After a single visit to a medical facility that offered free erectile dysfunction therapy, a retired teacher and Navy veteran said he was charged $11,500.
The radio commercial for Priority Men’s Medical Center in Dunwoody, a city north of Atlanta, was heard by 73-year-old Calvin Pauling.
The advertisement’s promise that “Your consultation and first treatment are free” drew in the veteran, who has been married for fifty years.
However, he sensed that something was wrong as soon as he left the clinic. Pauling told Atlanta News First that he doesn’t know if a doctor ever diagnosed him and that the session felt more like a sales pitch than a medical exam.
In fact, the outlet examined the retired teacher’s documentation and discovered that it was only signed by a licensed nurse practitioner, not a doctor.
The Priority Men’s Medical Center website and a YouTube advertisement both claim that appointments at the clinic are with doctors, even though nurse practitioners are permitted to treat patients for erectile dysfunction.
Pauling felt under pressure to sign a contract with the clinic to use a health care credit card to assist pay off the large five-figure bill he got after the appointment, despite his reservations.
He soon second-guessed the choice, but he believed he had three days to decide whether to terminate the contract, he told Atlanta News First.
Calvin Pauling, 73, claimed that after going to an erectile dysfunction clinic that offered a free consultation and initial therapy, he was charged $11,500.
Pauling is a retired maths teacher and Navy veteran who has been married for fifty years. He is shown with his spouse.
Pauling’s $11,500 measure was divided into five sections. Urological therapies cost him $948, ICP therapy $6,947, PRP therapy $2,000, ESW therapy $1,378, and a medical applicator $227.
According to medical experts Atlanta News First spoke with, urologists and erectile dysfunction clinics provide the same services; the cost is typically the only distinction.
According to one urologist the source spoke with, he could recommend a course of treatment for a few hundred dollars. Claiming to provide highly specialised care that urologists do not, erectile dysfunction clinics defend their exorbitant costs.
Pauling signed a health care credit card agreement that said, “There are absolutely no refunds of any kind under any circumstances for all doctor examination charges, medical products and medication(s), whether picked up or not.”
Nevertheless, the veteran told Atlanta News First that he had called Priority Men’s Medical Center multiple times to cancel the contract within the three days he thought he had, but the facility never answered.
He tried to return the first shipment of drugs he received at home, but the pharmacy returned it.
Pauling repeatedly requested a refund and informed Atlanta News First that he never used any of the treatments that were supplied to him.
Pauling has not yet received a reimbursement for treatments he never utilised, but a representative for Priority Men’s Medical Center told Atlanta News First that it was “100 percent reasonable” for him to do so.
Pauling claimed that a radio commercial for Priority Men’s Medical Center in Dunwoody, Georgia—just north of Atlanta—attracted him. The clinic’s building is shown in the picture.
Pauling said that his repeated enquiries for a refund remained unanswered and that he felt under pressure to sign a contract to pay off his bill with a medical credit card.
Pauling informed the publication that if the Atlanta News First piece was not published, a clinic representative would provide a refund.
Priority Men’s Medical Center has since ceased answering their messages, according to Pauling and the publication.
Priority Men’s Medical Center has been contacted by The Daily Mail for comment.
