Money/Valuables
Your Valuables | Banking | Your Hospital Bill
Please send home any valuables, such as jewelry or large amounts of cash, with a trusted family member or friend. If you must keep valuables, ask your nurse to have them locked in the hospital safe. Please store glasses, dentures, hearing aides, etc., in protective cases and store in your bedside table when not in use.
The hospital does not cash personal checks. There is an ATM (automated teller machine) located on the first floor in the vending machine area for your convenience.
You may receive several different types of bills for service provided to you as a patient at Beaufort County Medical Center. Your ability to pay does not impact the effectiveness and quality of care you receive at Beaufort County Medical Center.
• Hospital bill – This bill consists of charges for hospital services that include but are not limited to room stay, lab tests, x-rays, medications, surgical fees, hospitalist fees, bedside meals, nursing services, processing of medical records, housekeeping, etc. Charges for hospital services will be provided to you upon request.
• Physician fees – The physician’s fee for professional services is separate from the bill provided
by the hospital.
• Eastern Radiology – The physician’s fee for reading x-rays is separate from the bill provided
by the hospital.
• Washington Pathology– The physician’s fee for interpreting pathology specimens is separate from the bill provided by the hospital.
• Anesthesiology – The physician’s fee for administering anesthesiology is separate from the bill provided by the hospital.
Occasionally certain charges, such as those for special tests, are not received in the business office until after discharge. When this happens, the additional charges are included in monthly billings.
As a courtesy to our patients, the hospital will bill your insurance carrier for you. However, your insurance plan(s) and government programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, may not fully cover your bill. The hospital will estimate any portion that you may have to pay based on benefit information we have been given by your insurance company.
Arrangements for payment of hospital charges should be made before admission if possible. If you were not pre-admitted, a patient representative (financial counselor) may visit you before discharge to discuss the estimated amount you may have to pay.
If you have questions about your account, please call a Patient Account Representative at 975-4228 or 975-4311. You can also come to our office located in the Business Services building adjacent to the Beaufort County Medical Center.
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Beaufort Regional Health System
628 East 12th Street, Washington, NC 27889