Session Fees:

A driving value at Sexual Orientation & Gender Institute of Arizona (SOGIA) is access to care, so we are committed to making services more widely accessible and affordable in a variety of ways including:

• Offering reduced rate fees to clients who would otherwise not be able to afford therapy.

• Seeing at least one pro bono (free) client per week, per provider.

• Support groups are donation based (this does not include DBT skills groups)

• Doctoral training associates are at reduced rate, when available, (at a rate of $100 to $150 per 50-minute session)

• If you would like to start therapy, but are unable to afford regular fees, please don't hesitate to contact SOGIA to discuss your individual situation.

Payment Types:

• Visa, Mastercard, Discover, American Express (see Credit Card Preauthorization Form)

  • Cash or check

  • HSA/FSA

Insurance:

SOGIA providers do not accept any insurance at this time. However, if you have an insurance plan that provides out-of-network coverage you may be able to access those benefits (for some a deductible may be required). Additionally, you may qualify for a single case agreement—see Single Case Agreement below. You will be responsible for payment of our fees after each session (intake, individual therapy, group therapy) through a credit/debit card or healthcare card on file. At the end of each month (1st week of the new month), you will receive a “superbill” (an insurance-ready itemized form) that you can submit to your insurance provider for reimbursement.

SOGIA does not have AHCCCS providers. It is important to know that AHCCCS will not provide reimbursement for its enrollees for any services provided by individuals or groups that are not AHCCCS providers.

Single Case Agreements:

A single case agreement, sometimes referred to as a SCA, is essentially an agreed to contract between an insurance company and an out-of-network provider for a specific patient, so that the patient can see that provider using their in-network benefits (i.e., the patient will be reimbursed at a rate consistent with in-network providers after meeting their in-network deductible).

Reasons an insurance company may agree to a SCA

For a new potential patient:

• A provider has a clinical specialty that is not available with any of the in-network providers (specialty can include 2SLGBTQIA+competency, comprehensive DBT, Complicated Grief Therapy, health psychology, etc.)
  
  
• Geographical location - in-network providers are not available locally—an insurance company will typically search a 20–30-mile radius

•  Types of therapy that are provided will keep the patient out of the hospital, or will reduce the cost of medications (e.g., comprehensive Dialectical Behavioral Therapy-DBT)
  
  

This typically follows when a patient cannot find an adequately skilled in-network provider, then the patient makes the case for an SCA with the out-of-network provider BEFORE commencing treatment—sometimes this can be retroactively initiated, and you will need to contact your insurance provider.

For a current patient who has obtained new insurance:

    • Continuity of Care—the patient has already developed a therapeutic alliance and has commenced a treatment plan with their previously in-network provider.

Of note, insurance companies are legally obligated to provide patients with adequate treatment by properly trained professionals. Therefore, if the insurance plan does not cover any out-of-network services, AND there are no in-network providers with the given specialty, then a patient will be able to seek a single case agreement for a qualified out-of-network specialty provider.