Finally understand what's actually happening.
These services are not yet available. The fees and formats below describe the practice being planned for after licensure, expected 2028. No appointments are being scheduled and no services are being offered at this time. You are welcome to join the notification list to hear when the practice opens.
Comprehensive psychiatric evaluation with a diagnosis and evidence-based treatment plan. In-person in Chicago and Chicagoland area. For professionals ready to get clarity and a real plan.
Price
$400
Duration
60–90 min
Format
In-person Chicago
Before evaluation
You're struggling without answers.
- • You've tried different things but nothing sticks
- • You don't know if it's ADHD, anxiety, depression, or something else
- • You're not sure if medication would help
- • You feel alone in this
- • You're making decisions without full clarity
After evaluation
You have a diagnosis and a real plan.
- • You understand what's happening (diagnosis, not judgment)
- • You know whether medication, therapy, or both could help
- • You have a concrete next step
- • You feel heard by someone who understands professionals
- • You can make informed decisions with real information
A comprehensive evaluation includes:
- Detailed history — Symptoms, medical background, medications, family history, work context, and what you actually want to be different.
- Clinical assessment — Thorough evaluation of mood, anxiety, attention, executive function, sleep, and substance use patterns.
- Diagnostic formulation — A clear explanation of what's happening and why (diagnosis), including how different factors interact.
- Treatment plan — Specific recommendations for medication (if appropriate), behavioral strategies, lifestyle changes, and next steps. Time for your questions.
Why this evaluation is worth $400
A truly comprehensive psychiatric evaluation takes time. Rushed appointments miss the real issues. This 60–90 minute session covers what many clinicians spend 4–5 appointments discovering.
Jerrin Mathew brings: 11+ years clinical experience, deep understanding of professional context, and evidence-based assessment practices. You're not rushed. You're heard.
Common questions:
Isn't $400 expensive for an appointment?
Compare to a typical therapy appointment ($150–250) plus a doctor visit ($200–300). For 90 minutes of comprehensive assessment with someone trained in psychiatry, this is fair market rate.
Will I be pressured to start medication?
No. The evaluation determines if medication fits. That's YOUR decision. Some people benefit from medication; others benefit from behavioral changes or both. The assessment tells you what might help.
What if I've already seen other providers?
Bring those records. Having prior assessments helps Jerrin understand your full picture and avoid redundant testing.
What happens after the evaluation?
You get a written summary of findings and recommendations. You can then choose: start medication management appointments, pursue therapy referral, try behavioral changes first, or any combination. You're in control.
You've already waited. Clarity now means you can start addressing this in your life and work immediately, rather than continuing to compensate invisibly or make decisions without full information.
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Other services:
A superbill is available if you choose to seek out-of-network reimbursement yourself. That is entirely your decision, and it does put a diagnosis code into your insurer’s hands — which is worth knowing before you submit one.
What it does remove is the automatic transmission of your diagnosis to an insurance company as a condition of receiving care. For the people who ask me about this, that is the part that was actually worrying them.
It is worth being precise, because overstating this would be its own kind of dishonesty. A clinical record still exists — I am required to keep one. That record remains subject to subpoena or court order, and mandatory reporting obligations apply regardless of how care is paid for. Cash-pay is not anonymity, and no clinician can offer you that.
What cash-pay does not do
No prior authorisation. No visit limits. No utilisation review deciding that six sessions should have been enough. How often we meet and for how long is a clinical decision made between us.
No one outside the room decides how much care you get
Without a payer in the room, the diagnosis in your record is the one I actually believe is correct. Sometimes that is a formal diagnosis. Sometimes it is an honest statement that the picture is not yet clear. Neither has to satisfy anyone but the clinical facts.
Insurance reimbursement requires a billable diagnosis, and it has to be one the payer accepts for the service provided. That creates quiet pressure toward codes that justify reimbursement rather than codes that best describe what is actually happening.
Your diagnosis reflects clinical judgement, not billing requirements
For a physician thinking about credentialing, an attorney thinking about the bar, or anyone who has ever wondered what a life or disability insurance underwriter might one day request, that distinction is not abstract.
When care is billed to insurance, a diagnosis code is submitted with the claim and becomes part of that insurer’s records. When there is no claim, there is no code to submit. Nothing about your care is transmitted to a third-party payer at all.
No claim means no diagnosis code sent to a payer
This practice does not bill insurance. For most people that is simply a cost consideration. For the people this practice is built for, it changes three things that matter more than the fee.