Session Fees

No Surprises Act

Effective on January 1st, 2022, the No Surprises Act aims to increase price transparency and reduce the likelihood that clients receive “surprise” medical bills. It asks providers to inform those clients not using insurance of expected charges for services before the service is provided. While it is truly focused on emergency room care, behavioral and mental health care providers are required to give clients not using insurance a “good faith estimate” of costs, which is essentially a simple equation of the session fee multiplied by the amount of tentative sessions. The federal government would like me to put this in writing for you in case you do not feel comfortable doing the math on your own. Those eligible for this estimate are self-pay clients and those clients who are not using insurance. Those using superbills are not eligible. As you can see from my pricing and FAQs page, I am upfront and transparent regarding my rates and services and there are no surprises present in my billing structure. My system automatically generates Superbills for my counseling clients and therefor I do not automatically generate a “good faith estimate”. However, in your first contact with me, please let me know if you are requesting a “good faith estimate” of the fees so I can act accordingly.

More information can be found at https://www.cms.gov/nosurprises

If requesting a “good faith estimate” I will calculate under the assumption we do weekly sessions for one year. While this in no way obligates you to stay weekly for that amount of time, it will provide a sense of cost for that amount of time. Should things change drastically and you begin coming twice per week or ask for longer sessions, I will adjust the estimate accordingly.