Bay Street Orthopaedics & Spine accepts the following health insurance carriers. Please note that many insurance websites are not updated in real time, so call us to verify. 

• Aetna
• BCBS
• Cigna
• McLaren Health Advantage
• Priority Health (Spine and Back requires appropriate authorization)
• Medicare
• Medicare Advantage Products
• Michigan Medicaid
• Michigan Medicaid HMO’s
• Optum
• Tribal Insurance (with appropriate authorization)
• Workers Compensation
• Auto
• ASR

Co-pays and deductibles are due at the time services are rendered. Non-insured patients are offered a 10% discount for a full payment at the time services are rendered.

The patient is responsible for payment regarding medical services rendered including automotive, Workmen’s Compensation and liability claims.

To better assist you, please provide us with:

• Insurance Carrier Name and Address
• Insurance Adjustor’s Name and Address
• Valid Claim Number

It is the Bay Street Orthopaedics & Spine policy to only bill insurance carriers or the patient. Claims denied become the patient’s financial responsibility.

Surgeries are preformed by a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon, often with a second orthopaedic surgeon or orthopaedic physician assistant (PA) assisting in the procedure and post-operative care.

Bay Street Orthopaedics & Spine partners with regional hospitals and specialty suites including:

• PETOSKEY – McLaren Northern Michigan-Petoskey Campus
• BOYNE CITY – Northern Michigan Surgical Suites
• CHARLEVOIX – Munson Charlevoix Hospital
• CHEBOYGAN – McLaren Northern Michigan-Cheboygan Campus
• GAYLORD – Otsego Memorial Hospital
• ST. IGNACE – Mackinac Straits Health System

Non-surgical treatments include medications, injection therapy, activity modification, and immobilization.

A Bay Street Orthopaedics & Spine triage nurse is available during office hours to address non-emergency medical concerns. Please call 231.347.5155 to leave a detailed message, and the nurse will contact you in the order that your request was received.

Call 231.487.4000 and ask to speak with a Bay Street Orthopaedics & Spine “On Call” provider. Someone will contact you directly.

Call 9-1-1 in emergency situations.

If you are taken to a hospital, please inform the Emergency Department (ED) personnel with the name of your Bay Street Orthopaedics & Spine surgeon. Your surgeon and the ER staff will determine the best treatment and follow-up care. Bay Street Orthopaedics & Spine providers are on staff at:

• McLaren Northern Michigan-Petoskey Campus
• Munson Healthcare Charlevoix Hospital
• McLaren Northern Michigan-Cheboygan Campus
• Mackinac Straits Health System