Free DPC calculator
Estimate your DPC startup budget before the invoices arrive.
Startup costs look small until legal, space, equipment, software, insurance, marketing, and runway all show up in the same month. Use this to get a realistic launch number.
One-time setup
$62,100
Runway reserve
$38,000
With 15% cushion
$115,115
The hidden cost is usually workflow.
You can launch lean on money and still expensive on attention if every request lives in a different app.
Budget for the tools you need, not every tool someone recommends in a forum.
Set up messages, labs, refills, onboarding, and follow-ups before the founding-member push.
Keep the stack simple: EHR or billing, messaging, labs, prescribing, scribe, workflow layer.
Tabflows Core is free, so you can give the team one workflow layer without adding launch cost.
Once you know the budget, find the panel target.
Use the break-even calculator to turn the launch budget and monthly overhead into a member target.
Calculate break-even members