About Sliding Scale
Mandala Midwifery hopes to provide care to all families regardless of income. In this spirit, we offer a sliding scale of fees for low-income women. During the interview, we can discuss options to meet your financial situation.
It can be challenging to know whether one qualifies for a sliding scale. A guideline is: how much does paying for your services affect your current lifestyle? If after paying for the services you wouldn't have to change anything in your day-to-day, you are at the high end of the scale and subject to the standard fee.
If, by paying for the services, you have to alter your lifestyle, you are eligible for a sliding scale. The degree by which you have to alter it, is what determines where on the scale you lie.
If it means you are limiting your baby supplies purchases some to make sure you can fill the car up with gas to get to work, you might get a small discount. If your basic needs won't be able to be met, such as quality food and ability to pay rent to stay in your place, a larger slide in the scale is warranted.
Now, here's the piece that often confuses people. Priorities. We trust you will value and prioritize this quality care you receive over accessories and abundance. We can talk about this more at the interview.
When assessing the need to use the sliding scale, please take into account familial income as well.
If you are able to pay the full fee, thank you. Your doing so allows us to offer this high-quality to those with less resources. Midwifery is about supporting one another, this is part of that process.
Well Woman Care Sliding Scale
Use the list below as a framework for determining your sliding scale fee for an appointment.
Because quality midwifery care is dependent on relationship, we encourage a series of appointments, roughly 5, to get started, and regular quarterly visits thereafter. Packages of 5 visits can be purchased at a discounted rate. Please inquire if you are interested in this discount.
Annual familial income less than $20,000 your fee is $50
Annual familial income between $20,000-30,000 the fee is $75
Annual familial income between $30,000-45,000 the fee is $125
Annual familial income between $45,000-80,000 the fee is $225
Annual familial income above $80,000 the fee is $250
