Primary care · Paying for care
Primary Care Costs Without Insurance: Visits & Fees
Explore primary care with no insurance required. Compare published new-patient and follow-up visit prices, tests and separately billed services.
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The short answer
- Mayflower in California: $98 new-patient visit or $77 established-patient visit; coverage restrictions apply and additional services are excluded.
- Southwest Family Medicine in Dallas: office consultations from $150; tests and procedures cost extra.
- Match your visit purpose, patient status and format before comparing totals.
Compare patient status and exclusions
These two practice menus illustrate why the number must stay attached to the service and eligibility rules. They do not establish a U.S. average.
National research examples. Your selected care area highlights same-state examples where available.
Match the appointment to the reason for care
Tell the practice whether you want to establish ongoing care, discuss a new symptom, review an existing condition or plan preventive care. Confirm whether you are considered a new patient and whether prior records are needed.
Ask about continuity as well as the first appointment: who reviews results, how medication requests are handled and whether follow-up can be virtual. A one-time visit does not automatically include future advice or refills.
Plan for follow-up and affordable alternatives
Ask the clinic to identify who bills for ordered tests and how you will receive their quotes. Request the price of a results visit if it is separate. Record whether the fee is a single visit or a recurring membership.
HRSA-supported health centers offer another route to explore when price is a barrier; ask the center about its eligibility assessment and sliding-scale fees.
Prepare for a first visit and the care that follows
List your main concern, important past care, current medicines and questions. Tell the clinic about forms or records you need reviewed so it can allow the right appointment. Ask whether any preparation is required; avoid assuming that all primary-care appointments need fasting or bloodwork.
Before leaving, record who will review results, how to contact the team and whether another appointment is expected. For an ongoing condition, ask which visits and tests are likely to be separately billed. A lower first-visit fee may still lead to different ongoing costs.
How do I find primary care I can afford?
HRSA describes health-center sliding fees based on income and family size. Use its national finder, then ask the center about appointments, documents needed for the fee assessment and services available at that location.
Compare a single-visit price with any membership proposal using the number of visits and services you actually expect. Request enrollment charges, cancellation terms and excluded tests in writing. A monthly primary-care membership should not be assumed to cover hospital or specialist bills.
Seasonal illness and preventive-care questions
Use these guides to distinguish symptoms, choosing a setting, testing and prevention. They explain general patterns; they do not report current local outbreaks or available appointments.
Planning care around open enrollment or a coverage gap?
Check coverage options and care costs together. These guides connect official enrollment information with practical questions about a visit before a new plan is active.
Coverage changed, or the cost is out of reach?
A coverage-status question and a visit-price question may need different next steps. Use official coverage resources while comparing care options. Our practice directory currently covers DFW; it does not imply that every listed practice is an OpenVisit partner.
Find care.
Meet the practices behind the prices. Compare Google reviews and confirm the location.
Distance is approximate straight-line miles from the IP-estimated area, not driving distance. IP estimates can reflect a VPN. Change or refresh the area if it looks wrong.
Explore practices and published prices.
Find your clinician.
Explore the practice, membership and care details before choosing.
1 practices · 12 cliniciansAngela Kemp
DallasAnu Ravipati
DallasAshlene Philip
DallasAva Karimi
DallasBetty Thomas
DallasChrisette Dharma
DallasEmma Lieu
DallasKelsey Reisch
DallasMonica Ramirez
DallasNhunga Vo
DallasNiti Randhawa
DallasPrachi Thapar
Dallas
Prices belong to the practice, rather than an individual clinician. Confirm eligibility, extra charges and availability. These listings are separate from the research examples above and do not confirm a bookable appointment.
Keep this handy
Four questions to take with you.
- Do I need a new-patient or problem visit?
- Can this appointment address all my concerns?
- Are tests or forms separately priced?
- What is the ongoing-care fee?
You can use these questions with any practice. These guides do not provide appointments or collect payments.
Your next step
Explore care and published prices.
Use this guide to understand your options, then compare practice services. Confirm eligibility, availability and the final fee directly with the practice.
Common questions
Is a sick visit the same as an annual physical?
No. Describe the symptoms and preventive-care goals to the practice so it can choose the appointment type, time and quote. Ask whether addressing both changes the fee.
Does the consultation include a prescription?
A consultation is an evaluation, not a promise of a prescription. Ask how any recommended medicine is paid for and whether monitoring or follow-up has separate charges.
Can I get primary care at a community health center without insurance?
HRSA-supported centers are an option to contact about care and sliding-fee eligibility. Confirm intake requirements, available services and your assessed fee directly; this guide cannot establish your eligibility.
Is a monthly direct-primary-care fee the same as health insurance?
Do not assume a practice membership pays for care outside its written agreement. Ask how specialists, emergency care, hospital services, medicines and outside testing would be paid for.
Read the evidence
Sources & editorial status
Sources were checked on October 20, 2026. This is an OpenVisit Health editorial draft, not a personalized medical recommendation. Source organizations have not endorsed OpenVisit or reviewed this page.
How we researched prices and visit guidance
We use federal agencies, academic institutions and specialty societies for clinical and access guidance, and the named provider’s own public menu for prices. Each example keeps its location, service, patient status and published exclusions. Introductory offers, regular fees and reduced-fee programs remain labeled separately.
This is a selected comparison, not a national price survey, ranking or appointment directory. Unknown inclusions stay unknown; a price checked on the date above is not a guarantee that it remains available. Confirm an itemized written quote with the practice. If its quote differs from this guide, use the current quote and original source to resolve the difference.
AI tools assist research and drafting. Source authors and reviewers have not reviewed OpenVisit content. We publish after source and technical checks; independent clinician review is identified only when it has actually occurred.
- Cash-pay visit fees (opens in a new tab)Southwest Family Medicine Associates · Dallas, TexasPractice-published prices · checked October 20, 2026
- Cash prices and excluded services (opens in a new tab)Mayflower Medical Group · CaliforniaPractice-published prices · checked October 20, 2026
- Am I eligible for affordable health care? (opens in a new tab)Health Resources & Services AdministrationFederal access-to-care resource
- Find a health center (opens in a new tab)HRSA · Health Resources & Services AdministrationFederal access-to-care resource