Cost of speech therapy
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Anonymous
| Skill builders was $120/hour a couple years ago. We ended up at CTC where they took insurance and we only paid a $20 copay. |
Anonymous
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I am new to private speech therapy, and thinking of it. Is private speech therapy is way better than the county provided speech therapist, I mean in terms of seeing improvement? And, also, does normally one needs to do 3x per week as minimum to keep up to see results & progress? I have a almost 3 year old.
That is a lot of money for talking about $100-$150/hr for 3x per week if insurance does not cover it. I have to pay daycare , home mortgage, car payment, and etc. I have cigna PPO, and how do you know the insurance will cover it fully or partially? Does the private speech therapist give you a code or something to give it to insurance to check? A lot of time, I see speech therapist does not take insurance, only cash/check/card. |
Anonymous
Speech therapy cannot force your child to talk. It gives them the tools so when they are ready, they will be more successful. If you cannot afford it, you go to a university or county program. Some county SLP's are great but you aren't going to get a few times a week. Some are really bad. Same with private. 2-3 days a week is ideal at age 3 depending on the issue. |
Anonymous
| This post is a few years old. I was curious if the rates were still current. |
Anonymous
| We pay 100 an hour in Alexandria. |
Anonymous
| We pay $75/half hour at National Therapy Center in Bethesda. Private pay, no insurance. |
Anonymous
| 125 for 45 minutes pretty much. |
Anonymous
| Many insurances cover speech therapy. Tricare covers OT, PT, Speech. |
Anonymous
That’s not the issue. It’s finding practices that take it. Sure it’s covered but the closest place is 25 miles away. |
Anonymous
Tricare only covers it with an ASD diagnosis or other diagnosis. Its not simple to get it covered. |