Affordable Smiles Dentistry

We are a dental office located in Tucson Arizona. We provide low fee dentistry for patients that do not have dental insurance. Our services include: root canals, extractions, crowns, bridges, fillings, dentures, partial dentures, kids dentistry, cosmetic dentistry, emergency dentistry, braces, implant restoration, and other general dentistry. Affordable Smiles provides the best value possible for all of our patients when it comes to comfort and restorations that last. Just because you don't have dental insurance, doesn't mean you have to pay more for a great smile.

Have you ever wondered why pricing is different for patients that have insurance vs those that don't?

When a provider signs up for an insurance plan, typically the insurer dictates pricing the office must adhere to when providing service. As a patient, if you don't have insurance, typically you don't receive the discounts insured patients do. Many believe the discount is attributed to the insurance company paying the difference to the provider. Sometimes this can be the case, but often it is not. Often the provider has agreed with the insurer to lower their fee. In return, the insurance company adds the doctor to their list of "In Network" providers. This is a great way for doctors to get new patients, even if they do have to bill at a discount.

Why can't the doctor give the uninsured patients the same discount?

The insurer typically has an agreement with the doctor, where the doctor is required to discount their usual and customary fee. They cannot drop that fee for non-insured patients, or it would cease to be a usual and customary fee. In order to adhere to contracts made with the insurance companies, many offices must keep their fees for the uninsured higher.

How does that affect the patients that do not have insurance?

Non-insured patients typically are billed at higher fees than those patients that have insurance. We want to even the playing field for uninsured patients. We offer everyday low fees, and additional discounts for payment same day of service to all patients

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