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Become an Established Patient

Call or Text (509)537-3660

Frequently Asked Questions

Please reach us at office@rootsandrivers.health if you cannot find an answer to your question. Please note prices are subject to change.  Updated April 2022. 

A commitment of 2 appointments is required to become established for a total of $500. This includes: 

  • 2 hour intake with humanistic narrative style history acquisition and naturopathic physical exam (value $375)
  • 1 hour follow up to review individualized treatment plan (value $250)
  • discuss individualized diet (value $175)


No.

Superbills are available to those who have out of network reimbursement benefits.  A superbill may be sent to one's insurance company for reimbursement or to be applied towards their deductible.  The insurance company dictates their own pricing structure.  For example, if a new patient first office call (coded 99204) is billed at $375, your insurance may say that $211.09 is the allowable amount which they put towards your deductible. They may or may not reimburse 40% of that cost back to you if you have out of network coverage so you could  receive $126.65 back.  


HSA (Health Saving Account) credit cards can be used to pay for appointments, procedures, and supplements that have been prescribed to you by the doctor. 


If I were to take insurance, I would have to hire a billing/compliance person for the practice which would require me to have shorter visits with you and to see many patients each day.  I believe this reduces my ability to help my patients.   


I would rather see you getting back to work  and being with your family sooner by reducing the overall appointments needed to get results.  


Please see the Price List below.  In general, my rate is $250 per physician billable hour.  Rates are subject to change.  It is accepted and normal to experience price increases between 10-15% per year.  


Yes.  I do House Calls for Established Patients  within a 10 mile drive of Wenatchee, WA.  Trips further out require a trip fee of at least $75.  


I do both!  As much as technology is a wonderful tool, I have found it to be a time-drain in my practice.  I utilize an EMR (Electronic Medical Record) service for billing, scheduling, documents, faxing, prescriptions, etc.  I offer paper only charting where applicable and upon request.  


Price List

New Patients

  • Appointments may be in In-person at the Private Office Location or via our secure Telemedicine Platform.   
  • Please bring any labs , records and current supplements with you.  
  • Please have your New Patient Paperwork completed at least 48 hours before your appointment so that I may prepare for your case.   To become an Established Patient you must have 2 appointments (the intake and 1 follow-up which is available at the cost of $500 when purchased and billed together).  

Adult First Office Visit Intake

$375

2 Hour Intake with History and Physical Exam. 

Superbill CPT Code 99204

Pediatric First Office Intake

$275

For those under 18 years of age: 2 Hour Intake with History and Physical Exam. 

Superbill CPT Code 99204

1 Hour Return Visit

$250

For all age groups.  60 minutes. 

Superbill CPT Code: 99213 or 99214

Dietary Counseling Only

$175

Discussion of foods that are uniquely inflammatory to you.  Understanding what causes your particularly body's inflammatory reactions can help you make better decisions for your diet and supplement regimens.  I do not believe one size fits all.

Superbill is not available for this service. 

Urgent Call for non-patient or other consult (including apitherapy, out of

$250 per hour

This visit does get included toward the status of established patient. 



Established Patients

Established patients have access to House Calls, Secure Chatting, Urgent Visits, Fullscript Online Dispensary, and Procedure only visits.

Follow-up, 30 minutes, uncomplicated

$125

Return Office Visit/Follow-up, 30  minutes, uncomplicated Superbill CPT code 99213

Follow-up, 30 minutes, complicated

$175

Return Office Visit/Follow-up, 30  minutes, complicated - increased medical decision making, formal letter or prescription management)

Superbill CPT code 99214.  

Follow-up, 1 hour

$250

Superbill  CPT is dependent on nature of visit.  Usually 99214 or 99213 with modifiers.  

Brief/Urgent, 15 minutes

$95

Procedure Only Visits

Requires a referral from either Dr. Gussak or any other Naturopathic or Medical Physician.

Advanced Constitutional Hydrotherapy

$75

  • $356.25 package of 5 - 5% discount (value $375)
  • $647.50 package of 10 - 15% discount (value $750)
  • $1,200 package of 20 - 20% discount (value $1,500)

Cold Laser Application

$50 per 10 minutes

Osteopathic Manipulation Technique and Manual therapy Tx only, 20 minutes

$75 per 20 minutes

BioMat (Infrared and Amethyst Treatment)

$25 per 30 minutes

  

Kt Taping and OMT for injury, peak performance, or pain

$35 low complexity $45 high complexity

  


Add-ons

Requires a referral or prescription from either Dr. Gussak or any other Naturopathic or Medical Physician.

Cold Laser Application

$50 per 10 minutes

Homeopathic Remedy - Single

$10

  

Homeopathic Remedy - Combination

$15

  

KinesioTape

$15 for materials

  

House Call Trip Fee

$75 or more

No trip fee for house calls within 10 miles of Wenatchee which include East Wenatchee, Malaga, Monitor and Cashmere, WA.

Bee Venom Therapy - $100 by provider + bees and supplies

$15 for materials

  


Apitherapy Services

Apitherapy Consultation

$250 per hour

2 hour discussion and 1 hour follow-up  to review clinical opinion and education.  

Average time is about 3 hours.  I am considering a donation based model for this.  

Prices subject to change & inflation. Prices above may not accurately reflect the billable physician time of $250 per hour and may be subject to change and increase. Updated April 2022

Policies

Price List may be subject to change.  Inflation expectations usually suggest price increases annually of  5-15% for services.  


Telephone calls, e-mail and chat communications may be subject to time-based invoicing at a rate of $250/hour.   


A Credit Card is required to make an appointment and held via Healthie, the secure and PCI compliant Electronic Medical Record System, for the purpose of invoicing. Payment is collected at the time of the appointment.  


Cancellation & Rescheduling Policy: Notice must be by email, text, or voicemail and be sent no later than 24 hours prior to the start of your scheduled appointment time.  Appointments cancelled within 24 hours are charged 100% of the scheduled visit’s value. Regarding rescheduling outside of 24 hours advance notice, the first time has no penalty. The second reschedule is charged 50% of the visit’s value.  The third reschedule is charged 100% of the visit’s value.  For established patients, one cancellation charge is waived.  Please give your calendar a thorough look before scheduling.

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Roots & Rivers Naturopathic Medical Center

Dr. Maria Luisa Gussak - Naturopathic Physician & Medical Director

Private Office - 5 S. Wenatchee Ave Suite #301 Wenatchee, WA 98801

P: (509)537-3660

F: (833)390-1316

Office@RootsAndRivers.Health


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