Cost Effectiveness and Fees
I charge $180.00 per session for individual, couples or family sessions. Therapy is a process that is dependent upon the joint efforts of both the therapist and the client(s). While it is not possible to predict the number of sessions that you will choose to attend, nor to completely guarantee success, many of my clients successfully end services after fifteen to twenty meetings. Significant relief is frequently experienced within ten meetings.
This means that for somewhere between $1000.00 and $2000.00 you could reach goals such as: significantly improve your individual happiness, establish the relationship you dreamed of having with your children, improve your marriage, or successfully launch your teen into adulthood. Your investment in therapy promises long lasting returns.
Insurance
I am not currently on any insurance panels. Most insurance companies will cover my services as an out of network provider. When choosing out of network services you will usually be responsible for a larger portion of the total fee. The difference varies greatly, depending upon your policy. I recommend that clients contact their insurance provider to clarify coverage.
Should I Use Insurance?
To use your insurance benefits or not, is a personal choice dependent upon many factors. Insurance makes psychotherapy easier to afford. However, the trade off is that mental health services are only payable for clearly diagnosed conditions. The diagnosis that your clinician makes will become a permanent part of your medical record. The only way to be absolutely certain that this record will never be used unethically is to pay for services "out of pocket".
Credit Cards
Visa, Mastercard, and Discover Credit Cards Accepted.
Doug McClosky, MS, LMFT
Adult, Adolescent, Family, and Child Therapist
You have the right to receive a “Good Faith Estimate”
explaining how much your health care will cost
Under the law, health care providers need to give patients who don’t have certain types of health care coverage or who are not using certain types of health care coverage an estimate of their bill for health care items and services before those items or services are provided.
• You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any health care items or services upon request or when scheduling such items or services. This includes related costs like medical tests, prescription drugs, equipment, and hospital fees.
• If you schedule a health care item or service at least 3 business days in advance, make sure your health care provider or facility gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing within 1 business day after scheduling. If you schedule a health care item or service at least 10 business days in advance, make sure your health care provider or facility gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing within 3 business days after scheduling. You can also ask any health care provider or facility for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule an item or service. If you do, make sure the health care provider or facility gives you a Good Faith Estimate in writing within 3 business days after you ask.
• If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more for any provider or facility than your
Good Faith Estimate from that provider or facility, you can dispute the bill.
For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate, visit
www.cms.gov/nosurprises/consumers, email FederalPPDRQuestions@cms.hhs.gov, or call 1
800-985-3059.
