Civil Surgeons who DON'T rip you off [merged threads]

[brasiltousa 0]

Houston, TX

Houston Travel Medicine Clinic

St. Joseph Professional Building

2000 Crawford St, Ste 1105

Houston, TX 77002

713-652-4900

I followed the advice of someone above and called this office (among about 20+ others) and they were the cheapest that I found if you don't need vaccines. We paid $148 for the medical exam with the sealed envelope (including TB test). We ended up needing to get 2 more vaccines (MMR and Tdap), though, which would have been around $160 at this office. We discovered the Adult Safety Net program, which gives vaccines to uninsured adults. We were able to get one of them through that for $5 - 6201 Bonhomme Rd, 3rd floor, 713.780.5600. They give them at 7:30 am or 1 pm on most days M-F, but call ahead since some days they only do it at 7:30 am. The other vaccine we were able to get for $20 at Legacy Community Health, 6441 High Star Dr, Houston TX 77074, though it was a long wait.

[TBoneTX 45,260]

A query (not the purpose of this thread) has been split, along with a reply to it, into a new thread with title "Any Cheap Civil Surgeon in Los Angeles? [split topic]."

[theph 5]

California

City/ Town: Fremont

Date of Service: 05/20/14

CS: Dr. Jiin T. Lin

Address: 39271 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539. Phone (510) 792-7875 .

One of the senior Staffs was excellent & knowledgeable about K-1/DS-3025. She filled out my I-693 vaccination part without full medicals for a fee of $60/- (cash only). I went with an appointment to be safe.

Yes!

We went into another office and inquired with another before visiting this thread and both of those civil surgeons refused to complete the I-693 without performing the full exam. Luckily, we found this thread and this post.

Dr. Lin's office staff in Fremont knew exactly what we needed and the staff provided us with the two remaining shots needed for the vaccination supplement. They completed and sealed the form, and gave us a copy. Terrific, A+. Very happy with this because we were afraid that we were going to have to pay for the full exam.

Great thread here, good job, community! We endorse this Civil Surgeon with an up to date service:

California

City/ Town: Fremont

Date of Service: 10/2016

CS: Dr. Jiin T. Lin

Address: 39271 Mission Blvd, Fremont, CA 94539. Phone (510) 792-7875 .

[Matt&Sophie 8]

Heyy

Just to keep anyone looking informed, we called this doctor the other day as I'd seen their details on here, however my husband had a very lengthy conversation with the receptionist who stated that he was no longer willing to do the transcription without doing a full medical 'due to legal reasons' and that she was not willing to ask the doctor if he would call us back to discuss directly.

I did post these CS details in another thread, thought they'd be useful here too. They were really helpful and knew what was needed.

City/ Town: Boston
State: Massachusetts
Date of Service: 12/22/2009
CS Name:
Dr. Brian Morris
All One Health
The Summer Exchange Building
101 Arch Street, Ste. 20,
BOSTON, MA 02110.
CS Tel. no: incl. area code 617-357-4140
Cost: $20
Vaccine Transcription only available: y
Turnaround time: While you wait

[ceisenbruch 53]

Southern California

Good Samaritan Medical Clinic Inc

Dr. Youssef Beshai

801 N. Harbor Blvd

Anaheim, CA 92805

(714) 774-7500

They did the medical exam, blood work and TB test for $60.00

My husband already had all of his vaccines and other requirements but they did tell him when he first got there that it would be cheaper to go to his regular doctor, get needed vaccines and just come back with the paperwork. But I was also told that by several different doctor's offices that wanted going to charge between $175 and $ 250 for the basic exam. Nice people, just a really long wait

Figured I'd update this one, I just called and the service is now $70, and they offer walk-ins.

[noz 3]

San Francisco, California

Mike M Heydari / Albert Gomez

2460 Mission St, Suite 208

San Francisco, CA 94110

Cost of Medicals: $145

Transcription only: $50

Cost of Vaccine (chickenpox): $130

Super fast and they know how to do the paperwork very well. Open on Saturdays! Did one vaccine and transcription within an hour.

If you are doing the medicals, it takes 2 visits to complete it.

Very good experience. Make an appointment first.

Just wanted to update the information on this.

Medical is now $240

Transcript is $100

[Oregon09 2]

Information on the Portland, Oregon area was lacking in this thread. A separate thread has been merged into the main thread, and the posts in that separate thread have been edited in order to reveal relevant information here.

The first post that follows was from yet another Portland-related thread, from 30 Jan 2014 (current accuracy unknown):

Now come the relevant posts from the merged thread:

Update on Portland, Oregon

Both dr. Torres and Dr. Douglas Day's phone number have been disconnected. The Salem place that has been recommended is no longer 20dollars. They quoted me a 191USD, plus any extra vaccinations. The cheapest I have found so far in Portland is 220USD at

Providence Medical Group

Dr. Curtis Thiessen

9290 Southeast Sunnybrook Boulevard Suite 210

Clackamas OR 97015

503-216-7960

If anybody has any other information for Portland, I would appreciate it.

Edited November 7, 2016 by Oregon09

[Ninahi 53]

California

Town: Fullerton

Henry Kaw M.D.

Address: 321 N Pomona Ave, Fullerton, CA 92832

Phone: (714) 462-8383

Full medical: $165 with TB skin test and flu shot, didn't ask if they transcribe vaccinations since I needed the whole deal.

Pros: Practically no wait time, I got appointments the next day and had the full medical in hand 3 days later (could've been 2 days if I lived closer), nice staff, good track record

Cons: On the pricey side

[aayitrun 66]

sheeesshhhh... they should really fix the price on this.

i just paid $280 per parent to complete the form, $90 additional to check blood and then had to get flu shots and tdap at the cvs for another $100 per parent.

[Terapin 10]

125.00 dollars for a 3 minute medical, flu shot and transcribing vaccinations to a 693.

Just outside Nashville Tennessee.

[Tatiana90 1]

MIAMI, FL

Finally an honest civil surgeon in Miami, said that he had never done the transcription of the vaccines alone but by showing him the instructions of I693 (page 6 and 7 point 3) he agreed without any problem to do so RECOMMENDED

Centro Medico Familiar del Buen Pastor

Dr. Gabriel Florez

4440 Sheridan Street Suite C

Hollywood FL 33021

9548820191

Cost 60 Usd

I recommend you ask for an appointment and personally explain to Dr

Edited November 22, 2016 by JUANA423

[TanguyAndJuliet 8]

Central PA

Where to not go:

There are NO civil surgeons in North Central Pennsylvania who will do the transcription of vaccination records without doing the whole medical. The office of Dr. Jeffrey Baker at Penn State Hershey Medical Group at Windmere Center in State College, PA will not do the vaccination worksheet. If you go there for a full medical anyway, the staff felt a bit impersonal and slightly rude (but of course, since you'll be giving them more money, it might be a whole other story).

On USCIS website, Dr. Lawrence Levinson in Altoona, PA is listed as civil surgeon with USCIS. He is NOT doing medical examinations at all anymore. In fact, he has retired.

That only leaves CS in the Harrisburg area who are willing to do that. I have an appointment with Dr. Abdulai Bukari in Harrisburg next Thursday and they accepted to only do the vaccination worksheet part. I will update this post after the appointment to let you know if it was worth a visit.

[mermaidlobster 1]

City/ Town: Framingham

State: Massachusetts
Date of Service: 12/06/2016
CS Name: Dr Emil Yagudin, Middlesex Family Practice
CS Tel. no: (508) 270 - 8844 (74 Main St, Framingham MA, 01702)
Cost: $50 for vaccination transcription, $20 for any vaccinations needed which can be done on the day
Vaccine Transcription only available: Yes
Turnaround time: Make an appointment, took less than 20 minutes.

I know this Civil Surgeon has been posted before, but I wanted to reenforce how smooth and easy the process was with Dr Yagudin. He will do vaccination transcriptions without the medical, remember to bring a passport sized photo for the paperwork. There are no Civil Surgeons in Cape Cod that will do the vaccination transcription without the medical, hence our one-hour drive to get it done.

On the flip side, avoid Dr Paul Lee in East Falmouth, MA (http://www.capetravelvaccine.com).He tried to charge us $495 for a medical and vaccination transcription, when we tried to explain how the medical was not necessary (K1 visa, all done prior to entry into USA) he said he "didn't care how things were done in your country" and was very rude. Avoid. Very unpleasant.

[I2U 0]

City/ Town: DC

State: DC

Date of Service: 05/07/2015

CS Name: Dr Polly Steinburg

CS Tel. no: incl. area code

Cost: $30

Vaccine Transcription only available: y/n Yes

Turnaround time: 20 mins

Dr Steinburg answers her own phone, therefore cutting out the receptionist who doesn't know the rules, and is an efficient one woman operation. She knows the USCIS system inside out.

She transcribed my vaccinations for $30 all in like 20 mins. I drove hour and a half from Baltimore and it was well worth it as others in Baltimore didn't know what they were doing.

I just talked to her. You are correct. I was surprised when I heard Dr. Steinberg. We have a clean DS-3025 form and no adverse reports on it. She enquired about Flu shots. 30 for flu shot. Otherwise only 30 for I-693.

I would like to know how your experience ended - I mean you had no issues with the I-693 from USCIS.

I would appreciate if you can post a response - I am hoping you will see my post.

i2u

[kiddo-boar 0]

On 2/7/2017 at 11:30 AM, kiddo-boar said:

Does anyone have a civil surgeon recommendation for Portland, OR (or surroundings). The wiki page doesn't have any for Oregon. We got an appointment (we're a family of four) for February 27th in Lake Oswego but that's pretty far out. We'd like to get this done as soon as possible. 

 

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

I ended up scheduling with this one. The fee for the exam is $180:

 

Salmon Creek Family Practice, P.C.

Dr. Flordelys Santiano

1319 North East 134th Street Suite 107

Vancouver WA 98685 

360-566-4726