FAQs: DPC for Individuals and Families

It covers your access to your physician during the business day and after hours, discounted lab work, and most in-clinic labs and procedures are included.  As a member, your follow-up and sick visits are included as well. Visits can take place in-person, over the phone, or on a video teleconference e-visit (certain visits must take place in-person).  We will do everything we can to see members on the same day or next business day.  Additionally, plan members get a secure online personal health record, after-hours phone coverage from the physician, email communication with the physician, and coordination of care with specialists. We also act as your guide to services outside of our office and can often help you save money when you access services outside of our clinic.

There is a one-time signup fee of $79 for individuals and $109 for families who sign up at the same time. There is a monthly recurring payment for your membership based on your age.

Visit our Individual & Family Pricing page for more information.

Our vision is to be a practice that takes the time to get to know you and your health goals. We strive to spend extra time “behind the scenes” in order to provide the service that you deserve – the kind of service that studies show can help address many minor health issues before they become more debilitating and expensive to treat.

If a physician takes health insurance, this type of care is difficult, if not impossible, to provide because of the red tape and the demands of “Big Insurance.”

Being able to coordinate specialist care, talk with you over the phone about your lab results, and to answer follow-up questions over the phone (that you forgot to ask in the exam room) are all examples of what this style of practice allows Direct Primary Care doctors to offer. And the reason is simple: ‘Big Insurance’ causes physicians to have to increase caseloads for nominal fees and to spend enormous amounts of time handling paperwork. Fewer patients with far less paperwork means more time for helping patients with their concerns.

For an affordable monthly fee with no long-term contract, patients have easy access to a physician that can spend an extended amount of time on their care. DPC doctors offer discounts on services in addition to guiding patients through the medical system.

Just a few bad choices while getting medical care could cost more than the yearly membership fee for a Direct Primary Care membership. 

Consider this: The cost difference between an MRI at a low-cost and at high-cost provider is often $1,000-$2,000. With direct primary care, your physician has already done the research to know where you should obtain help. This level of care and knowledge could potentially save a patient thousands of dollars should advanced medical care be necessary. 

We offer a free “meet and greet” phone call prior to joining if desired. This allows a prospective patient time to ask questions in order to be more comfortable in making his or her decision. 

See our Individual & Families Pricing page for more details.

We can use the discounted prescription lists that are available at multiple pharmacies to take care of many of your health care issues (including diabetes, high blood pressure, thyroid issues, and common infections).

These pharmacies offer popular medications at $4 for a 30-day supply or $10 for a 90-day supply.

Additionally, services like GoodRx allow us to find the lowest local pharmacy prices for one-time medications (such as antibiotics, muscle relaxers, antivirals, etc.).

Finally, we also offer a drug discount card that can drastically reduce the costs of brand/specialty medications.  Please inquire for details.

Our lab prices are often 90% lower than typical medical clinics, and our patients benefit from the convenience of having us draw the lab specimens here in our office.

• Routine Adult Physicals
• Well Child Visits
• Routine Gynecological Care
• Chronic Disease Management (Diabetes, High Blood Pressure, Hypothyroidism, High Cholesterol, Sleep Apnea, Congestive Heart Failure, Arthritis, Allergies, Asthma, GERD/Reflux, COPD/Bronchitis/Emphysema)
• Urgent Visits (Cough, Colds, Flu, Bladder Infection/UTI, Joint Pain, Sore Throat, Headache, Abdominal Pain, Back Pain, Skin Infection, Abscess/Boil, Sinus Infection, Ear Pain, Chest Pain)
• Wound Care
• Splinting of Minor Fractures
• Medication Prescribing

We are in the process of negotiating discounted prices for our patients at other health care organizations (i.e. specialist clinics, imaging centers, labs, counseling).  

This process gets easier as more and more medical professionals once again become independent service providers.

If you have insurance, you can continue to use your insurance for care outside of our office.

Often, we can help you without requiring that you see another physician. However, there may be some instances where we would ask you to visit a clinic near you for urgent services (i.e. EKG, chest x-ray, antibiotic injections, etc.).

You can call, text, or request a telemedicine visit. All of this can be done through a smartphone based app.

MDVIP is a service that offers concierge medical services, generally giving patients enhanced access to the physician. MDVIP includes some labs in their service but tends to charge a larger dollar amount than a Direct Primary Care practice. As well, MDVIP charges a patient’s insurance for billable services.