What is the Invisalign fee before dental office costs are added?

If you go for a heart transplant do you ask the surgeon how much does the heart hardware cost? We don't answer these types of questions in the medical and dental fields cause they are irrelevant to the treatment. Dentists and orthodontists have the highest over head costs of any of the professions, that's why... more

Do you mean the lab fee? I'm curious to know why you would not consider the cost of materials (impression materials, equipment and instrumentation needed to make records), hourly/salary pay for team needed to care for patient, rent, etc. These are not costs added in. These are actual out-of-pocket costs that... more

The great thing about Invisalign being such a familiar name is that many people know about it and are asking about it. The bad thing is that Invisalign is now often thought of as a commodity and people think that all Invisalign treatment and Invisalign dentists are the same. The lab cost for Invisalign does... more

Every Dental Procedure fee is based on the lab fee plus the cost of dental office which is the biggest overhead. The cost of Invisalign based on appointments and chair time is varied and is between $3500 to $7000.

When you go to buy a car, you aren't asking the dealer how much the car company paid for the metal, the engine block, the leather, etc.  Although it is not a huge secret, if you are trying to negotiate a price with the treating dentist, you may think that the lab fee is the only cost involved. You need to... more