Cost of AS Assessment

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I am looking to get assessed for AS, but I am worried about the cost. I read that it can run between $500-1000 in the US, is that right? How much did you pay for your diagnoses?

I'm not in the US. So this may not be helpful...

It was going to cost me about $900 to go through an Aspergers Foundation here in Australia.

I'm not in US either. Mine cost about $1400 cdn. I asked quite a few doctors that's about the going rate for this area. It's even more for children. My son's assessment cost about $1675 due to extra development tests required. Our insurance covered most of that, though. If we didn't have insurance they would charge based on income on a sliding scale. My assessment would have cost about $900 if we're low income.

I think they require less testing in US so hopefully you don't have to spend too much.

It cost me $600 to be assessed by a clinical psychologist in Australia who specialises in ASD - that was one two-hour session, one one hour session (along with my wife), plus a couple of questionnaires (one for me, one for my wife). There was no written report, just verbal feedback.

Insurance might cover it, if you have it.

$1600, he accepted insurance

one-A-N, just couple of hours and a questionnaire…?

Tuttle, in my opinion that 1600$ sounds horrible. It is like they are rather selling diagnoses than helping people. How long did the assessment take?

There was an initial meeting that cost less that got lots of background information and determined whether a full assessment was worth doing. Then the full assessment was 5 hours of testing (not sitting around talking). And then the cost also covered him going through evaluating all of my test results and writing up an 11 page evaluation report, and a 1 hour meeting going over the results of my testing.

Not so much selling diagnoses as using an evaluation style that takes more of his time than one that relies on talking to the client more.

It’s good that there is an initial meeting. If there weren’t, the validity of the diagnoses might be questionable, since in that case the clinician might be slightly tempted to give customers their money’s worth.

The whole health care system in the U.S. is largely privatized unlike here, but 1600$ just felt like . I wonder how much parents generally have to pay there to get a diagnosis for their severely autistic child...?

I would avoid diagnosis if you can't afford further treatment.

For me personally is too high.

Some jobs do medical inquires of their future workers, couldn't risk having it on my record.

For mine it was 1 hour initial interview. About 4 hours of testing of all sorts. Some of the tests were done at home so didn't take up psychologist time, like questionaires for family member. 2 hours of report writing time and 1 hour visit going over report. About 8 hours total and as we have insurance we were charged the highest rate. It could be as low as $900 for people with low income and no insurance. If you had official IQ tests done rather recently that can save you about 1 - 2 hours' cost. Later I paid them a bit extra to write up a simple one-page report for me to share with other doctors. As the original 14 page report contain too much of my personal information. (This was a private clinic so it's totally up to me to decide if I want to share with my family doctor and how much details.)

My assessment cost $2000. But that is because I had a full IQ test, OCD test, Anxiety and depression scale and executive functioning test.

Fior's was 2K, CASH ONLY. The guy didn't take insurance, credit cards or checks. He was one of the few decent psychs that even bother diagnosing adult AS in our area. It was worth it, because the psych's reputation backed off Fior's company from firing him.

Ate a lot of Raman for awhile. Lol...

That also included testing, interviewing and a detailed report. I Fior had all the testing done that should be for a diagnosis.

Fior's was 2K, CASH ONLY. The guy didn't take insurance, credit cards or checks. He was one of the few decent psychs that even bother diagnosing adult AS in our area. It was worth it, because the psych's reputation backed off Fior's company from firing him.

Ate a lot of Raman for awhile. Lol...

That also included testing, interviewing and a detailed report. I Fior had all the testing done that should be for a diagnosis.

Really happy we pay higher taxes here. In Denmark its completely free as it should be. It's crazy the amounts listed here. 2000$ is a lot.of.money damn

Agreed! The NHS in the UK might not be great, and it takes a long time, but at least we don't have to buy medical treatment.