We are affiliated with the following local area hospitals:
Winchester Hospital / BILH Lawrence Memorial Hospital Melrose Wakefield Hospital
We are an “in-network” provider for most major insurance companies. Please be aware of limitations and regulations regarding allergy related care from your health insurance plan and inform us of the same prior to your evaluation. We provide the option for self-pay as long as the physician is informed well in advance, before proceeding with any intake information. We accept various insurances, including the following:
The exact cost of an appointment and testing cannot be predetermined. Office visit charges can vary depending on the complexity of care, testing and procedures performed, and your health insurance plan. However, we provide you a range of self-pay costs based on a standard visit and procedures performed.
The estimated patient responsibility amounts could be in the following ranges for an allergy office visit and procedures that are likely to be performed. Of course, additional management will increase the cost.
Office Visit (new patient) 249 - 389
Lung Function Testing 97 - 161
Allergy Skin Testing (40-60 tests) 640 - 960
Allergy Extract (120-150 units) 3,960 - 4,950
Allergy Shots (single set) 25 - 50
Allergy Shots (double set) 383 - 480
Telephone/Video Consultation 250
We participate with many insurance plans, and many patients find that their insurance company will pay for most or all of the above services. However, many insurance plans require patients to pay a portion of the bill – called out-of-pocket costs or the patient responsibility. Your out-of-pockets costs for medical services can be a result of co-payments, deductibles, co-insurance, or cost-sharing.
Following your visit, your bill for medical services will be submitted to your health insurance company which will tell us the exact amount you owe, if any. You will be billed for these services once your insurance company finalizes the claim. Payment is due upon receipt of this bill.
You are responsible for knowing any limitations imposed by your insurance company for allergy testing and treatment, as annual coverage can vary per insurance.
Many insurance plans do not allow allergy testing on the same day as the office visit. Please check with your plan's Member Services if this applies to you. If your testing is not covered by your insurance plan, you could become financially responsible for the charges.
We understand that managing healthcare costs can be difficult, so we provide options to pay your bill. We accept all major credit cards and offer short term payment plans.
Listed below are some general office policies. A copy of relevant policies will be available during your office visit.
All children under 18 yrs of age must be accompanied by an adult parent or guardian at all times.
We are not responsible for loss or theft of your personal items/belongings brought into the office.
Only one parent is allowed in the office premises along with a child < 18 years of age during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Allergy injections are administered only in the above location (if panel for shots is open) during scheduled hours by appointments only.
Allergy injections will not be administered during the evening, night hours, or during office emergencies.
Important School/ College or work related documents will be physician authorized and provided ONLY directly to guardian or adult patient, for chain of custody reasons, following an office visit with the physician 3-6 months prior to the request.
Due to fire code policy and limited space availability, please do not bring large strollers, friends, siblings, or extended family members to the office.
Food is allowed only in special circumstances, per the doctor, due to our many patients with food allergies.
The patient must wait in the office 30 – 60 minutes after receiving an allergy injection. Please inform us immediately if you are having any unusual symptoms. Leaving before the observation time is considered “leaving against medical advice” and will release Asthma & Allergy Specialists, PC from any responsibility for adverse symptoms or reactions that may result.
We will make reasonable effort to accommodate your schedule. Our unscheduled office closures such as snow emergencies, health care emergencies, public health related closures or physician absences will be posted ONLY on our Twitter account (@AllergyDocMA) which can be found via Google. We will not be responsible for lost time, wages, or circumstances beyond our control.
Please be aware that multiple patients are scheduled within each hour in our office and you must be prepared to wait. Similar to many allergy offices across the country, occasionally you can expect to wait at least half an hour before shots will be provided, depending on availability of the staff. You also have the option of receiving injections at your pediatrician’s or PCP’s office, if available.
The patient is responsible for keeping an allergy injection appointment between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm, and for scheduling follow-up appointments with Dr. Krishna every six months in order to continue any prescriptions or therapies.
If you have any acute illness, active infections, flu, respiratory infections, sore throat, fever, recent immunizations/flu shot, or asthma attack within the past week, you should reschedule your shots.
Please inform the office about changes in your medical history, if you are not at your baseline level of normal health, if you are experiencing any adverse symptoms, or if you are starting new medications.
An EpiPen can be provided for the treatment of severe allergic reactions. The patient is responsible to request and have their EpiPen available for use in case of a severe allergic reaction.
For all visits with the physician, lab-work review, or paperwork completion, your insurance company will be billed for the appropriate physician office visit.
Please refrain from having impromptu conversations about your medical condition with the medical staff or the doctor without an office visit, as this will not constitute or substitute for proper medical advice.
We will not mail allergy serums, extracts, or any other medication. We will be happy to provide you the serum, accompanying paperwork including dosages, etc., as necessary, if requested, two weeks prior to anticipated transfer from our office. We do not take responsibility for serums vials once they leave our office. We do not provide allergy injections from serums prepared outside of our office and will not provide proprietary information on allergy serums prepared at our office.
You are responsible for any copayment or balance due to deductible or coinsurance amounts at the time of service. You are responsible for obtaining a referral for your visit with the physician, or for allergy shots. We will NOT contact your insurance company or solicit information regarding procedures covered for your upcoming care.
Please update our office immediately if your insurance or payment information changes.
Please note that your allergy evaluation appointment may be scheduled to overlap with other patient's procedures at the same time. Although the allergy tests will be performed by trained medical staff at our office, the physician will personally evaluate the skin testing results and summarize all results with the patient, parents/guardian. A follow-up telehealth visit appointment can be scheduled in case of further questions or clarifications. The physician is always present in the office premises but may not be present in the room during the whole procedure time.
We are accepting new patients. Insurances plan NOT accepted - if primary or secondary insurance being via MassHealth, Tufts Health Direct and Tufts Health Together, Fallon Wellforce, Tricare, Masshealth-Allways, Medicare without secondary, and Medicaid plans, WellSense, Health Safety Net Plans -- please call us if you need information on accepted plans