Nightmare, not helpful at all. I went to him 1 1/2 years ago. The office failed to bill my insurance company and considered the visit "personal pay". Despite working with them early on to straighten out the confusion, the "outstanding debt" is now with the constable's office with a date to sell my personal belongings. The charges went from appx. $2,000 (labs/visit) to now over $4,000 and was being sent to an old address! I had no idea that this horror story had continued on to this point.

Submitted Aug. 5, 2011

He was not helpful at all. Just told me I was fat and I am only 152lbs and am 5'4". I am not grossly over weight. Still having the high b/p and nothing got resolved. Not very nice either. Very sarcastic! Do not go to him!

Submitted April 18, 2011

I have been a patient for 13 years and have found him always on time for appointments and never had a billing problem with insurance. He saved my life and I hope he never retires.

Submitted Jan. 16, 2011

Very condescending. Does not listen to your needs and feelings; he's right; you're wrong.

Submitted Nov. 20, 2010

Extremely dissatisfied. Did not focus on my symptoms and instead told me simply to lose weight using his wife's diet program. I felt very dismissed, and he never followed up with my lab results. When I called to request them they said there would be a $40 fee. The receptionist was nice enough, and actually did tell me I could get the results for free online. I am searching for a new endocrinologist that takes me seriously and actually follows through.

Submitted July 16, 2010

To United Health Care patients: This doctor accepted my insurance, not bothering to mention that while his name is on UHC's website as a preferred provider, that status is for an office at an entirely different address than the one he sees patients at. This results in bills not being paid by UHC. Dr. Benowitz knows this, we talked about it, but elects to not inform his patients or have his staff inform his patients that their insurance may not pay. While I found him to be knowledgeable, I'm giving him a generally low rating because my husband and I ended up owing a few thousand dollars because of this underhanded lack of information. All attempts at resolving the situation failed. Dr. Benowitz also charges $50 to get copies of lab work or any other tests, when you can get them online for free. In my opinion, his fees are outrageously expensive, especially when he doesn't tell you up front that you're going to end up paying them.

Submitted June 29, 2010

I saw Dr. Benowitz despite the bad reviews here, as the reviews dwelled on staff and billing problems, not his knowledge or expertise in the field of endocrinology. I found him to be extremely helpful, he spent quite a bit of time with me taking my history, my extended family's history, and evaluating me. I have more than one auto-immune disorder and he was well versed in them all, even going so far as to test me for one I hadn't even heard of, based on my previous labs and symptoms. I would recommend Dr. Benowitz. It's my opinion that there is often a price to pay for any good doctor and it's usually an office receptionist or billing department that falls short. He came highly recommended by other endo's and I agree that he's a great doctor.

Submitted March 19, 2009

Comment one of this page, is so true!! What a joke of a doctor and expensive! After 1 hour wait and a two minute consulation, all for a $533. The staff is awful, how did these peope get hired. All they want is MONEY! The health care industry has gone down hill, and they are the star of the show. DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY WITH THIS DOCTOR!!!

Submitted Dec. 12, 2008

The worst experience with a Doctor so far. Said they accepted our insurance and took our card. When it was found the billing/receptionist lied or was misinformed they. a. Would not call us back b. Did not return phone messages c. Will not work with us because of their mistake but made huge collections threats. d. Billed us for labs that were actually paid for by our insurance but won't take them off their bill. d. Are extremely rude and unprofessional e. Didn't actually even give us our labs. We ended up going to Dr. Brady who would accept our insurance for the same service. He billed our insurance about 1/3 the cost that Benowitz had billed us. Benowitz assertions to us were completely contradicted and backed up with examples. I'd avoid this guy like a disease. He does have a militant cancellation policy too.

Submitted Dec. 11, 2008

The doctor's "48 hour notice of cancellation" policy excludes holidays and weekends. I was notified less than 48 hours from my appointment that this was the doctor's policy. The short story is I had to obtain legal cousel to fight charges of about $350.00. I'd stay away from this guy - you'd have a tough time finding a less compassionate doctor.

Submitted Oct. 8, 2008