Therapy designed with value in mind
Appointments
$375
Initial Mental Health Care Plan Or Private - 80 Minutes
$235
Mental Health Care Plan Or Private Session - 50 minutes
$349.49
Initial NDIS Plan Managed or Self Managed - 80 minutes + 10 minutes for notes & admin.
$232.99
NDIS Plan Managed or Self Managed - 50 minutes + 10 minutes for notes & admin.
More details
The initial appointment is 80-minutes, and ongoing sessions are 50 minutes. The initial session is longer to allow time to thoroughly explore you or your child’s needs, understand your or your child’s goals, and develop a tailored therapy plan, ensuring you or your child get the most out of the therapy. Sessions may be held either in-person at the practice or online. If you are funded privately or paying a gap fee from a Mental Health Care Plan, we will request a credit card during the intake process payment through.
Midway through your session, we will charge the card provided, and then process a rebate (if applicable) and send a copy of your paid invoice to your email. By default, all payments are made securely through our case management software, Halaxy. Halaxy’s payment gateway is extremely secure and all card details are tokenised, meaning your card details are not visible to anyone at Skill Tree Psychology or Halaxy. However, if you are uncomfortable with utilising Halaxy’s payment system, we also offer EFTPOS and invoicing.
Medicare
A valid referral letter from a GP or Psychiatrist currently grants access to a Mental Health Care Plan Medicare rebate of $98.95 per session with a Psychologist (max. 10 sessions per calendar year, with subsequent referrals). This means your out-of-pocket fee per consultation will be $276.05 for the initial session, and $136.05 for ongoing sessions.
Other Medicare options (with a valid referral letter) include: Helping Children with Autism Initiative (20 sessions over a lifetime; rebate= $98.95) and Chronic Disease Management Plan (if eligible and appropriate, rebate= $72.65).
Skill Tree Psychology has no availability for Bulk Billing.
Out-of-pocket expenses do apply to the Medicare Safety Nets. Read more about the Medicare Safety Nets here.
NDIS
In accordance with you or your child’s plan management type, we will either invoice your Plan Manager (Plan Managed) or deduct payment in session through a credit card (Self-Managed) based the applicable rate based for your location. NDIS covers the clinic fee at Skill Tree Psychology. Skill Tree Psychology only accepts plan-managed funding and self managed funding. Skill Tree Psychology cannot accept NDIA managed funding.
Private health insurance
If you have private health insurance you may be able to claim a rebate for the sessions. At the end of each session, you will be provided with an invoice that provides the details required for you to organise the rebate with your private health fund.
Please note that you are not able to claim from both Medicare and your private health fund for the same session.
