The Back Alley Chiropractic & Massage is a participating Medicare provider. We contract with most major insurance carriers in our region, as well as many of their subsidiaries. Our office accepts 1st and 3rd party auto accident, personal injury, worker’s compensation, and attorney liens. In addition, we are enrolled with Arizona’s medicaid agency, Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS).
Don’t have chiropractic coverage? No problem! We offer affordable self pay rates. Many of our patients already choose to pay out of pocket due to little or no coverage. View our office policy page for a copy of the current fee schedule.
If you have any questions about your coverage, contact our office at (520) 877-2666. Be sure to have your insurance card handy so we may collect the proper information to answer all your questions.
Methods of payment we accept
- Cash
- Check
- Debit
- Credit*
- Visa
- Mastercard
- Discover
- HSA & FSA eligible
*Effective 3/15/25 a surcharge of 3% will be imposed on all brands of credit card transactions, that is not greater than our cost of acceptance. For your convenience, you may avoid this extra fee by paying with cash or personal check.
Insurance we contract with
We occasionally contract with new networks, if you do not see your insurance carrier on this list please call our office at (520) 877-2666 to speak with a member of our staff directly.
Medicare supplement plans do not require network contracting, claims can be routed directly after Medicare has processed your initial claim. Supplement plans do not approve Medicare Non-Covered services and are generally considered patient responsibility.**
If you are insured privately or through a union, your benefits may differ from the usual carriers listed below, even if you are a retired Medicare beneficiary.
- Ambetter
- Anthem BCBS (commercial only)
- AARP MedicareComplete offered through United Healthcare Medicare Solutions (WEST)
- Arizona Complete Health***
- Banner Health Medicare Advantage
- Banner University Family Care***
- BCBS Arizona HMO/PPO (commercial)
- BCBS Arizona Medicare Advantage
- BCBS FEP
- BCBS HMO/PPO (commercial only)
- Cigna
- Cigna Preferred Medicare
- Golden Rule
- Highmark BCBS HMO/PPO (commercial only)
- Horizon BCBS HMO/PPO (commercial only)
- Humana
- Humana Choice PPO
- Humana Gold Plus
- Medicare Part B**
- Premera BCBS HMO/PPO (commercial only)
- Railroad Medicare Part B**
- Regence BCBS HMO/PPO (commercial only)
- UFCW
- UMR
- United Healthcare (commercial)
- United Healthcare Community Plan***
- United Healthcare Dual Complete
- UHC Group Medicare Advantage offered through United Healthcare Medicare Solutions (WEST)
- United Healthcare Medicare Solutions****
- Wellcare by Allwell
- Wellmark BCBS HMO/PPO (commercial only)
- Wellpoint (formerly AmeriGroup)
- AHCCCS***
**Effective 1/1/24, our office no longer bills supplement plans or secondary carriers after Medicare/Primary insurance has processed the claim. Due to this change, patient must insure they have signed up for Medicare crossover in order for the full claim to be covered by both carriers.
***Effective 10/1/22, Medicaid plans require primary care physician (PCP) referral for all patients and may be limited to 20 visits each year. Due to this change, our office requires a PCP referral be submitted prior to scheduling.
****Effective 10/8/24, our office is no longer accepting New Patients for this plan, or Existing Patients who plan on switching to this plan at the next policy year.
Auto accident and personal injury
We accept auto accident and personal injury patients on a lien basis only. If a 3rd party is responsible for your injuries, a lien will be filed against all parties and recorded by the Pima County Recorder’s Office. By consenting to a Medical Lien, you elect not to use any coverage potentially available under a health insurance or similar medical benefit plan that may cover you as an insured or dependent.
If you carry medical payment (MEDPAY) benefits on your auto insurance policy, your carrier will be billed up to the available limits. Click here to learn more about MEDPAY.
Should you retain an attorney at any time during your care, our office will forward your lien to your attorney right away.
Worker’s Compensation
We accept all worker’s compensation patients. If you have completed a report of injury with your employer, retain a copy for your records, we will require this at your first visit. Some worker’s compensation insurance carriers require authorization or referral for chiropractic treatment. Please be aware that very specific paperwork may be necessary to insure your treatment is covered under your employer’s plan.