain prognosis, OR
d) 1 acute illness with systemic symptom, OR
e) 1 acute complicated injury
High Complexity:
a) 1 or more chronic illnesses with severe exacerbation, progression, or side effects of treatment, OR
b) 1 acute or chronic illness or injury that poses a threat to life or bodily function
Radiant Health Integrative Medicine physicians are trained in primary care specialties like family medicine and internal medicine, however, we recommend you should maintain a primary care physician for things like vaccinations and strep or flu testing, since we do not perform those procedures here.
Female patients should maintain an OBGYN for regular pap smears.
We can remind you to visit your PCP for other important age-related screenings, such as colonoscopies and mammograms.
If you have a medical emergency, we recommend that you visit urgent care or an ER.
