Pomerantz and Glass Dermatology

I went to Carrie Doolan, the PA here, and she’s very friendly and a good doctor. Like another reviewer, I was really surprised by how high the charges were, even with insurance. Much higher than my previous derm and my current derm.
I stopped going here because their billing is terrible and their office staff incompetent and rude. I got a bill with a giant orange «final notice» sticker threatening to send my $ 90 bill to collections, but it was my first bill — I hadn’t received one before that. It was also four months after the procedure, and I had already switched insurance and closed my FSA. There are too many other great derms in NYC to deal with this kind of headache.

Excellent doctor. Very friendly and does a great job. Would have given five stars if he accepted appointments some other way than via telephone calls. I spent 40 minutes trying to figure out how to make an appointment via the web because I’m abroad (the office telephone directs you to a website for making appointments but doesn’t actually work) and tried emailing. After lots of online back and forth, registering for Zoc Doc, etc., someone called me on my cell phone (interrupting a meeting). It’s 2015, let’s do our small part to increase the efficiency of health care delivery and use email or web for appointments! Let me know when this is possible and I’ll update this review. Thanks!

I made an emergency appointment here without researching nearby practices. Big mistake! I was happy with the service and doctor/​PA„ but my issue is with the ridiculously above-​market costs:
What I paid with insurance for the coristone shot:
-$ 161 for the new patient fee/​visit (which was only 5 min long)
-$ 79 for the actual service I came in for
=$ 240 total bill
What 2 reputable nearby practices told me they would have charged me:
-$ 75 — $ 110 total
–I found out through further research online that $ 100-​$ 150 total is the average for this area.
Lesson learned! ALWAYS call around first. It will only take you a few minutes and they’re used to getting those kinds of calls. It’s always a bad sign when one place has generally more availability than everyone else for the day. Again, I was happy as a patient, but the costs were just way out of line with what comparable practices were charging. There should be laws against this…