Pricing

Our practice offers 60-90 minute intake assessments & 45-60 minute therapy sessions. We also offer group therapy & workshop sessions ranging from 45-120 minutes:

  • One free, 15-30 minute phone or video consultation: $0.00*

  • Initial intake assessment & Individual sessions:

    • w. Fully Licensed Clinicians (LCSW): $150.00

    • w. Associate Level Licensed Clinicians (LMSW): $135.00

    • w. Pre-licensed Clinicians (MSW): $125.00

    • w. UGA SSW MSW Intern: $30-60.00

  • Therapy Intensives: $180.00/60 min (minimum of 2 hours/sessions)

  • Group sessions: $35-60/session

  • Workshops: $100/hour

All session fees are due at the time of your appointment unless otherwise arranged. We do not have a sliding fee scale, but HSTH clinicians are willing to negotiate a fee reduction in some circumstances.

Clinicians at HSTH are able to accept Aetna & Cigna insurance plans. We can accept all major debit/credit cards, Health Saving’s Accounts, & can provide superbills for out-of-network (OON) billing.

*HSTH clinicians will only schedule 1 free video or phone consultation with you. If you miss the scheduled consultation, then an initial intake assessment can be scheduled & billed accordingly.

What’s a superbill?

A superbill is a type of billing document that your therapist can provide you with after a session. Although you pay for the cost of the therapy session upfront, you can submit this document to your OON insurance provider for reimbursement. You can phone the number on the back of your insurance card & ask your insurance case manager if OON services are available under your plan. They can confirm with you if they’ll reimburse superbills and how many sessions could be eligible for reimbursement. HSTH’s billing company can also submit superbills on your behalf for a small fee. 

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Insurance & Out-of-Network Coverage*

Clinicians at HSTH are able to accept Aetna & Cigna insurance plans. It is your responsibility to contact your insurance provider to familiarize yourself with your benefits and/or seek any authorizations required before your first therapy session.

Heart Stone Therapeutic Healing utilizes a third party biller who will check in-network benefits for established clients upon your consent and provide an estimated cost per service. Please note that any quote of benefits will be the most up to date information provided by your insurance at that time. It is not a guarantee of payment. If there is a discrepancy, Heart Stone Therapeutic Healing will follow the EOB (explanation of benefits) that is provided when claims are processed.  If you have any questions about your plan, you may call the member number on the back of your insurance card.

*Please read over the "Your Rights & Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills (OMB Control Number: 0938-1401)" section listed below.

Your Rights & Protections Against Surprise Medical Bills (OMB Control Number: 0938-1401)

When you get emergency care or get treated by an out-of-network provider at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, you are protected from surprise billing or balance billing.

What is “balance billing” (sometimes called “surprise billing”)?

When you see a doctor or other health care provider, you may owe certain out-of-pocket costs, such as a copayment, coinsurance, and/or a deductible. You may have other costs or have to pay the entire bill if you see a provider or visit a health care facility that isn’t in your health plan’s network.

“Out-of-network” describes providers and facilities that haven’t signed a contract with your health plan. Out-of-network providers may be permitted to bill you for the difference between what your plan agreed to pay and the full amount charged for a service. This is called “balance billing.” This amount is likely more than in-network costs for the same service and might not count toward your annual out-of-pocket limit.

“Surprise billing” is an unexpected balance bill. This can happen when you can’t control who is involved in your care - like when you have an emergency or when you schedule a visit at an in-network facility but are unexpectedly treated by an out-of-network provider.

You are protected from balance billing for:

Emergency services

If you have an emergency medical condition and get emergency services from an out-of-network provider or facility, the most the provider or facility may bill you is your plan’s in-network cost-sharing amount (such as copayments and coinsurance). You can’t be balance billed for these emergency services. This includes services you may get after you’re in stable condition, unless you give written consent and give up your protections not to be balanced billed for these post-stabilization services.


Certain services at an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center

When you get services from an in-network hospital or ambulatory surgical center, certain providers there may be out-of-network. In these cases, the most those providers may bill you is your plan’s in-network cost-sharing amount. This applies to emergency medicine, anesthesia, pathology, radiology, laboratory, neonatology, assistant surgeon, hospitalist, or intensivist services. These providers can’t balance bill you and may not ask you to give up your protections not to be balance billed.

If you get other services at these in-network facilities, out-of-network providers can’t balance bill you unless you give written consent and give up your protections.

You’re never required to give up your protection from balance billing. You also aren’t required to get care out-of-network. You can choose a provider or facility in your plan’s network.

When balance billing isn’t allowed, you also have the following protections:

  • You are only responsible for paying your share of the cost (like the copayments, coinsurance, and deductibles that you would pay if the provider or facility was in-network). Your health plan will pay out-of-network providers and facilities directly.

  • Your health plan generally must:

  • Cover emergency services without requiring you to get approval for services in advance (prior authorization).

  • Cover emergency services by out-of-network providers.

  • Base what you owe the provider or facility (cost-sharing) on what it would pay an in-network provider or facility and show that amount in your explanation of benefits.

  • Count any amount you pay for emergency services or out-of-network services toward your deductible and out-of-pocket limit.


If you believe you’ve been wrongly billed, you may contact: The Office of Georgia's Secretary of State at (478) 207-2440.

Visit https://www.cms.gov/files/document/model-disclosure-notice-patient-protections-against-surprise-billing-providers-facilities-health.pdf for more information about your rights under Federal law.

Visit https://rules.sos.ga.gov/GAC/ for more information about your rights under 120-2-106-.07