Business ProfileforGeorgia Eye Associates

I have been going to GA Eye Associates for years, and ******************** has been wonderful. Summer 2022 I had cataract surgery which I am still trying to pay off because my out of pocket was $900 per eye due to the fact that GEA is not in-network on my medical insurance, which I was told well after we had begun the process of setting up the surgeries. Whatever. When I went for my regular checkup in November 2023 I mentioned to ******************** that my right eye seemed to have regressed a little - that it was not a big deal but I thought I should mention it. She looked and said that it was an "easy fix" and told me to set up a consultation with ******************, who had done the cataract surgeries.I set up the consultation for the following week, went in, and ****************** immediately took me into a room to do the "easy fix". It took about 3 minutes, and I was actually excited that it could be done right then without setting up another appointment. No charge was ever mentioned. No pre-approval was done. I assumed, especially because the original surgery was so expensive, that since no charge was mentioned, there would be no charge.My employment operation was sold to another company and as of August 1, 2023 I was starting over with new insurance and a new deductible, so I knew I needed to defer any medical care to 2024, as I had already met my 2023 deductible on the old insurance, and my deductible on the new insurance was 2.5 times higher than my old insurance.I received a bill for $600.00. I have emailed corporate telling them I will NOT be paying. I have just made my final payment on the routine exam, but I will absolutely NOT be paying the $600, and they have lost a long time patient.Despite emails to their corporate, emails to their billing, and a scathing yelp review I have received no acknowledgement from anyone at GEA regarding this situation, and they continue to bill me.