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Im looking to start a new massage job at a Psychotherapy office in Oakland/Lake Merritt, CA.   I have 20 years of massage experience and I was wondering if anyone has input as far as setting rates in an office setting where they may be taking insurance?  

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Permalink Reply by Gordon J. Wallis on June 24, 2014 at 1:34pm

When I did insurance work many years ago.  Insurance companies  along with the  state published a code book on what they would pay for various procedures, including soft tissue work and massage.  It was broken down into 15 minute segments.  I suppose you could call a chiropractic office that does a lot of insurance billing in your city and state, and ask them how to get a copy of that code book.

Permalink Reply by Neal Lyons on July 27, 2014 at 3:55pm

You can set whatever rate you want. Reimbursement rates are capped off, so in many ways it is irrelevant from an insurance billing purpose because you can tell your patients that you will be billing X.

Permalink Reply by Gordon J. Wallis on July 28, 2014 at 9:00pm

If you are getting referals from MDs or Chiropractors for Auto Accident injuries , it's different then billing some ones health insurance that covers a certain amount for massage.  I know chiropractic clinics that are billing insurance companies $200.00 and $300.00 an hour for massage therapy for auto accident injuries.  They pay the therapist $50.00 to $90.00 an hour.  In the early 80s I worked in a chiropractic office and personally billed $127.00 an hour for massage.  I will attach some files that you can follow up on.  I personally don't think anyone is worth $300.00 an hour.  But that is being billed to insurance companies accross this nation on a daily basis.  The insurance compainies themselves write the codes. They get more then their money back with high insurance rates.  Heath insurance is one thing.  But auto accidents, is another.

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The attachments below follow up on what I just said.   

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