<prompt> Human: I canceled my therapy appointment with my psychiatrist about 30 hours before the appointment. I know that I must cancel 48 hours before the appointment, but my sons school had an emergency problem with personnel and he couldnt go to school that day. He is almost two, so it wasnt really feasible for me to take him to the appointment. I wrote to my doctor to cancel, and he replied that if I didnt reschedule, I would be charged a cancellation fee I didnt know how much. Normally my visits are 100 covered by insurance. I wrote back to him asking when I could come in and saying that I was flexible we had two weeks until my next visit, and he didnt write back. He has no front desk at his office, and he manages his own appointments. I told him the reason for my cancellation during our last session, and he didnt mention the fee. Today he wrote with a bill for 150 for the cancelation fee. I find this excessive, especially since he has young children and has cancelled many times on me the day of the appointment sometimes just two hours before the appointment. This also is damaging to my familys finances. I wasnt sure where to post this, but what do others do about these fees? Is this excessive? It makes me want to stop seeing this doctor, but I want to know if there is recourse or some standard I can point to before it comes to that.  <response>: Explain that you didnt cancel, he merely neglected to reschedule you. And make him aware of your cancellation policy and that if he cancels on you with less than 48 hours notice, you are charging 175. At least one person charged for being kept waiting: source 