Dr. Brijesh Jitendra Patel

I went to retract wisdom teeth, carelessly he extract wrong teeth. Now I have to go through pain again to have implant. Beware

I was immediately asked to pay and then was threatened. Later Dr Patel was giving me shots that he wasn't supposed to. We're very deceiving, and criminal. DONT GO THERE.

While I have no issue with Dr. Patel's competency as an oral surgeon, my experience with his office left me feeling taken advantage of financially. My husband was referred to Dr. Patel by his primary dentist after his routine cleaning, as the dentist noticed something at the gum line that he felt should get looked at. I checked the provider list for our dental provider and Dr. Patel was listed as a participating provider, so I called his office and made an appt. I gave office staff our dental insurance information for billing purposes. My husband attended his appointment, had the exam by Dr. Patel and was told that a biopsy was needed. Staff came in and prepped my husband by applying the numbing gel and then the doctor gave him numbing injections. While they were waiting for the area to completely numb, the doctor took him into his office to sign paperwork for billing. After the appointment my husband was told by Dr. Patel to go to the front desk to pay and that it would be… $400.00. We have a PPO plan and while the cost seemed high, our primary dentist charges us and then refunds the difference after insurance is billed and he is paid, so we believed it was the same procedure here. However at the front desk, the charge was $500.00. It was paid on a credit card, again thinking after insurance paid the claim we would be refunded the amount above our co-pay responsibility. A few days later I received the EOB from our dental plan and it showed Dr. Patel only submitted a claim for the evaluation. I called the plan and was told that some biopsies are not covered under our plan as they are considered medical in nature and perhaps that was why a claim wasn't submitted. I provided the code from our copy of the invoice from Dr. Patel and it was confirmed that the code was not a covered procedure as it was medical in nature, not dental. At no point was my husband informed that this procedure was medical in nature and would not be covered through our dental coverage. In addition to the $500.00, which was still $100 more than the original quoted cost, there will be a charge from the lab directly for the biopsy results. I had a similar situation with a vision problem. I called my opthamologist's office, where I have my annual vision exams, and explained my problem. They reviewed my vision coverage and said they could see me but the problem I described was medical in nature and would not be covered under my vision. I would have to pay full cost to them or they suggested I contact my primary doctor and get referred to an Ophthalmologist through my medical plan to be more cost effective. I greatly appreciated that information and did have fully covered services through my primary physician. This same type of explanation of medical vs dental in nature was never brought up by Dr. Patel. No options of going through our medical coverage was discussed. I believe it was known that the procedure they were doing was not covered by our dental plan and they willfully withheld that knowledge so they could obtain a large payment from us. $500.00 is a lot of money and that isn't even the end of our cost. We are still waiting on the bill from the lab. If we had known this was a medical issue & procedure we would have gone through our medical coverage for a $30.00 co-pay and 100% coverage for lab tests. I question the ethics of Dr. Patel and Moorpark Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery P.C in regards to their billing practices. If you choose to see Dr. Patel for services, please make sure you know exactly what the procedures will be and do your own extensive research as to your coverage options for them. Please question if a procedure is considered medical or dental in nature, do not assume that this office with be forthcoming with this information.