Fees and Billing

Private Fees

Clients who wish to see a Psychologist outside of Medicare or any other schemes are able to pay the full fee for a consultation. Toward Psychology is committed to providing affordable services within the private sector and as such the fees are well below the recommended rate by the Australian Psychological Society of $310

The fees for our services are as follows:

Individual 50-60 Minute Consultations: 

  • Psychologist $180

Better Access to Mental Health Care – Medicare

In 2006, the Australian Government introduced the Better Access to Mental Health Care Initiative. This initiative provides rebates towards sessions with a Psychologist. In order to access the rebates, you need to have a Mental Health Care Plan that can be prepared by your GP, Psychiatrist or Paediatrician.

If you have a Mental Health Care Plan, Medicare provides a significant rebate towards the total cost – currently this is $98.95 for Psychologists. This means clients will incur an out of pocket fee of $81.05 for each session.

Clients are eligible to receive rebates for up to 10 individual sessions per calendar year*. 

In addition to individual therapy sessions, Medicare provides rebates towards 10 Group Therapy sessions per calendar year.

* The number of rebated sessions are based on Government budget allocation and is not representative of how many sessions a person may need

Claiming Your Medicare Rebate

Online Claims

You can make an online claim for Medicare rebates using your Smart Phone and the Express Plus Medicare App.

Our reception staff will provide you with a Medicare receipt when you have seen our psychologist. You will need this when you submit your claim. To submit an online claim you need to:

  1. Register Online Medicare Claims account. To create an account go to http://www.my.gov.au. 

  2. You will see an Online Hub that enables you to add different services such as Medicare or Centrelink  

  3. Download the Express Plus Medicare Smart Phone App and set up with my.gov.au login details from Google Play Store

  4. Make your Psych Services claim using the App by using the SQUARE link to upload your Medicare Receipt as an attachment

  5. Rebates usually take 24-48 hours to process and will be transferred directly to your nominated bank account

Paper Claims

In order to make a paper based claim, download a Medicare Claim Form

  1. Attach your Medicare receipt that will be provided to you following the session with our psychologist 

  2. Post the completed application to: 

MEDICARE

GPO BOX 9822

MELBOURNE VIC 3000

In Person Claims

Take your Medicare Receipt and completed Medicare Claim Form to your nearest Medicare Service Centre to claim your rebate

For more information on Medicare benefits please see the Australian Government website on How to Claim a Medicare Benefit

National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)

Toward Psychology is registered to provide assessment and treatment to patients registered under the NDIS. There are no out of pocket gaps for NDIS patients and accounts are all recovered from NDIS directly. We accept all self-managed plans or organisation-managed plans.