How much is the actual Invisalign fee without costs added in by the dental office?
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 a crown costs $1500 dollars. You're paying for our knowledge and skills and the fact we went to 10 years of school to become professionals so we could offer you treatment.
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 your dentist pays out of his or her wallet every day. So, if you take out the 'doctor time' or the doctor's fee, you're looking at an out-of-pocket cost range of $4000 to $6500 depending on where you are in the country. The lab fee (plus shipping plus certification and continuing education cost) from Invisalign is approximately $2000-$3000 of that total out-of-pocket cost.
