$250/hour.

Anonymous wrote:Get your primary care to refer you to one of the hospital based programs. If you private pay psychiatrist, your prescriptions may not be covered.

I have had several psychiatrists and never had a problem with meds not being covered.

PP who goes to Georgetown. I use to go a private psychiatrist. As long as your pscyhiatrist is board certified you shouldn't have a problem getting your scripts filled. Even if they aren't are you are getting psych meds from you pcp, I don't see why your insurance would give you problem, unless you meds aren't on their formulary for some reason

Get your primary care to refer you to one of the hospital based programs. If you private pay psychiatrist, your prescriptions may not be covered.

I have gone to Georgetown psychiatry for 4 years. They are a solid department and take insurance. A bit of a pain to get to but well worth it.

Thanks. My current plan pays absolutely nada out of network. The only two psychiatrists in network are church-affiliated clinics that are aimed at people on drugs who need help with life skills. Neither seems appropriate for a professional with stable treated depression. If I go up to the other plan, it's 80% after a $1000 deductible.

Mine is $200 an hour.

$250 an hour is what I would say. But remember, even for out of network, they pay a percentage of reasonable and customary charges, not the rate that the doctor charges.

So for example Aetna considers $170 to be reasonable and customary (I'm not sure of the exact figure but it's around that) and then pays 70% of that. So they reimburse around $120 for a $250 visit -- under 50%.

Since it seems that no psychiatrist in D.C. takes insurance, at least mine, how much should I expect to be charged out of pocket?

I'm trying to decide if I should stick with my current medical plan, or pay more for the one with some out-of-network reimbursement (once I hit my deductible). It would help my calcultions if I knew how much I'd get hit each time.