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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I highly respect most of the SN professionals we’ve worked with and am happy for them to be reasonably well paid. I do find it horrifying that you truly can’t find an in person pediatric therapist in my area that takes insurance. We private pay nearly $200 an hour. Insurance will reimburse us about $35 a session. It’s maddening for us but I also feel guilty because we can pay it. What are the vast majority of families doing? I know our income is very high and it’s still a significant cost to us. I don’t necessarily blame the providers but yeah when they charge more than 4x what insurance reimburses it feels …not good.[/quote]

It's because insurance reimburses so little that they don't take insurance.  A SLP who can only get 35 dollars an hour for her services could not stay in business, considering her overhead costs. She'd be making less than minimum wage.  [/quote]

When our DC did EI which took insurance, they were getting big payouts from insurance. They gave multiple diagnoses that had made our developmental ped raise his eyebrows and were getting close to 200 a session over 15 years ago. Our DC liked the ST and enjoyed the sessions. I know nothing about ST, but simply googled the billing codes. We were so overwhelmed and I was pregnant so I just didn't have the energy to see if it was legit. [/quote]

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