Alex Targ, MD

I would not recommend this doctor for any services at all. Pricing is outrageous. My 5 years old son had services with them through the recommendation of my dental clinic back in 2013. At first, they charged me $ 1800 for the procedure and promised me that it is California law for insurance company to reimburse me regardless of in/​out network providers preferences. After the procedure was done, my insurance company let me know that they charged them $ 4000+ for their services. Little that I knew, my insurance company denied the claim and said that the price was too high and this doctor was out of the network providers. They let me know and want me to contact my insurance company to «beg» for reconsideration.
After several times of contact through phone and emails and numerous messages I left for this doctor’s «mobile office». I learned that my insurance company still would not reimburse for me. I ended up with a credit card bill of $ 1800 and this doctor office assistant told me that «sorry, nothing else we can do! Your insurance company denied our claim. Maybe you can talk to them some more to convince them to change their mind.»
Reconsider your choices before you select this doctor for services. They might sound really great with their wording; they will demand to take their money first but will they help you to get your money back? Good luck on that!!!

I had awful experience with Dr. Targ for the outrageous price. For a 2.5 hours work he did for my five years old daughter to get caried teeth fixed, we paid him in cash closed to $ 1800. Then he billed our medical insurance for $ 17,865 as outpatient surgery for mouth procedure. Insurance paid him more than $ 10,000. I do not know if this billing is legal under different name of «mouth surgery.»
After the dental procedure, the office evan did not allow my child to be full recovered and sent us out the office because another procedure was waiting. Awful unsafe practice!
I would not recommend him for any one to get his service.

Dr. Targ’s assistant called the day before the procedure and made sure we knew what had to be done before she got there. Once we were at Dr. Griffith’s office, he came out, explained what he was going to do and how it would be done. A short time later, we walked in to watch the procedure. Dr. Targ answered all my questions as he monitored my Special Needs daughter. Dr. Targ is professional and made certain we knew exactly what was going on at each stage of the procedure.

Dr Targ was the pediatric anesthesiologist for my 5 year old son during his dental procedure. He and his EMT assistant were professional and attentive to our needs and concerns during the entire process.
I would be comforted to know he was the anesthesiologist for my child if the case were to arise in the future and I can recommend him without reservation. I would recommend him to my friends, if the question were to come up, and Unilocal allows this somewhat personal experience to be viewed by a much larger audience.
Its quite unnerving to see your young child put under the gas. I believe Dr. Targ recognizes this and he (and his EMT) put my wife and I at ease during this difficult experience.

While Dr. Targ did his job making my granddaughter comfortable during her dental work, he also is not very ethical with his billing. First, we paid a deposit of $ 600.00 when we scheduled the appt. Second, we paid the balance at the time of he appt. in full. He did bill our medical insurance. I do believe that is done by all physicians. 6 weeks later I called the health insurance and they advised me that he had been sent a check over 3 weeks ago. When I called to find out what was going on with our refund since we had already paid the $ 1340.00 to him, he said he had not received the check yet and would send us a refund once he did. I knew the check had been mailed but he made up some excuse about his PO Box… That very same day I received the check with a 12 percent charge for billing the insurance co. Yes, he charged an additional $ 115.49 to send the ins. claim. Wrong!!!

My youngest son was TERRIFIED of going to the dentist and was in dire need of dental work due to feeding problems when he was younger. Along with his dentist from Camino Pediatric Dentistry, Dr Targ did this in the gentlest way possible. My son simply breathed through a mask and fell asleep then woke up at home on my lap. Thank you!!!