Our Fees, Rebates and Funding

Felix and Sage Psychology is a high quality private billing clinic. Our consultation fees are substantially lower than those recommended in the Australian Psychological Society (APS) Schedule of Recommended Fees and full payment is expected at the time of visit. The below fees are current as at the 1st of January 2022.

Psychologist Fees

Individual Counselling

Appointment Type	Our Fee	Possible Medicare Rebate	Reduced Fee for Centrelink Pension & Health Care Card Holders	APS Recommended Fee
Principal Psychologist - Christina Hereford	$225	$89.65	N/A	$280
Clinical Psychologist - Oliver Waluk	$225	$131.65	$190	$280
General Psychologist	$195	$89.65	$150	$280
Provisional Psychologist	$100	No Medicare Rebate Available	N/A	N/A
NDIS Self-Managed Clients & Plan-Managed Clients	Please contact us for our current NDIS Rates	No Medicare Rebate Available	N/A	$280

*Reduced Fee is available for Centrelink Pension & Concession Card Holders for appointments between 9:00 AM and 3:00 PM (3:00 PM last appointment time) weekdays.

^Our Reduced Fee is not available to Pension & Concession Card Holders; who are eligible for third party funding for appointments, such as NDIS, TAC, VOCAT and Worksafe.

Couples Counselling (2 people)

Appointment Type	Our Fee	Possible Medicare Rebate	APS Recommended Fee
Principal Psychologist	$250	No Medicare Rebate Available	$130 Per Person
General Psychologist	$220	No Medicare Rebate Available	$130 Per Person
Provisional Psychologist	$180	No Medicare Rebate Available	N/A

Family or Other Group (3 to 4 people)

Appointment Type	Our Fee	Possible Medicare Rebate	APS Recommended Fee
Principal Psychologist	$275	No Medicare Rebate Available	$87 Per Person

Cognitive Assessments


Fees start from	$1000	WISC or WAIS	No Medicare Rebate Available
	$1500	WISC + WIAT	No Medicare Rebate Available
Additional tests	$POA	eg. WRAT, CARS, CONNERS and VINELAND	No Medicare Rebate Available

*Additional test fee is when this test is done as an add-on to a WISC or WAIS assessment.

Dietitian (Family Dietetics)

Appointment Type	Fee	Possible Medicare Rebate
Initial Appointment	$200	$55.10
Review Appointment	$160	$55.10
NDIS Appointment	$192	N/A

Available Rebates (Psychology)

Medicare

• Medicare Rebates require a Mental Health Care Treatment Plan to be in place with your GP, Psychiatrist or Pediatrician who then needs to provide you with a referral letter for your psychologist.

• Up to 10 session per calendar year. A new referral letter is required after your initial 6 sessions. Your GP or specialist who referred you may choose to undertake a review of your mental health treatment plan at this time.

• Until December 2022, you are eligible for an additional 10 sessions per calendar year (total of 20). A new referral letter is required from your GP after your 10th session, stating the new referrak us for the additional 10 COVID-19 sessions.

• General Psychologist Rebate is currently $89.65 per session to the maximum number of sessions set by Medicare.

• Clinical Psychologist Rebate is currently $131.65 per session to the maximum number of sessions set by Medicare.

For more information on your eligibility for a Medicare Rebate through the Better Access to Mental Health initiative, please refer to the Department of Health’s fact sheet for patients.

Private Health Insurance

• You may be eligible to claim a rebate through your Private Health Insurer, however you cannot claim a Medicare rebate for the same session.

• Please speak to your heath insurance provider for more information on possible rebates and how you are able to claim these.

Private (Non-Medicare) clients, DVA, Workcover, TAC, Victims of Crime (VOCAT) and NDIS (self-managed or plan-managed) clients are all welcome. Please advise our friendly reception staff when making your appointment as not all of our psychologists are registered for these services.

Please ensure you read our cancellation policy prior to booking your appointment.

At Felix and Sage, we value your time as well as that of our Psychologists. We require at least 48 hours notice to cancel or reschedule your appointment without incurring a fee. This policy is in place to allow us time to offer the appointment to another client who may be on our cancellation or waiting list. Our cancellation policy has been set in line with the guidelines set out by the APS.

We do understand that sometimes you may be unable to keep an appointment due to sudden illness or an unexpected personal emergency. In these circumstances, please contact us as soon as possible to discuss your situation so that we can make alternative arrangements . In some situations, we may request that you provide us with a medical certificate.

We would like to thank-you in advance for your respect and understanding of our policy.

Cancellation Policy

Notification Period	Our Fees	APS Recommended Fee
Non-Attendance	100% of Fee Charged	100% of Fee Charged
Cancellation on the day of Appointment (day of appointment is considered from close of business the working day prior)	100% of Fee Charged	100% of Fee Charged
Less than 24 Hours Notice of Cancellation	100% of Fee Charged	100% of Fee Charged
Less than 48 Hours Notice of Cancellation to Cancellation on the day of Appointment	50% of Fee Charged	50% of Fee Charged
48+ Hours Notice of Cancellation	$0	$0

Please note – Cancellation Fees are unable to be covered through Medicare, Private Health Insurance and other rebates. This fee is required to be paid in full before we are able to book a new appointment for you.