Lake Washington Vascular

I recently had a 15-​minute cosmetic sclerotherapy (spider vein) consultation at Lake Washington Vascular. I also had consultations at two nearby plastic surgeons offices, neither of which charged me for the consultations. Since my first consultation was at LWV and I was not yet savvy to cosmetic procedure pricing (plastic surgeons do not generally charge for consultations since the patient is paying out of pocket for the procedure), I didn’t think twice when they asked for my insurance information. I decided not to have the procedure performed at LWV because they were several hundred dollars more than the plastics for the same amount of time. I then received a bill for a not insignificant amount of money from LWV for the consultation. Apparently, LWV bills your insurance for this consultation like a specialist office visit. So, depending upon your plan/​deductible, you could end up paying hundreds more for sclerotherapy here than at other physicians’ offices. This is something I wish I had known at the outset. (When I asked LWV to cancel the charge since I received no value from the consultation, they refused on the basis that I had voluntarily given them my insurance information.) LWV’s practitioners may provide good service, but its overall pricing for cosmetic sclerotherapy is above market cost and something to be weighed by informed patients.

Lake Washington Vascular has some of the finest surgeons in the Seattle area! I’m able to reference this not only as a former employee, but also as my mom was a patient. The nurse practitioners spend time with you understanding the core problem and the surgeons are experts in their diagnosis and treatments. I strongly recommend this group for their varicose/​spider vein clinic, but also for their ability to treat highly complex and life threatening conditions.

I was very impressed with the staff at Lake Washington Vascular in Kirkland WA.
I had been dealing with sciatica for a few weeks and mentioned to my PCP that my calf was very painful and leg was a little swollen, she took one look at it and immediately called Lake WA Vascular to have them see me for a possible blood clot, this was at 4:45pm on a Friday! They were gracious enough to see me right away and confirmed by ultrasound that I indeed have a DVT clot in my left leg. The ARNP consulted with me as well as Dr. Ferris, fit me for a compression stocking which they had right there in the office and put it on for me, as well as started me immediately on blood thinner called Xarelto, had the samples to go home with. From the front office to the ultrasound tech to the providers, they all made me feel very comfortable and truly concerned for my well-​being, I am very thankful for them and would recommend that anyone needing vein care go and see them!