In 2021, Congress rolled out the No Surprises Act. This law mandates that if you’re paying out of pocket, healthcare providers must give you a cost estimate upfront. Now, a therapist can’t predict exactly how many sessions you’ll need or how much time it would take for your treatment to make a significant enough change in your life, so you no longer need therapy. Both treatment time and treatment types needed would be impossible to predict since everyone is different, healing is unique to each person in their own time. But what we can do is give you a ballpark figure for your treatment costs. The final bill will hinge on how many sessions you have, your personal situation, and the specific services you receive.
The Good Faith Estimate gives you a rough idea of what your healthcare costs might be. It’s not a contract, so you’re not locked into any services just because you got this estimate. Plus, it doesn’t cover any additional or specific types of therapies you might need during your treatment.
Sessions are normally 50 minutes long, and $200 a session. The average client needs weekly therapy sessions for 1 year.
If receiving 1 session per week: $200 a week
If receiving 2 sessions per week: $400 a week
Estimate for 3 Months of Service (13 weeks)
If receiving 1 session per week: $2,600
If receiving 2 sessions per week: $5,200
Estimate for 6 Months of Service (26 weeks)
If receiving 1 session per week: $5,200
If receiving 2 sessions per week: $10,400
Estimate for 9 Months of Service (39 weeks)
If receiving 1 session per week: $7,800
If receiving 2 sessions per week: $15,600
Estimate for 12 Months of Service (52 weeks)
If receiving 1 session per week: $10,400
If receiving 2 sessions per week: $20,800
This Good Faith Estimate isn’t a treatment plan or a prediction of how many therapy sessions you’ll need. The right number of visits and the costs depend on your unique situation and what you and your therapist decide together. You have the right to disagree with any treatment suggestions and can stop treatment whenever you want.
Feel free to chat with your therapist anytime if you have questions about your treatment plan or this estimate.
If your therapy lasts more than a year, we’ll give you a new Good Faith Estimate then.