Payment and Insurance

Patient Resources

Welcome to Preston Family Dentistry! Dr. Iranmehr and our team are eager to accommodate you and help you receive the high-quality dental care that you deserve. As part of our commitment to our patients, we are pleased to provide the following resources here on our website.

Financial Options

At Preston Family Dentistry, we believe in offering a high standard of dental care to all our patients. Our team works hard to accommodate our patients, and we are proud to provide a variety of financial resources to help you achieve a beautiful, healthy smile. We currently accept the following forms of payment: Credit cards, cash, checks, CareCredit, and LendingPoint.

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We accept insurance from all PPOs, including the following providers:

Our Office Policy Regarding Dental Insurance

If we have received all of your insurance information prior to the day of the appointment, we will be happy to file your claim for you. You must be familiar with your insurance benefits, as we will collect from you the estimated amount insurance is not expected to pay. By law your insurance company is required to pay each claim within 30 days of receipt. We file all insurance electronically, so your insurance company will receive each claim within days of the treatment. You are responsible for any balance on your account after 30 days, whether insurance has paid or not. If you have not paid your balance within 60 days a re-billing fee of 1.5% will be added to your account each month until paid. We will be glad to send a refund to you if your insurance pays us.

PLEASE UNDERSTAND that we file dental insurance as a courtesy to our patients. We do not have a contract with your insurance company, only you do. We are not responsible for how your insurance company handles its claims or for what benefits they pay on a claim. We can only assist you in estimating your portion of the cost of treatment. We at no time guarantee what your insurance will or will not do with each claim. We also cannot be responsible for any errors in filing your insurance. Once again, we file claims as a courtesy to you.

Dental insurance is meant to be an aid in receiving dental care. Many patients think that their insurance pays 90%-100% of all dental fees. This is not true! Most plans only pay between 50%-80% of the average total fee. Some pay more, some pay less. The percentage paid is usually determined by how much you or your employer has paid for coverage, or the type of contract your employer has set up with the insurance company.

You may have noticed that sometimes your dental insurance reimburses you or the dentist at a lower rate than the dentist’s actual fee. Frequently, insurance companies state the reimbursement was reduced because your dentist’s fee has exceeded the usual, customary or reasonable fee (“UCR”) used by the company.

A statement such as this gives the impression that any fee greater than the amount paid by the insurance company is unreasonable, or well above what most dentists in the area charge for a certain service. This can be very misleading and simply is not accurate.

Insurance companies set their own schedules, and each company uses a different set of fees they consider allowable. These allowable fees may vary widely, because each company collects fee information from claims it processes. The insurance company then takes this data and arbitrarily chooses a level they call the “allowable” UCR fee. Frequently, this data can be three to five years old and these “allowable” fees are set by the insurance company so they can make a net 20%-30% profit.

Unfortunately, insurance companies imply that your dentist is “overcharging” rather than saying that they are “underpaying” or that their benefits are low. In general, the less expensive insurance policy will use a lower, usual, customary or reasonable (UCR) figure.

When estimating dental benefits, deductibles and percentages must be considered. To illustrate, assume the fee for service is $150.00. Assuming that the insurance company allows $150.00 as its usual and customary (UCR) fee, we can figure out what benefits will be paid. First a deductible (paid by you), on average $50.00, is subtracted, leaving $100.00. The plan then pays 80% for this particular procedure. The insurance company will then pay 80% of $100.00, or $80.00 out of a $150.00 fee they will pay an estimated $80.00, leaving a remaining portion of $70.00 (to be paid by the patient). Of course, if the UCR is less than $150.00 or if your plan pays only at 50% then the insurance benefits will also be significantly less.

MOST IMPORTANTLY, please keep us informed of any insurance changes such as policy name, insurance company address or a change of employment.

We welcome you to contact our office today if you have any questions about our accepted insurances or payment options, or to schedule your appointment with Dr. Iranmehr.

Patient Forms

Get a head start on your first appointment with Dr. Iranmehr by completing our patient forms in advance! Filling out the paperwork ahead of time can save you significant time in our office and can improve your experience with Preston Family Dentistry. If you have questions about our forms or need to schedule an appointment with our dentists in Dallas, Texas, please give us a call today!