Well Child Care Appointments

Regular well child check-ups are important to monitor your child's growth and development, as well as to discuss important health topics specific to your child's age. Infants and toddlers are seen at more frequent intervals to monitor them closely during this rapid period of change and to insure that they receive their immunizations at the recommended intervals. We strongly encourage that older children and adolescents get yearly physicals. Well child care appointments are scheduled at 20-minute intervals, longer for extended consultations.

Ill Child Appointments

If your child is ill and you know they need to be seen, you may call for an appointment which typically will be the same day. If you would like assistance in helping make that decision or advice for dealing with the illness or issue, a receptionist will take a message and a nurse will return your call as soon as possible. If your child needs to be seen, you will be given a choice of appointment times available with the doctors that are working that day.

"Meet-the-Doctor" Appointments and Prenatal Appointments

For all new prospective and/or expectant families we offer a "Meet-the-Doctor" appointment without charge.

After-Hours Care

If you have a medical emergency please call 911. For other urgent after-hours needs, one of our pediatricians is always accessible through our answering service. The answering service may be reached directly by calling (708) 386-7554. If you don't hear from the doctor within the half hour please call again. For all non-urgent issues, please use our Doctor Phone-In Hour. 

If your child's situation requires emergency care, you will be referred to an Urgent Care Center or Emergency Room. Our first preference is to use Lurie Children's ER; another alternative is Loyola University Medical Center ER in Maywood.

Billing Information

Thank you for choosing Pedios Pediatrics as your child's healthcare provider. Our financial policies are stated below--please take time to read them:

Insurance Carriers We Accept:

Aetna Aetna Select Aetna Affordable Health Choices Indemnity Aetna Affordable Health Choices PPO Aetna Choice POS II Aetna Elect Choice Aetna Health Network Aetna Health Network Option Aetna Managed Choice POS Aetna Open Access Aetna Select Aetna Open Access Elect Choice Aetna Open Access Managed Choice Aetna Open Choice PPO Aetna Traditional Choice Beech Street Corporation Beech Street PPO Blue Cross Blue Shield PPO Blue Choice PPO Cigna Cigna HMO Cigna POS Cigna PPO Cigna OAP Cigna EPO Coventry PPO Coventry PPO Personal Care PPO Evolutions Healthcare System Evolutions PPO Great West Healthcare Great West HMO Great West POS Great West PPO Great West Open Access

Healthcare’s Finest Network Healthcare’s Finest Network HFN EPO Healthcare’s Finest Network HFN POS Healthcare’s Finest Network HFN PPO Humana Inc. Humana Choice Care Humana PPO Humana ChoicePOS Independent Medical Systems (formerly MCS) Independent Medical Systems PPO Interplan Health Group/HealthSmart Interplan Health Group/HealthSmart PPO Multiplan Network/Private Healthcare Systems Multiplan PPO/Private Healthcare Systems PPO National Preferred Provider Network National Preferred Provider Network NPPN PPO PHCS Savility PHCS Savility PPO Preferred Network Access Preferred Network Access PNA PPO Sagamore Health Network Sagamore Health Network PPO United Healthcare PPO USA Managed Care Organization USA Managed Care HMO USA Managed Care PPO