Rates and Contracted Insurance Plans

There are instances when you may choose not to use your insurance benefits for services. Or, you may not have insurance that offers behavioral health coverage. Or, there may be times when you make a request of me that is not an insurance-covered service but may be essential for you to have and require concentrated effort by me to complete outside of your normal appointment time (e.g., writing a letter, completing forms for school or work). The rates on this page apply to these instances when insurance is not billed. *Please note: I do not write letters for individuals seeking approval for emotional support animals. Such letters require their own specialized assessment, and I can provide referrals to professionals who conduct these assessments with individual and the support animal.

Initial appointment, 60 min $200
Therapy appointment, 45-60 min $175
Test feedback appointment, 60 min $175
Completion of forms starts at $15 letters to be written (rate per 15 minute

increments, total amount must be paid in

advance before the release of forms or letters)

INSURANCE

I am contracted (in-network) with the following insurance companies and most of the insurance products they offer (including Employee Assistance Programs (EAP) and Medicare Advantage plans):

Blue Cross Blue Shield

Aetna

Cigna

United Healthcare

Optum

UMR

Medicare

Georgia Medicaid (Traditional)

CareSource Medicaid

Amerigroup Medicaid

Peach State Medicaid

Tricare

If I am not contracted with your insurance, most plans have out-of-network benefits that you can use. In those situations, you pay my full fee at the time of the appointment, I will file your insurance claim on your behalf, and your insurance will reimburse you a portion of what you paid according to the terms of your specific plan. Know your insurance plan's mental health/behavioral health benefits. HMO plans do not typically have out-of-network benefits while PPO or POS plans do offer out-of-network reimbursement.

Benefit Check Disclaimer

While I try to be as accurate as possible when verifying your mental health/behavioral health benefits, your fees may change depending on your eligibility and benefits during the date of your sessions. This is an estimate as of the day I check your eligibility and benefits, and I will not know your exact fee until I bill your insurance and get your explanation of benefits (EOB) back from your insurance company. You are also encouraged to call the number on the back of your insurance card and ask your member representative about your 'mental health, outpatient, office visit, psychological/neuropsychological testing' benefits. A common statement from insurance companies is, “A quote of benefits and/or authorization does not guarantee payment. Payment of benefits are subject to all terms, conditions, limitations, and exclusions of the member’s contract at time of service.”

Your health insurance company will only pay for services that it determines to be “reasonable and medically necessary.” I will make every effort to have all services and procedures preauthorized by your insurance company, when applicable. However, if your insurance company determines that a particular service is not reasonable and medically necessary, or that a particular service is not covered under the plan, your insurer will deny payment for that service. If your insurance company does not pay for my services, you agree to pay for the services I provided.