How About Payment?

Payment Methods
Scheduling Appointments

Abintra has always tried to keep our rates (insured and non insured) reasonable so that a wide range of people may access our services. We offer a discounted series rate for those who want to utilize sessions for regular health care and prevention and those experiencing financial hardship. We have always felt that people who pay for insurance should benefit from medically insured massage when needed. So we take the extra time and effort to make it possible for our service to be covered by various medical insurance plans, Washington State Labor & Industrial Insurance and motor vehicle insurance. We also provide Gift Certificates to honor and treat those special people in your lives on special occasions.

Payment Methods

Abintra accepts payments via cash, check, Visa/Mastercard and Discover credit cards and motor vehicle, medical and labor and industrial insurance billing. Gift Certificates for massage and hypnotherapy may be purchased over the phone or in person and will be sent to the purchaser or recipient.

These following rates apply to any general massage and hypnotherapy session. A general massage session refers to one that is not specifically injury related and where the initial visit only is recorded.

Our rates for general sessions paid by cash at the time of services are:

Half hour
Hour
One hour and a half
Two hours

$35
$65
$95
$125

Our discounted rates for a series of four general prepaid sessions are:

Half hour
Hour
One hour and a half
Two hours

$30each/$120 for four
$60each/$240 for four
$90 each/$360 for four
$125 each/$500 for four


Jerome and Corinne are preferred massage providers with the medical
insurance companies listed below.
Services under this category require that we do a verification of benefits before booking your appointment.


· Regence Blue Cross/Blue Shield
· American Whole Health Networks, which includes Group Health Cooperative, Blue Cross/Blue Shield, Uniform Medical and Aetna.
· Cigna Health Plans
· Providence Health Plans

Our rates when billing medical, motorvehicle and labor and industry insurance for clinical treatments with documentation under a physicians prescription are:

Half hour
Hour
One and One Half Hour

$40
$80
$120

Note: the usual allowed amount by insurance is an hour.

The following insurance companies offer these discount plans for health maintenance when massage is not considered medically necessary and is ineligible for payment by the insurance company:

· We offer a 10% discount through American Whole Health Network. The following plans are with this network: AARP, Group Health, State Farm , Alliance Health, Best Benefits, The Diversified Federal Group, USA Plus, Visteon Corporation.

· We also offer a discount through Alternare Health Services Network. Premera Blue Cross is their primary plan offering an Affinity discount of 15% off of the general hourly rate.

Our series rate (without the prepayment) may be applied to those who are suffering a financial hardship such as unemployment or a fixed, low income.

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Well, how do you get an appointment with us?

For a general massage, that is not injury related; where you are not working with a physician and requiring documentation for your insurance, the best way to obtain an appointment is to give us a call at (206)522 9384. Walk-ins are accepted if we have session times available. There is usually someone covering the phones in the morning and we pick up messages usually within the hour. Or you may email us at abintra@connectexpress.com or fax us at (206)260 9002.

To schedule a medical massage that is paid by your insurance company:

· Call us with the following information to verify your benefits,; your name (as your insurance company has it); your date of birth; insurance ID# or social security #; your phone number; the main policy holder’s name, date of birth, and insurance ID/social security #.

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We will call the insurance company to verify that your benefits cover massage; how much they will pay; and if you need a prescription, and from whom; and if the insurance company has to process an authorization or in-house referral.

· Then we call you back to book your appointment if your insurance policy is active and you have all that the policy requires, Otherwise we inform you of your policy requirements.

The process is usually very quick, easy and painless. Even if you have called your insurance company, it is mandatory that we verify your benefits before beginning treatment.

To schedule a massage appointment paid by on a Labor and Industrial claim:

· Call us
· Give us your L&I claim number
· Schedule the appointment

To schedule a massage appointment paid by your motor vehicle insurance:

· Get a referral or presciption for massage from your physician
· If your insurance company says you do not need a physician’s referral then call us and give us your insurance agents name so we can verify that before your appointment.
· Schedule your appointment. Bring all of your insurance information with you to your appointment.

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