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mike734 07-22-2007 07:55 PM

How much do you Pay for a First Class Medical?
 
My doc just raised the fee to $85. It's another $50 for the EKG. Still seems like on OK price though. I've heard of higher fees.

FlyerJosh 07-22-2007 08:29 PM

I don't pay anything (company covers the expense), but the guy here in Roanoke that I just saw charges $100 for the 1st class exam, and $85 for the EKG.

Gonna try another doc in town that does $85 and $40. The doc that I used in Northern VA was $80 and $40, IIRC.

oldveedubs 07-22-2007 08:32 PM


Originally Posted by FlyerJosh (Post 200424)
I don't pay anything (company covers the expense), but the guy here in Roanoke that I just saw charges $100 for the 1st class exam, and $85 for the EKG.

Gonna try another doc in town that does $85 and $40. The doc that I used in Northern VA was $80 and $40, IIRC.

If the doc is good $15 extra may be a good investment to protect a medical instead of a new doc finding a "peculiar problem" and not having a good attitude about it.

1Seat 1Engine 07-22-2007 08:40 PM

Doc here doesn't charge you until you get a job, then it's 40 for an EKG and I think 60 for the medical.

FlyerJosh 07-23-2007 05:29 AM


Originally Posted by oldveedubs (Post 200425)
If the doc is good $15 extra may be a good investment to protect a medical instead of a new doc finding a "peculiar problem" and not having a good attitude about it.

I agree. However the current ($100) guy does a bit more thorough of a medical than I really like. And his nurses are idiots that don't know how to take BP correctly or hook up an EKG (they hooked my coworker up incorrectly, took the reading and transmitted it all without the doc looking). Not exactly what I consider a confidence builder.

kalyx522 07-23-2007 02:37 PM

if anybody's in the central florida area.. my doc Frank Browning only charges $60 for the 1st.. (and no he didnt pay me to mention his name.) he and his wife (who is a nurse) are super cool.. there's another AME who also has an office in the same fly-in community, but that guy charges $90! I dunno WHY anyone would pay $30 more for the exact same thing.

Bri85 07-23-2007 02:54 PM


Originally Posted by kalyx522 (Post 200783)
if anybody's in the central florida area.. my doc Frank Browning only charges $60 for the 1st.. (and no he didnt pay me to mention his name.) he and his wife (who is a nurse) are super cool.. there's another AME who also has an office in the same fly-in community, but that guy charges $90! I dunno WHY anyone would pay $30 more for the exact same thing.

where in central fl, im due for a medical next month.

Timmay 07-23-2007 08:18 PM


Originally Posted by FlyerJosh (Post 200424)
I don't pay anything (company covers the expense), but the guy here in Roanoke that I just saw charges $100 for the 1st class exam, and $85 for the EKG.

Gonna try another doc in town that does $85 and $40. The doc that I used in Northern VA was $80 and $40, IIRC.

Same here, insurance covers it as a wellness exam or something along those lines. This doctor though, is about two steps away from installing a drive-thru at his office. It usually consists of "Did you pi$s in the cup? Alright, any changes on your record? Can you see this? Ok, you can pay up at the desk and they'll take care of you". Seriously, I'm usually out the door in 15 minutes, tops. No idea what the EKG costs.

kalyx522 07-24-2007 01:09 PM


Originally Posted by Bri85 (Post 200794)
where in central fl, im due for a medical next month.

at the spruce creek fly-in community

Airplane Crazy 07-27-2007 06:26 PM

It just depends on where the doctor is located. Like here is California I have to pay $85. Back when I was going to school in Texas I knew a doctor that did all medical for $35.


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