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In the past, traditional Medicare charged more than twice as much for seeing a mental health professional as an outpatient than for seeing any other kind of doctor — co-pays of 50 percent of the cost of a visit rather than 20 percent. But since 2010, under a law passed in 2008, those co-pay costs have gradually come down. Today, you pay the standard 20 percent co-pay for outpatient psychiatric care, and Medicare pays the rest, as long as you see a participating provider. If you have Medigap insurance, these co-pays are covered. If you’re in a Medicare Advantage plan, you pay what your plan requires.