Fees & Payments

Fees

• Individual Therapy (~50 minutes) is $130.00 USD.
• Couples/Family Therapy (~50 minutes) is $175.00 USD.
  • Increased sessions, such as ~75 – 90 minutes, must be arranged in advance.
• EMDR Therapy (~75 minutes) is $150.00 USD.

Fees are payable at the time that services are rendered.
If you do not provide your therapist with at least 24 hours advance notice for a missed session, you are responsible for payment for the missed session.
If you find that you are unable to continue paying for your therapy, please inform your therapist.

Self-Pay/
Private-Pay

• I am not accepting medical insurance directly through my private practice.
• But if you plan to use your insurance, I am contracted with Headway & Rula Health. (see following sections)
• Reasonings why using insurance can sometimes be “difficult”:
  • Despite the benefit of assisting with therapy costs, medical insurance often restricts the number of sessions available per year.
  • Or has requirements that limit therapeutic services (i.e., requiring a “billable” mental health diagnosis) if even working on self-improvement.

Headway
(Most Insurances Accepted)

• Headway makes accepting insurance easy because they handle the paperwork and billing processes – while I focus on your therapy.
  • I can accept insurance such as Aetna, Anthem Blue Cross CA, Blue Shield of CA, Cigna, Oscar Health, Oxford, Quest Behavioral Health, and United Healthcare.
  • Note: If your insurance has a co-pay for therapy services, you must pay the co-pay to Headway.
    

Rula Health
(Most Insurances Accepted)

• From the Rula Health FAQs, “Rula accepts commercial plans from most major insurance carriers, including Aetna, Anthem / Blue Cross Blue Shield, Cigna, Kaiser (by referral), Optum, Oscar, and United Healthcare. These vary by state. We can also work with some employer-based plans that are not listed. We do not currently accept Medicaid or Medicare plans, though we hope to in the future.”
  • As of 2/8/2022, I am credentialed with Anthem Blue Cross CA, Aetna, Cigna, and Optum.
  • Note: If your insurance has a co-pay for therapy services, you must pay the co-pay to Rula Health.
  • Once you sign up, request
    “Dominic Ong LMFT” as your provider and notify me via email.
    

Notice of Good Faith Estimate

Notice to clients and prospective clients:

Under the law, healthcare providers must give clients who don’t have insurance or are not using insurance an estimate of the expected charges for medical services, including psychotherapy services.

You have the right to receive a Good Faith Estimate for the total expected cost of any non-emergency healthcare services, including psychotherapy services.

You can ask your healthcare provider and any other provider you choose for a Good Faith Estimate before you schedule a service or at any time during treatment.

If you receive a bill that is at least $400 more than your Good Faith Estimate, you can dispute the bill. Make sure to save a copy or picture of your Good Faith Estimate. 

For questions or more information about your right to a Good Faith Estimate or how to dispute a bill, see your Estimate or visit www.cms.gov/nosurprises.