Cost and Payment Options
Affording TMS Therapy. We can help.
How much does TMS cost?
Asking the cost question ignores the cost of depression as well as the potential benefits of TMS Therapy. Many of us just ask the cost question with the products and services we buy. Unfortunately many patients will only consider the cost of TMS and make a quick decision about the therapy.
But, one should also think of the value of TMS Therapy. How would reducing the costs of depression result in savings for you? If your depression was 50% improved, what would be different about your life on a day-to-day basis? How about remission? When considering cost, it is just as important to consider how your life will change for the better as you recover from depression and regaining your life.
The actual cost of your TMS Therapy will depend on the number of sessions required. Most patients will require 20-30 sessions.
Insurance and Health Plans
Health insurance plans reimburse TMS therapy on a case-by-case basis. Currently, 75% of the patients treated, or 3 out of 4 patients that use the NeuroStar Care Connection (NCC) reimbursement program are receiving reimbursement from their insurance.
This is the latest list of insurances which have paid for TMS Therapy so far.
Financing Your TMS Therapy
Most patients will have to pay for the TMS Therapy, prior to receiving any reimbursement from their insurance. Financing can be obtained through Clark Behavioral Health (CBH) Financing.
The Personal Costs of Depression
How has depression affected your life? Your relationships? Your health? Your work or school?
A national study of depression found that nearly all the respondents who reported a major depressive disorder also reported that their social and/or work lives were negatively affected by their illness.1 In 2000, the economic burden of depression was estimated at $83.1 billion in the US2 and researchers estimate that by the year 2020, depression will be the second leading cause of disability worldwide.3 Depression can also be a lethal disease. Each year in the US, over 30,000 people die by suicide, 60% of whom suffer from depression.
Knowing this, you may want to consider your own:
- Out-of-pocket healthcare expenses.
- Prescription and over-the-counter medication costs.
- Side effects from medications
- Higher rate of physical illness and visits to the doctor
- Psychiatric hospitalization costs
- Employment inactivity (missed work)
- Relationship problems
- Decreased quality of life
If you suffer from depression and you are not responding to medications or you cannot tolerate their side effects, please, give us a call today, (361) 582-5678, to schedule your free TMS Consultation and to find out how you can afford TMS Therapy.
NeuroStar Care Connection (NCC)
Clark Behavioral Health
References
- Kessler, RC, et al. Prevalence, severity, and comorbidity of twelve-month DSM-IV disorders in the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS-R). Archives of General Psychiatry, 2005 Jun: 62 (6):617-27.
- Greenberg, PE, et al. The economic burden of depressive disorders in the United States: How did it change between 1990 and 2000? Journal of Clinical Psychiatry. 2003; 64 (12): 1465-1475.
- Kessler RC, Berglund P, Demler O, et al. The epidemiology of major depressive disorder. JAMA. 2003;289(23):3095-3105.
- Heron, Melonie, et al. Deaths: Final Data for 2006. National Vital Statistics Reports, 57 (14). April 17, 2009.
