How DPC Doctors Get Paid (Transparent Breakdown)
Our medical system in the US is anything but transparent: impossible to know how much an insurance doctor will charge, impossible to know the true cost of your medication they prescribed until you are at the check out counter. DPC: Direct Primary Care (membership-based primary care) is a key differentiator in this arena. Doctors in DPC typically make less than they would working for large hospital systems or insurance-based clinics. What they get back is time—time with patients, and time outside of work. No staying up late documenting for insurance. No productivity quotas. Just actual medicine. Here is now DPC doctors get paid- for real.
1. Not insurance
We don’t bill insurance—so we don’t work for an insurance company, we work for you. That means no rushed visits, no coding requirements, and no third-party deciding your care. That being said, just like any other doctor’s office, we bill your insurance for things like labs, medications etc so you don’t have to.
2. Less pharma kickbacks
We don’t get paid vacations and incentives by pharmaceutical companies like doctors may have decades ago. In fact, they outlawed that. However pharma companies can bring doctors “gifts.” You can look up any physician in the Open Payments database for the amount they have received from pharma. For example, as of writing this, Dr. Lok has accepted no payments from insurance other than a lunch for her and a medical assistant to discuss making GLP-1 meds (like Ozempic) more affordable for patients. Search any provider here: https://openpaymentsdata.cms.gov/search
3. No markups on labs or supplements
We don’t make money by inflating labs or supplements. We often use Golden Needle for professional-grade supplements at near-wholesale pricing, and we pass that savings to you: same with working with laboratories and local imaging centers (xrays etc) to get you the best deal we can.
How we do get paid
You. A simple monthly membership—like primary care used to be. No middlemen, no hidden fees. Just a direct relationship focused on your care.
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