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Fees and Rebates

Go Psychology is a mixed billing private practice, which means that fees are varied depending on the service that you require.

Treating clients under a variety of pathways including:

Medicare – under a Mental Health Care Plan
National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
Private Health Insurance
The Department of Veterans’ Affairs (DVA)
WorkCover

Open Arms
Counselling for Family law matters
Counselling for forensic matters
COVID-19 Telehealth arrangements

Dr Paul Bowden

Clinical Psychologist

REFERRAL TYPE	SESSION TYPE	FEE	REBATE	OUT OF POCKET
Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP)	Individual Therapy (50 min session). Clinical Psychologist	$200	$136.35	$63.65
NDIS	Individual Therapy (50 min session)	$220	Nil	$0
Counselling for Family Law matters/Forensic context	Individual Therapy (50 min session) Clinical Psychologists	$250	$136.35(with MHCP)	$113.65
Private Health	Individual Therapy (50 min session)	$200	Please check with your health fund	Please check with your health fund
Workcover	Services as contracted	As contracted	Nil	$0
DVA and Open Arms	Services as contracted	As contracted	Nil	$0
Mental Health Care Plan – Reduced Rate	Individual Therapy (50 min session) Clinical Psychologist	Reduced rates may be available for clients in times of hardship/and for those with a Health Care card. Bulk billing will apply for severe hardship.	$160	$23.65
Sport/Performance Psychology	As negotiated	Please contact to discuss	Variable	Variable
Pre-sentence Report		Starting from $2500 + GST	Nil	N/A
Family Report		Starting from $5000 + GST	Nil	N/A

Additional Information:

Medicare Rebates

A valid referral from your GP or Psychiatrist is needed if you wish to claim Medicare rebates.

To know whether you are eligible to claim Medicare Rebates you need to make a long appointment with your GP. They will make an assessment about whether you are eligible and may refer you to a Psychologist under a Mental Health Care Plan (MHCP).

Eligible clients with a psychiatrist referral or MHCP issued by a GP will be entitled to claim Medicare rebates at Go Psychology as follows:

• up to 10 individual sessions claimable per calendar year
• $136.35 rebate per session with a Clinical Psychologist

At the end of your appointment, you will be invoiced the full session fee. The Medicare rebates may be provided on the spot by putting the funds back into your savings account or can be processed online.

Private Health Insurance Rebates

Dr Paul Bowden is registered with private health insurance providers in Australia. If you have private health insurance you may be eligible to claim rebates for psychological sessions. The level of cover and any applicable waiting periods vary between providers and depends on your extras cover policy.

To find out if you are eligible and/or how much funding you are entitled to claim for psychological sessions, please contact your private health insurance. Your private health insurance may ask for the item code that will show on your invoice. Please see the psychological session item codes below for your perusal:

100 – Initial Consultation with Clinical Psychologist

200 – Follow-up Consultation with Clinical Psychologist

701 – Initial Telehealth Consultation with Registered or Clinical Psychologist

801 – Follow-up Telehealth Consultation with Registered or Clinical Psychologist.

If you were eligible to claim private health insurance rebates for psychological sessions, we may be able to process your rebates electronically at the end of your appointment and you only pay the gap fee. Alternatively, you can claim any rebates directly with your provider after the session.

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