Once you leave the hospital, ours charges 50 bucks to been seen! I always thought they were free. I understand shy they do it but it sucks for people who need help and can't afford it. They do take phone calks though
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I think ours were charged as an office visit with a nurse.
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My insurance covers a few visits from a lactation consultant a year. Not sure how many though.
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Ours has a meeting time twice a week where you can be seen for support. It's free and a great way for them to see a lot of women within an hour.
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I'm in New Zealand and fortunately the majority of our LC's are publicly funded so there is no charge to see them.
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The LCs I considered charge $150. Our insurance used to reimburse part of that but that coverage got taken away when the ACA went into effect.
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@spaniellove: ACA requires lactation coverage. Are you in a grandfathered plan?
Our hospital had free lactation services during business hours and a 24 hour help line. Our pediatrician is also IBCLC so I could talk to him with any issues. I found their support invaluable.
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There's one LC on base that I can see for free, and I *think* she will come to my house. If she's busy or if I don't like her, then I pay out of pocket to find a new one, so I'm hoping we mesh well since a LC was vital to me breastfeeding last time.
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I don't know about all of them but we have a clinic that is headed up by two pediatricians who are lactation consultants and the whole clinic charges as though for a pediatrician visit when if you see one of the nurse LCs.
We picked a ped who also has a few on staff in other capacities but who have LC duties as part of their job description so we have access to one during all business hours including Saturdays.
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I paid $200-250 for LC home visits. They are supposed to give you paperwork to be submitter to insurance so you get some reimbursement. It's cheaper than formula would have been (and I don't think I woudl have been able to BF without LC help) so it was well worth it for me.
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Once we were home I had to pay a lot for a LC to come help us, I think it was $150.
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I have a NICU baby. Once we're discharged, I get free LC services. I was told they are free because he was in the NICU though. They also have a free weekly support group where the LCs will help you. I also know of several other support groups with LCs around my city that are free. Maybe you could find a support group.
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If you can find one who works for a pediatricians office, the charge should be the same as a ped's office visit
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I was just talking to my insurance last night about what my coverage will be and lactation consultants are covered 90% after deductible just like my other medical expenses are with my plan.. I thought it was a weird it wasn't more like a "copay" structure, but whatever. They also said it is charged the same for a hospital vs a home visit but insurance does NOT cover mileage if the bill includes a line item for mileage for them to come to me.
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i paid $200 for an in home visit. the private lactation consultant was way better than the hospital lactation consultants, and went above and beyond.
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Everything was covered for the first month.
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All lactation visits are free at my hospital because I delivered there.
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@LaughLines: I had no idea that some insurance covers LC appointments!! I will need to check with mine!
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@oliviaoblivia: I'm not completely sure. I only know we've had our plan forever with no change and it took a turn for the worse a couple days before LO was born in June. Last week I spent hours on the phone just trying to figure out what on earth my benefits were related to breastfeeding and was finally told they used to give reimbursements if you bought a pump at a retail store and now they only provide a really subpar pump so you pretty much have to buy your own pump anyway.
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@stargal: Of course, it's their job just like a nurse or a therapist. Nobody can afford to work for free (especially if they have to pay off student loans).
A lot of times they can be covered by insurance. They charge in the hospital too, it's just that it's lumped into your hospital bill.
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