I don't have dental insurance or any medical that would cover it or "discount" it. Also, with the growing use of these "new" films that are viewed on a computer, can copies be given to a patient to take to another dentist? Does the dentist have a legal right NOT to make them available to the pt (even with some fee?) Thanks.
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A digital PAN is around $150 here. Once a patient pays for an X-ray (and it might be argued even if they don't pay for it!) it is their property. If they want it the dentist has to send it along to another office or give it to the patient. The chart is the property of the dentist and he/she will hang onto that, although for a fee they can make photocopies for the patient. But the X-rays are the patients. If the dentist wants them then they can keep or make a copy of them for his/her files. Thanks Dr. Mike. I know, some people just go around giving thumbs down. Kinda takes the fun out of answering people's questions. Trixie makes a good point that I kind of alluded to. Even if the patient owes the dentist money, they can not hold the X-rays for ransom until the debt is paid. This is because it could jeopardize their care. Either they would go and have unnecessary X-rays taken else where, or they wouldn't seek treatment anywhere else. So really if a patient asks for the X-rays, the dentist must hand them over.
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