Rheumatology Clinic of

Dr. Markus Klaus

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Rheumatology Clinic of

Dr. Markus Klaus

Plans

different payment plans to meet your needs.

Traditional Health Insurance

Co-pay and Deductibles

We currently accept traditional insurance health plans:

Blue Cross Blue Shield

United Healthcare

Aetna

Cigna

Cigna Health Springs

Bay Care

Medicare

Humana Medicare PPO only

Devoted

Tricare

CHAMPVA

Oscar

Longevity

Coventry

Partners Direct Health

Simply

Multiplan patients can pay the cash price for consultations (see below) and will be provided with a receipt to submit for reimbursement from their insurance.

Unfortunately, we have reached maximum capacity for Medicaid patients. We will continue to care for our current Medicaid patients, but as of 4/15/2025 we regret to inform you that our office will no longer accept ANY Medicaid plans (incl. Humana Medicaid), Sunshine, and Wellcare.

Direct Pay

Traditional Health Insurance

Transparent Pricing for Cash Pay or Out of Network Patients

Co-pay and Deductibles

For cash or private pay patients, we offer quick and timely consultations. These are competitively priced as follows:

We currently accept traditional insurance health plans for Aetna, Cigna, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Devoted, Medicare, Tricare, CHAMPVA, Oscar, Multiplan, and Simply Insurance plans.

We anticipate coverage for the following plans by February 2025. If you have any of these plans, we will offer a 25% cash discount for consultations until we are credentialled with your plan:

Ambetter, Avmed, BayCare, CarePlus, ChampVA, Oscar, Cigna HealthSpring, Coventry, Freedom/Optum, Humana, Longevity, Medicare RR, Molina, Optimum/Freedom, Oscar, Partners Direct, Solis, Sunshine, Sunshine Ambetter, Tricare, UHC, United Healthcare, Wellcare, Wellmed

New Patient Visit

45-minute New Consult: $500

Follow-up Patient Visits

20-minute Follow-up Consult: $250
If you wish to have a more extended 45-minute Follow-up Consult: $500

New Patient Visit

45-minute New Consult: $500

Follow-up Patient Visits

20-minute Follow-up Consult: $250
If you wish to have a more extended 45-minute Follow-up Consult: $500

Direct Pay

Transparent Pricing for Cash Pay or Out of Network Patients

For cash or private pay patients, we offer quick and timely consultations. These are competitively priced as follows:

New Patient Visit

45-minute New Consult: $220

Follow-up Patient Visits

20-minute Follow-up Consult: $170
30-minute Follow-up Consult: $199
If you wish to have a more extended 60-minute Follow-up Consult: $249

Direct Specialist Care

A subscription based new model of care is currently in the design stage

The traditional healthcare insurance model has many shortcomings. A refreshing new change in healthcare delivery and payment is beginning to gain traction as more patients opt for the direct specialist care model. We are currently working on bringing this innovative approach to care to rheumatology patients in Lutz and Wesley Chapel.