Posted by Hermitian on July 21, 2008, at 11:33:28
In reply to Re: Therapists who do not negotiate fees?, posted by antigua3 on July 21, 2008, at 11:05:54
Net revenue based on an hourly fee can be really misleading. Say a therapist charges 200 bucks a session and sees 4 patients per day. And say he works 46 weeks per year (10 national holidays + 4 weeks vacation.) Then his gross revenue is $184K per year.
Somebody already mentioned his business expenses. And then you also have to throw in his self-funded retirement, health insurance and his doubled up FICA (15% instead of 7.5%). So a lot of that gross gets chewed up leaving a pretty modest net income for someone with that level of training (especially the MDs.) So it may seem callous, but they really have to protect their price point or it could become a downward spiral of insufficient revenue.
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