Rates & Insurance Information

Precise recognizes that seeking psychological counseling and care is both a large investment in time as well as your money. All costs will be discussed upfront, along with a Good Faith Estimate. Fee’s are listed below to allow for informed decisions about your care, however if there is any questions about this please reach out.

Do you accept insurance?

Currently Precise is in network with a few insurance providers. Contracting with insurance providers are ongoing, thus if there is any questions about insurance please contact us.

In Network Providers

Blue Cross Blue Shield and Aetna are In Network. NC Medicaid is no longer in network.

Medicaid Acceptance

Currently until 10/1/24, Precise is in network with Healthy Blue of NC, AmeriHealth Caritas, Wellcare, and Carolina Complete NC Medicaid plans. Precise no longer accepts Medicaid Direct plans through Trillium, and does not accept United Healthcare. Please check back or contact us for more details. No new therapy clients are currently being accepted with Medicaid, and limited acceptance of evaluation client’s with Medicaid as all Medicaid services will be discontinued starting 10/1/24.

rates for therapy, counseling and psychological evaluation services in Wilmington NC for precise psychological and addiction services

Therapy rates

Initial therapy appointment will be $200, and this will last 60-90 minutes and is considered a diagnostic evaluation and assessment.

Individual therapy sessions will be $150 per session, at 53 minutes per session.

Frist, let me say problem gambling services have normal rates above. Those interested in problem gambling treatment, you can call the gambling hotline 1-800-522-4700 and your cost of treatment could be paid for completely by the national hotline.

Psychological Evaluation & Testing Fees

Rates for psychological evaluations, assessments and testing services are dependent on the type of evaluation that is required to answer your presenting question. Evaluations are customized to each person and based on the initial intake assessment. Rates are based on time to complete testing, review of any records, collateral contacts, test scoring with interpretation, report writing and feedback session.

Scheduling an Initial Evaluation and intake assessment requires a consultation phone call. Deposit of $100 required unless excluded per insurance requirements (medicaid is excluded for example). Expect the initial appointment to be approximately 1-2 hours. Deposits counts towards below estimate for evaluations for self pay rates, otherwise with insurance it will be deducted from any co-payment requirements. Deposit will be non-refundable if less than 48 hours notice is given for cancelations.

A more detailed and customized estimate can be provided at the initial evaluation, but below are some estimates of total costs:

Example Evaluations & Cost Estimates
  • IQ/Intelligence testing $500 – This includes: Brief interview, Full scale IQ testing, score report and 30 minute feedback session.
  • ADHD evaluation $1000 – This includes: clinical interview, administering behavioral rating scales, psychological tests & evaluations to rule out other possible explanations, and cognitive testing. Feedback session with written report sent to a physician or other provider included.
  • Psychological evaluations estimate $1200 – This includes: clinical interview, administration of scales, psychological tests, diagnostic assessment, written report and a feedback session. More extensive evaluations are scaled in price.

Evaluations are time intensive. As noted above, they have multiple layers of requirements. Evaluations are done over several sessions. It is equally important to note, that often times insurance companies may not pay for certain types of evaluations. Therefore if you have more detailed questions prior to attending first session, please contact us

Information about understanding psychological evaluations can be found at APA website here.

Clinical Supervision Rates

Clinical supervision is billed at a flat rate of $300 monthly to cover the required hours and times for supervision.

Court/Legal Fee’s

Precises’ policy is to not testify in court matters. Therefore you are responsible for my fee’s for time out of the office and travel with a legal subpoena to testify regarding services provided at Precise. Legal consultation and correspondence, report writing and legal letters are billed per hour rate and payment in full is required before releasing letters or reports in legal matters.

$300 per hour rate for any court preparation or letters

If someone from Precise is required to testify in court:

$300 per hour with a 4 hour minimum (1200 retainer fee due at time of subpoena) for matters within 40 miles

$300 per hour with a 8 hour minimum (2400 retainer due at time of subpoena) for matter outside of 40 mile radius

Milage and over-night stay at then going rate if required.

I Don’t Want To Use Advekit, What Other Options Are There?

If you wish to not go through Advekit, we can use out of network services the old fashion way. Therefore, all services are paid up front at time of visit. Upon request, Precise can provide you with a special invoice called a “superbill” to take to your insurance provider to seek reimbursement.

If you currently have health insurance, you can check to see what your out of network benefits are. You maybe surprised that you can obtain out of network services for the same or very close to in network costs. Call your providers and ask about benefits. Below is a list of services codes that will be useful when asking about coverage

  • 90834 Psychotherapy 40 Minutes
  • 90837 Psychotherapy 53 minutes
  • 90791 Diagnostic Evaluation
  • 96130 & 96131 Psychological testing & evaluation by a psychologist