[angelsofthesilences]

how much a full physiological evaluation costs. I know it depends on your insurance but I just want a rough number.

[lifelesstraveled]

Hi Angels,
I don't know much about psych evals, but I would say call the agencies/persons you are interested in having the eval done with. Or, call your insurance company. I am sure they'd be able to give you an estimate?

There are probably a few others on the boards who will be able to give you a better answer,...

[Beholden]

I haven't a clue, since my insurance is from the DoD (Department of Defense), hubby is retired Air Force and we don't pay anything other than our premeiums and co-pays per office visit only when we go outside the Air Force Base Hospital/Clinics.

Have you had an appointment with your family practice doc? Or do you need a referral with your current insurance company?

If you want total privacy and not alert your insurance carrier, call a pdoc you think you might want/or who is a provider for you, and ask the person at the desk. They should be able to give you a range. If they don't ask another one, go down the phone book until you get a general idea.

I used to work at a place where we did "cost of living" studies, and one of the items we had to do was call a dentist, a family practice doc, a hair place, etc, and ask what the cost was for very specific things.

For the family practice doctor, we had to word it something like this:
"What is the cost for an established patient to have an office visit for something simple like a sore throat/check up?" If they said they couldn't tell me over the phone, because it all depended on if a culture had to be done, or how old the patient was, or any other variable, I woud say, no, just the office visit alone. Most of the time they would tell me.

I had to identify myself as working for such and such a company, but for you, I'd think you could just make a few phone calls and ask
"what is the cost for a first time consult/office visit for a psych evaluation." They may ask something about the nature of your concerns, but I would think they could tell you.

Hope this helps you.

[angelsofthesilences]

So should I ask my doctor??

[lifelesstraveled]

angels, do you have an idea of where you'd like to have the evaluation done? Maybe you should make a shortlist of 3 or 4 places and call them??? Or, you can ask your doctor, but for me I would just find a few places I am interested in and call them for prices or a ball park range or like heygimm suggested find out what pdocs are in your insurance's network and call them...

are you interested in a psychological eval or physiological eval?? I think I may be confused about the nature of your question....if it's physiological, you may want to ask your doctor for referrals...even for psych evals you can ask your doc for referrals.

let us know how it goes, if you want to

[sunrise]

A question I have is what type of practitioner does one go to for a psychological exam? Do you go to a psychologist? A therapist? A psychiatrist? I would think a psych exam given by a psychologist and a psychiatrist could be quite different. I think the pdoc would be more focused on biology and meds. The psychologist, less so. My mother recently had a full work-up from a neuropsychologist. She was referred there by her GP, who sent her there because of my mother's poor memory symptoms. So a good place to start may indeed be your GP, who can do an initial assessment of your symptoms and determine what type of specialist is best that you see for the exam. And if you need a referral, the GP can give you one.

(If you want a physiological exam, that could probably be done by your GP, if it is the same thing as a physical exam with bloodwork, etc.)