Funding and Medicare Rebates

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Private Paying

You have the option to pay privately for your child's speech pathology services.

Medicare Rebates with GP Plan

If you receive a plan from your child's GP, you will be able to claim up to 5 Medicare Rebates for speech pathology appointments per calendar year. These rebates are around $60 per session. If your child is Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander, they may be eligible for a further 5 sessions per calendar year.

You will need to pay for your child's appointment in full, and then Talking Tots Speech Pathology will process your Medicare rebate automatically on your behalf.

Private Health Insurance Rebates

Speech pathology is sometimes included in private health insurance policies. If you would like to check, call your insurer and enquire about the following codes:

- Assessment code 320

- Therapy code 340

NDIS

Talking Tots Speech Pathology are able to see NDIS participants who self-manage their plans, or have a plan manager. You can expect NDIS services to be similarly priced to the services listed below, however there are some small variations to ensure compliance with NDIS legislation and invoicing requirements. NDIS services are invoiced as units of $193.98/hour.

Assessment Fees

Short Assessment $200

45 - 60 minutes

A short assessment is suitable for children who require assessment of only their speech sound skills (the sounds they make when they're talking), or their fluency skills (stuttering). During a short assessment, we can briefly assess language skills.

This price includes a phone call and email follow up with results and recommendations. See 'short assessment summary report' for written report options.

Comprehensive Assessment $300

60 - 90 minutes

A comprehensive assessment is suitable for children who may be late talkers or have developmental delays, or require assessment in more than one area of communication. A comprehensive assessment will use formal tests, as well as parent and/or teacher interview as required. A comprehensive assessment can cover:

- language skills, including understanding and using words

- speech/articulation skills

- interaction and social skills

- parent/teacher interview of behaviours

- pre-literacy phonological awareness skills

- fluency (stuttering) skills

This price includes a phone call and email follow up with results and recommendations. See across for written report options.

An optional short assessment summary report includes:

- background information

- assessment results and easy-to-read explanations

- recommendations

OPTIONAL
NDIS Report $200

An NDIS report is an optional all inclusive report that demonstrates your child's support requirements and functional impacts, to support your child's NDIS Early Intervention funding application. It includes:

- background information

- assessment results with detailed explanations

- functional impacts of your child's communication skills on their participation at home and school

- how your child's support requirements fulfil the criteria for NDIS early intervention eligibility

- recommendations

- quote

OPTIONAL

Short Assessment Summary Report $100

OPTIONAL

Summary Report $150

An optional comprehensive summary report includes:

- background information

- assessment results and easy-to-read explanations

- recommendations

Therapy Fees

Clinic

30 minute session $100

45 minute session $150

Mobile

30 minute session $150

45 minute session $200

Mobile fees are higher to cover the non face-to-face time taken in delivering a mobile service. For example, longer duration preparing for the session, signing into centres/schools, speaking with your child's educators, more detailed clinical notes, communicating home practice with families, etc.

Travel Fees

Travel fees are calculated from the speech pathologist's location, to your child's location. If there are a number of mobile sessions in a local area, the travel fee is shared equally amongst clients. All travel fees are calculated and discussed with families prior to travel commencing. Travel fees are calculated at the NDIS rate of $193.99/hour.

10 minutes $32.30

15 minutes $48.45

20 minutes $64.60

25 minutes $80.75

30 minutes $96.90