medical records retrieval fees.

Medical records are usually collected by a records copying company and the company charges a service charge along with a cost per page. Consequently, the cost depends on the amount of records. If you are still treating when the original records are received a second request for updated records is necessary. RCW 70.02.010(15) Provides as follows: "Reasonable fee" means the charges for duplicating or searching the record, but shall not exceed sixty-five cents per page for the first thirty pages and fifty cents per page for all other pages. In addition, a clerical fee for searching and handling may be charged not to exceed fifteen dollars. These amounts shall be adjusted biennially in accordance with changes in the consumer price index, all consumers, for Seattle-Tacoma metropolitan statistical area as determined by the secretary of health. However, where editing of records by a health care provider is required by statute and is done by the provider personally, the fee may be the usual and customary charge for a basic office visit. It sounds like you have another question in there somewhere but I'm not sure what it is.