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The fee, disclosed before treatment as the statute requires, with the policies and the estimate notice on one page.
Failing to disclose the fee, or the basis on which it is computed, before treatment begins is unprofessional conduct for every license the Board issues. A self-pay client is also owed a prominent notice that a good faith estimate is available, and CMS publishes the text. This page prints both, with your cancelation, insurance, telehealth and payment terms in your own numbers.
Your terms →Your terms
The fee, the scale, the policies.
The statute requires the fee or its basis; everything else here is your policy, stated so the client can read it before the first session. What a missed session costs you, and what a policy recovers, is on the no-show calculator; what a reduced slot costs after tax is on the sliding-scale calculator.
The rule
Four statutes for the fee, one regulation for the notice, one letter for Medi-Cal.
Among the acts the licensing statutes list as unprofessional conduct: “Failing to disclose to the client or prospective client prior to the commencement of treatment the fee to be charged for the professional services, or the basis upon which that fee will be computed.” B&P §4982(n) for marriage and family therapists; §4992.3(o) clinical social workers; §4999.90(n) professional clinical counselors; §4989.54(o) educational psychologists.
Information regarding the availability of a good faith estimate must be “written in a clear and understandable manner, prominently displayed” on the website and in the office, and provided orally when scheduling or when cost is discussed. 45 CFR 149.610(b)(1)(iii). CMS’s model notice: “HHS considers use of the model notice to be good faith compliance.”
Mental Health Plans and their providers may not bill Medi-Cal beneficiaries for missed appointments (DMH letter 02-07, 19 November 2002; 9 CCR §1810.365). Medicare permits a missed-appointment charge only if it is the same for everyone (CMS MM5613), which is why the statement charges one figure.
Then what
The documents around the fee.
Raising the fee later
The fee-increase calculator
Break-even attrition, and the disclosure statute for every license.
What the policy is worth
The no-show and cancelation-policy calculator
What a missed session costs and what a policy recovers, with the Medi-Cal rule.
The other notice
The Notice to Clients generator
The Board’s complaint notice, in the statute’s words.
Where every figure came from
Sources.
The rule
- Board of Behavioral Sciences, Statutes and Regulations: B&P §4982(n), §4992.3(o), §4999.90(n), §4989.54(o), read 4 September 2026
- B&P §4982 on leginfo (the section to check)
- 45 CFR 149.610(b)(1)(iii), availability of the estimate
- CMS, Appendix 1: standard notice of the right to receive a good faith estimate (the model text printed here)
- DHCS, Mental Health letter 02-07: no charge to Medi-Cal beneficiaries for missed appointments
Nothing typed leaves the browser. The fee sentence and the policies are this site’s wording around your numbers; the estimate notice is CMS’s model text, unchanged.
