Individual Psychotherapy
Therapy is a big commitment in many areas, including financially. It is important that you assess the financial viability of therapy prior to initiating services.
Services rendered at Canetta Psychotherapy are out-of-pocket fees only. That means I do not accept any insurance plans. While I do not accept insurance, I do provide a SuperBill, which is an explanation of services rendered, to provide your insurance plan for possible partial reimbursement.
If partial insurance reimbursment is necessary for you to afford therapy with my, I ask that you verify your benefits with your insurance company in order to know that you can afford services prior to setting up a consultation. Please review the Tips for Speaking with Your Insurance below for helpful information to help guide the conversation with your insurance company.
Services & Fees
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Free- 15mins
During the Initial Consultation Call you would share a brief description of what motivates you to seek therapy at this time and get some of your questions answered about me, my practice, and other general questions about the therapy process. If you are interested, at the end of our call I would take down your information to create your patient profile and we would schedule your Intake Assessment. Between our Initial Consultation Call and our Intake Assessment you would fill out all of your intake paperwork and any applicable self-report screeners on your patient portal.
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$400- 75mins
An Intake Assessment is a series of questions to help me learn more about you including your history, your current struggles, and what your goals are for therapy. The Intake Assessment will close out with us scheduling our first follow up Individual Therapy Session.
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$325- 55mins
$305- 45mins
Individual Therapy is an intimate and deeply personal process. It takes time and regular and consistent meetings to build the necessary safety for you to be vulnerable in our therapy relationship.
I will give you my recommendation on frequency and length of sessions we should meet but at minimum our work will begin with once weekly Individual Therapy Sessions.
The cost of Family Meetings which patient’s loved ones join us in a session and/or I meet individually with your loved ones is billed at the same rate as Individual Therapy sessions.
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$220 per 30mins
Much of the work I do for our sessions is outside of our session time. If you have any past/current providers that you have worked with closely, a psychiatrist or other prescriber, medical providers, or other important clinical professionals in your life that would provide insight, it would be helpful for me to have contact with them.
The above fee would be billed for continued Clinical Consultation with these providers. The need for this consultation would be discussed with and approved by you prior and the estimated cost would be reflected in your Good Faith Estimate.*Clinical Consultation is not reimbursable through insurance plans, thus you will be responsible for the full fee.
**No Call/No Show or Late Cancellation for Individual Therapy Sessions without 48hr notice will be billed at the Full Fee for the scheduled service**
Tips for Speaking With Your Insurance
for possible reimbursement through out of network benefits
As you know, I do not accept insurance. I do, however, provide my patients with what's called a SuperBill that outlines the services rendered so you can submit to your insurance for partial reimbursement, if your plan allows.
I always suggest patients speak with their insurance if consistent therapy attendance is contingent on partial insurance reimbursement. This will give you an understanding of how much, what services, and how frequently your insurance company will reimburse you so you can make the decision that’s best for you.
When speaking with your insurance it’s important to ask:
1. Do I have out of network benefits for mental/behavioral healthcare? If yes- Please describe my out of network benefits package.
2. What percentage of the fees rendered are covered by my out of network benefits?
3. How frequently are reimbursements distributed?
4. How do I submit a request for reimbursement?
5. Do I need a pre authorization from my provider or a referral from my PCP in order to be approved for reimbursement?
6. Other than a Superbill, is there any documentation that you would need me to submit for reimbursement?
7. Do you have a time frame in which you no longer reimburse after from the time when services are rendered?
CPT Codes
Insurance companies use “CPT codes” that correspond to services rendered. The session codes you’ll want to provide them that correspond to the work we would be doing together are:
90791- 75min Intake
90837- 60min sessions
90834- 45min sessions
90832- 30min sessions
90847- Family session with patient present
90846- Family session without patient present
It is important you have a clear understanding of the procedures of your insurance company, how to complete the necessary paperwork and the documentation required to include in your submission. If you have any questions on this, I encourage you to follow up with your insurance company to gain clarity.
Unfortunately, there is no uniformity between the processes of insurance companies and even between individual plans, thus being as informed as possible will always be the best route prior to initiating services.