Opened Fulcrum so that a patient could hear the cost, the plan and the way out before anything began.
A cash chiropractic practice in Clearwater
Chiropractic care with the fee written down first
You get a written estimate before your first visit and an itemized receipt after every one, ready for your HSA or FSA. We do not bill insurance.
Written
estimate before your first visitItemized
receipt after every visitHSA and FSA
cards work at checkoutNo insurance
billed, so no claims to wait on
Billing, step by step
How your first visit is billed
Nothing on this list is a surprise. Each step says what you will be asked and what you will be given.
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Step 1: Before you book
Ask for a written estimate by phone or through the contact form. We email it with what the first visit includes and what each line costs.
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Step 2: At check-in
We go over the estimate with you. You pay at the end of the visit, not at check-in.
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Step 3: In the room
Your doctor talks with you, examines you and explains any care they recommend. If that care adds to the estimate, they tell you the cost before it begins and you decide.
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Step 4: At checkout
You pay by card, cash or check. HSA and FSA cards work like any other card. You leave with an itemized receipt, printed or emailed.
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Step 5: Afterward
Keep the receipt. If your plan reimburses any of it, the plan decides, and you send the receipt to your plan. Call us if it needs more detail.
HSA and FSA
A receipt your plan administrator can read
Pay with an HSA or FSA card, and take home a receipt that lists everything your plan administrator may ask for. Your plan decides what it reimburses.
We take an HSA or FSA card the way we take any card. We do not bill your plan, so the receipt is the record you send it.
What the receipt lists
The date of the visit and your doctor's name
Each service, with its fee
The amount you paid and how you paid it
The practice's name and address
Care
Four kinds of visit, one fee policy
Spinal adjustment
A hands-on adjustment of the spine and other joints, done by a licensed chiropractor after an exam.
About adjustmentsSoft tissue work
Hands-on work on tight muscles and the tissue around joints, added to a visit by the quarter hour.
About soft tissue workExercise and rehab
Stretches and exercises, shown to you in the room and written down to take home.
About exercise and rehabFamily visits
Adults and children can be seen the same day, each with their own exam and written estimate.
About family visits
Your doctors
Three doctors, one way of explaining a fee
Explains each step of the exam out loud and writes down every adjustment he does.
Guides the exercise and stretching part of a visit and watches how you move at each one.
At the front desk
Offers for a first visit and for families
Each offer lists everything it includes. Show it when you check in.
New patients New patient offer Lists the exam, any adjustment and what is not included. X-rays are taken only when medically necessary. One offer per person. Ask the front desk for the end date. 
Households Family offer Lists each family member's visit and what is not included. One offer per household. Ask the front desk for the end date.
Sample offers.
Offers cannot be combined.
Before you book
Questions about fees and a first visit
What happens at my first visit?
You talk with your doctor, then have an exam. If your doctor recommends it, you may have a first adjustment the same day. A first visit takes about 45 minutes. You leave with an itemized receipt and a plan for what comes next.
Do you take my insurance?
We do not bill insurance plans. We are a cash practice, so you pay at the visit and keep an itemized receipt. How fees work explains what you get in writing.
I do not use insurance. What do I get in writing?
A written Good Faith Estimate before your first visit, the cost of any recommended care before it begins, and an itemized receipt after every visit. A plan may reimburse part of a receipt, and the plan decides.
Is chiropractic care safe?
Every kind of care has risks. Soreness after an adjustment is common and usually short. Rare serious problems have been reported after neck adjustments, so your doctor explains the risks before any neck adjustment, and you can say no to any part of a visit. If you have a sudden severe headache or neck pain, new weakness or numbness, chest pain, or loss of bladder or bowel control, call 911 or see a physician first.
What is your cancellation policy?
Please call us as early as you can if you need to change a visit. Ask the front desk about our cancellation policy.
Ask for your written estimate
Tell us how to reach you and when. We will send an estimate for your first visit.
Phone(727) 555-0100
Hours
- Monday – ThursdayToday
- 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.
- FridayToday
- 8 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- Saturday – SundayToday
- Closed