My doctor is charging me $5.00 for a copy of my lab work. They say this is a Hepa law; is this true?

Question

My doctor is charging me $5.00 for a copy of my lab work. They say this is a Hepa law; is this true?

Answer 1

I have never heard of a doctor charging for copy of lab because of a HEPA law.

Answer 2

I believe that providers are allowed to charge a reasonable fee for copies.

Answer 3

They are allowed to charge a reasonable fee for ANY copy of ANYTHING.  Lab results, medical records, etc.

Answer 4

I'm not aware of any law that *requires* a provider to charge you for a copy of your records, but the law does *permit* them to charge you a reasonable fee for the information.

(Reasonable fee would take into consideration the cost of the photocopies and also the staff time to pull/copy the info.)

Answer 5

I get copies of medical records all the time to settle claims, and it's rediculous how much some places charge. I just had to pay a doctor's office $22 to get 2 pages of records.

HIPAA(Health Insurance Portability & Accountability Act) doesn't require offices to charge for anything, so I think they're pulling your chain a little there, but $5 for records is actually a lot less than most places I get them from.

Answer 6

copy of any of your lab work has to be given to you free of charge by law. HEPA law is a privacy act. does not have anything to do with lab. I work in a medical billing. this is my job.

Answer 7

It's HIPPA law, and no they don't require doctors to charge a fee when giving you a copy of your lab work.