Affordable civil surgeon in Atlanta area

[CMFries 0]

 

If you are in the Atlanta area and you are looking for a Civil Surgeon office that is cheap and experienced, make an appointment at Dr. Alawode Oladele's office at 445 Winn Way # 150, Decatur, GA 30030.

 

Information

This is a DeKalb County Board of Health Refugee Health Center. The staff usually serves refugees and also does I-693 medical exams. They are very experienced, polite, and helpful. This health center seems to be devoted to keeping costs low. As of February 2017, they charge $200, which includes the office visit and any urine or blood tests. If you need any immunizations/vaccines, you can either pay for them yourself or use your insurance to cover them. Please make sure to check with the office before your appointment to see if they will accept your insurance for any vaccines. I called a few different Civil Surgeon's offices in the Atlanta area, mostly in Decatur and Tucker, and this is the lowest rate I found exclusive of vaccines. It was a pleasant surprise to find such wonderful staff there. Please go at least 10 days before you need to mail your paperwork. It takes 7-10 days after your office visit to get your sealed envelope. They also give you a copy of everything in the sealed envelope to keep for your records. I received my sealed envelope 8 days after my office visit.

 

Vaccines & Tests

I learned that only four vaccines are required:

• MMR - complete series
• Varicella (chicken pox) - complete series
• Tetanus booster within the last 10 years
• Flu shot (recent) if it is the season

My advice: If you can get these done beforehand from a cheap or free source, that is your best bet. Just make sure to take an official record or similar evidence of those vaccines. I also learned that if you were paying on your own, the flu shot would be $30 and the tetanus booster would be $55.

Blood is taken to test for TB and syphilis (no skin TB test in this facility). Urine is taken to test for gonorrhea. 

These are all the tests and vaccines I was told are required.

 

Information from another Civil Surgeon office (that I did not go to)

Here are some prices I obtained from another Civil Surgeon, Dr. Gulshan Harjee at 2536 Lawrenceville Hwy, Decatur, GA 30033. These were too high for me, mainly because the office visit price did not include any bloodwork. I just wanted to share for everyone's benefit.

Office visit (not including any bloodwork or vaccines): $200

TB skin test: $40

Poliovirus vaccine: $95

Influenza vaccine: $30

Tdap Vaccine: $70

Tetanus/TD: $60

Neisseria Gonorrhea RNA TMA: $100

RPR: $65

HIV: $100

MMR: $110

Typhoid vaccine: $100

Hepatitis A vaccine: $100 each (series of 2 shots)

Hepatitis B vaccine: $100 each (series of 3 shots)

Edited February 16, 2017 by CMFries

[yhormishane 0]

Thank you for the information, am looking to take my test soon as well and this has proved helpful 

[newbeginnings17 1]

very helpful thanks, i am not in  Atlanta, but at least i can know what is a decent price range and what to look out for.

Thanks much