Consultation Fees
These are the costs for a Consultation with Consultant Dermatologist Dr Sandy Flann:
New patient consultation £235
Follow-up consultation £185
From 1st November 2020, these prices will be revised to the following to take into account the extra time needed per consultation given COVID regulations:
New patient consultation £260
Follow-up consultation £210
Please contact Dr Flann as soon as possible if you need to cancel a scheduled consultation,
so the appointment date and time can be offered to another patient.
If you cancel without giving at least 24 hours’ working notice, please be aware that fees will apply:
£75 if you do not attend a new patient consultation and £50 if you do not attend a follow up.
Procedure Fees
If after the initial consultation, a procedure needs to be performed, this will carry an additional charge.
Here are the costs for some of the most common procedures (from 1st Nov 2020):
Skin Surgery
Curettage lesions (up to 8)
£395-495
Shave excision naevi (up to 8)
£395-495
Shave excision skin tags (up to 8)
£410
Intralesional steroid injections
£195
Cryotherapy seborrhoeic keratoses (up to 8 lesions)
£390-425
Benign lesion excision
£405-535
plus additional benign lesion excision (body and limbs)
from £225
Skin cancer excision
£605-755
If you would like further information on the costs for a possible procedure, please contact Dr Flann’s secretary, Sarah Mulhern, on 01732 228 600.
Hospital Fees
In addition there will be a hospital charge in order to cover the hospital’s treatment room fees and any hospital resources used, plus a histopathology fee for the specimen removed to be analysed.
The hospital should be able to advise you what these two costs will be.
Insurance
Many people have health insurance, whether privately or through your employer.
If you have health insurance, then your insurance should cover the hospital fees, as well as the consultation fees.
However, it is important that you keep your health insurance company fully informed about your hospital appointments and what treatments or procedures are recommended and obtain pre-authorisation from them before a procedure is performed.
The fees charged for insured patients vary according to individual insurance companies. Fees for any procedures depend upon procedure codes developed by the private medical insurance industry.
Some health insurance companies stipulate an excess which you will have to pay or will only provide health insurance cover to a certain level.
The level of insurance cover has been on the decline over recent months and years and in some cases will not be sufficient to cover the full fees incurred.
In that case, the patient is responsible for paying the outstanding amount.
