Professional Therapy Fees
Therapy Intake/Initial Appointment: $200.00
60 Minute Therapy Session: $150.00
45 Minute Therapy Session: $125.00
30 Minute Therapy Session: $100.00
Insurance
If you have a health insurance policy, it may provide full or partial coverage for mental health treatment. With your permission, Best Telemental Help will verify your insurance benefits and check your eligibility prior to your first appointment. However, you are ultimately responsible for knowing your coverage.
The following is a list of questions you should ask your insurance provider to help determine your benefits:
- Does my health insurance plan include mental health benefits?
- Are telehealth services covered?
- Do I have a deductible? If so, what is it and have I met it yet?
- Does my plan limit how many sessions per calendar year I can have? If so, what is the limit?
- Do I need written approval from my primary care physician in order for services to be covered?
- Is prior authorization required?
Best Telemental Help is In-Network with the following Insurance Plans:
- Aetna
- Aetna Medicare Advantage
- Ambetter
- Blue Cross Blue Shield
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Healthy Blue
- Blue Cross Blue Shield Medicare Advantage
- Cigna/Evernorth Behavioral Health
- Cigna/Evernorth Medicare Advantage
- Kansas Medicare
- Magellan
- Magellan Medicare Advantage
- Medical Associates Health Plans
- MultiPlan
- MultiPlan Medicare Advantage
- ProvidersCare
- Sunflower Health Plan
- Tricare West
- United Healthcare
- United Healthcare Community Plan
- United Healthcare Medicare Advantage
- Wellcare
Self-Pay
There are many benefits to self-pay vs. insurance:
- No diagnosis is required for self-pay patients. While a diagnosis for some can be beneficial, for others it could have consequences. It could compromise one’s ability to obtain life, health, or disability insurance.
- Your goals and treatment will be determined by you and your therapist as a self-pay patient. When using insurance, your therapist’s choices and treatment options may be limited as insurance determines what is considered “medically necessary” and could deny a certain diagnosis, number and length of sessions, and treatments.
- There are no limits placed on treatment. Due to insurance guidelines, limitations are often placed on your therapy process; including, but not limited to, how many total sessions you receive, how many sessions per week, or even how long of a session you may have. This does not always align with your treatment recommendations and inhibits your progress.
- You will have complete privacy. When using insurance, your information (diagnosis, nature of issues seeking counseling, treatment goals, how long the issue has persisted) is all shared with your insurance, anyone involved in processing and handling the claims, and future employers.
- You can receive the specialized treatment you are seeking with your therapist. Even though your therapist may not be paneled with your particular insurance, it will be more beneficial to your mental health to receive short-term treatment and pay out-of-pocket, than to use insurance, long-term, with a provider that is not trained in your particular concern.
Payment
Debit, Credit, HSA and FSA cards are accepted forms of payment. Best Telemental Help requires that a credit or debit card be on file to ensure that any fees due are paid on the day of service. If you refuse to pay your debt, Best Telemental Help, LLC reserves the right to use an attorney or collection agency to secure payment.
No Show/Early Cancellation Policy
If you need to cancel or reschedule a session, we ask that you provide 24 hours’ notice. If you miss a session without canceling, or cancel with less than 24 hours’ notice, our policy is to collect the amount your insurance company would reimburse us for the session. If you are utilizing Out of Network benefits or are self pay; we will charge our full fee of $150. Exceptions: 1.) If you and your therapist agree that you were unable to attend due to circumstances beyond your control. 2.) If you are ill and do call before the appointment, there will be no charge. It is important to note that insurance companies do not provide reimbursement for canceled sessions; thus, you will be responsible for the portion of the fee as described above.
Any Other Questions
Please contact us for any additional questions you may have. We look forward to hearing from you!