Fees

Fees

My fee is $220.00 per 50 minute consultation. However, with your Medicare rebate you effectively only pay a gap of $126.75 per session (explained below).

You have 3 payment options:

1. Medicare

Under the Medicare scheme, all Australian citizens are entitled to up to 10 subsidised sessions with a psychologist per calendar year.

If you wish to claim the Medicare rebate, before your first appointment, please make an appointment with your general practitioner (GP) to request a Mental Health Treatment Plan (MHTP), which entitles you to a rebate of $93.35 per session for a maximum of 10 sessions per calendar year (subject to review by your GP after your sixth session for an additional four sessions, if required). 

Please note, the full amount of $220.00 is payable at time of your appointment – you cannot simply pay the gap – and you can claim your Medicare rebate on the spot, which will be deposited into your bank account, such that you effectively only pay a total of $126.65 per session.

Please ask your GP to fax your MHTP to me on (08) 8490 2310 or bring a copy with you to your first appointment.

2. Private health

If you have private health insurance, you may be entitled to a rebate from your insurer.  However, amounts vary between insurers, so please contact yours for more information. Please note, you can only claim one rebate per session – either your Medicare or your private health fund rebate, but not both.  The Medicare rebate is generally greater, such that it is generally more affordable to exhaust your Medicare rebates before claiming on private health insurance.

3. Full fee

You are not required to obtain a MHTP or have private health insurance, and may simply pay $200.00 per 50 minute session.

Cancellations without 24 hours notice will incur a fee of $220.00.