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Sep 12, 2006 at 06:40 AM
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Can you tell me what the average person with no insurance pays for an hour therapy session??
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Sep 12, 2006 at 07:26 AM
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My therapist specializes in treating childhood sexual abuse for both children and adults. She also has 18 years of experience with DID. So these qualifications may up the price, I don't know. It is $120/hour.
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Sep 12, 2006 at 08:55 AM
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Twisted Soul, think it depends on what degrees the therapist has and what the going rate is for your area rather than type of therapy so much. Too, there are sliding fees individual therapists might give based on your income. I think anywhere from about $65-$125 an hour "could" be reasonable. I would maybe take a workshop or group, they're usually less expensive.
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Sep 12, 2006 at 03:51 PM
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The going rate around here is anywhere between $100-200. But some places that charge this much also have programs so that they can offer sliding scale fee (which is basing how much you pay on how much income you have.) when I was in parenting classes with a therapy agency the rate was $100.00 per class but I was elegible for their sliding fee and actual cost to me was $5.00. This is also their standard for therapy at that agency.
Since I am on the state medical insurance I don't have to worry about the cost. My therapist knows I have a set number of sessions and she spaces out my sessions as I need them and if I need more towards the end of the fiscal year she sends an application for more sessions to my insurance. They have always extended that I know of. |
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Sep 12, 2006 at 04:50 PM
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Therapy here costs around $100-200 an hour, but if you are low income or don't have a job most therapist around here are willing to charge only $1 for their services each hour. So it depends on the income here.
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Sep 12, 2006 at 05:07 PM
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Clinical psychologist here is $120 - $150 hour. You can find counselors here for $1 a minute though... Have you tried online prices?
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Sep 12, 2006 at 06:10 PM
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For a Psychologist $145.00 for a Psychiatrist $300.00 an hour. With insurence about 50 to 80 dollars. I know it costs big $$$$$$$! But can be worth it!
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Sep 12, 2006 at 09:13 PM
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Thanks for all your answers.
My T just informed me last night she is no longer taking my insurance which I was paying $20 a session with my copay. She is signing on w/ a huge firm now and will be charging $125 an hour. I just wanted to know if this was what the going rate was. I am out of my frigging mind with this news! __________________
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Sep 13, 2006 at 05:08 AM
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My psychiatrist only charges 75...but it is for 15 to 20 minutes only...
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Sep 13, 2006 at 08:36 AM
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My psychologist accepts BCBS, but I have a separate $1,000.00 / year deductible for mental health care. Since I've just begun therapy the calendar year will roll right about the time I meet my deductible, then it starts over again for 2007.
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Sep 13, 2006 at 06:54 PM
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OH enigma that is awful...my deductible is only 100 for the year...
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Sep 13, 2006 at 11:05 PM
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Mine's $500. I almost spent that in four months of talking to T and now psychiatrist visit! I'm glad that my insurance will start helping now. I didn't realize how good my old insurance was (except for the fighting over two January sessions). Now, I just have to pay 20% and they cover 80% of "reasonable costs." My agency doesn't seem to ever get the sticker price except from self-pay clients with money.
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Sep 14, 2006 at 03:36 PM
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enigma.....i've got BCBS too, but in georgia, there is NO coverage for mental health stuff, unless it is inpatient therapy.
do you have your plan through work or on your own? |
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