<p>No, the evaluation is the shorter stay, typically a week to 10 days.
My daughter’s inpatient evaluations were 10 days each, and the rate negotiated by our insurance was less than $7k for each visit. I suspect the rates you are quoting are for self-pay with no negotiation.</p>
<p>If mental health is part of the insurance plan (sometimes, unfortunately, it is not covered the same as other health issues), I would expect both evaluation and treatment to be covered. What I was trying to explain is that the two types of programs are not the same. Both facilities where my daughter was sent for evaluation are for short-term stays only. Patients requiring long-term treatment are sent elsewhere. That will not be the case everywhere, but most larger cities should have both types of facilities, and if parents voluntarily admit their child for evaluation, they have more choice in where their child is sent. If she is in crisis, and enters through the emergency department, she is likely to end up wherever there is a bed available.</p>
<p>It was cost to provide the service and paid. Billed was more. </p>
<p><a href=“An examination of costs, charges, and payments for inpatient psychiatric treatment in community hospitals - PubMed”>www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/22588167/</a></p>
<p>In any case, I am VERY happy to hear such a thing still exists and is paid for by some insurance, and in some places. I trained in such a program, but that was 23 years ago, and I haven’t heard anything like that in a very long time, even at annual meetings. Its truly wonderful, and it would be awesome to practice in those places. That’s what I love about CC. You get to know how different communities can be. (. My patients get hospitalized in Sacramento, Oakland and San Francisco.).</p>
<p>That is an awesome contribution, if not for the op, for someone, and I would never have thought of it. Thanks</p>
<p>I do encourage folks to read the link above about mental health insurance.</p>
<p>Another point to mention, about the daughter’s facebook envy, this is a major, documented problem with social media that will only intensify as her classmates start posting pictures of their great college life, cute boyfriends/girlfriends, study abroad experiences, cool vacations, prestigous internships, etc. It could escalate far beyond her AP envy (which no one cares about after senior year). No wonder people get depressed- everyone’s life is so much better! They don’t understand how carefully curated all those images are. She needs to learn how to be gracious about her peers’ successes. Not an easy thing to learn. It starts by having an appreciation for what one has.</p>
<p>[Instagram</a> and self-esteem: Why the photo-sharing network is even more depressing than Facebook. - Slate Magazine](<a href=“http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/07/instagram_and_self_esteem_why_the_photo_sharing_network_is_even_more_depressing.html]Instagram”>Instagram and self-esteem: Why the photo-sharing network is even more depressing than Facebook.)</p>
<p>Shrinkwrap - that is the experience for adolescents in Connecticut, at least for my daughter and several other families I have unfortunately gotten to know pretty well recently. I hope, for the sake of the OP and other families that our state is not one of the best.</p>
<p>^That would be interesting, if it was a state thing. We could move that to the affordable care act discussion, and keep this thread on topic for the op.</p>
<p>OP, did you end up with the appointment? Were you able to arrange for an evaluation? I hope you’re finding the help you need.</p>