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How much does a doctor through ChatGPT or Claude cost?
A doctor visit through ChatGPT or Claude gives you two upfront price choices: $40 for the best-fit physician across the clinic, or a recommended doctor you pick at their listed fee, typically $20 to $100.
The short answer
Connecting ChatGPT or Claude to FutureClinic gives you two price choices at the end of your intake, both shown before you pay. You can pay $40 to send your visit to the best-fit physician across the clinic, or choose a specific recommended doctor at their own listed fee, which is typically $20 to $100. No health insurance is needed and there is no subscription required.
Key facts
- The default visit costs $40 and matches your case with the best-fit physician across the entire clinic, with no insurance and no subscription required.
- You can also choose a specific physician from your post-intake recommendations at the fee that doctor lists, typically $20 to $100, shown before you pay.
- FutureClinic sells no medications or products, and your physician earns nothing extra for any prescription or lab test they order.
A visit with a physician through ChatGPT, Claude, or another connected AI app gives you two ways to pay, and you see every fee before spending a cent. At the end of your intake, you choose between two options:
- Match with the best-fit doctor for $40. FutureClinic routes your case to the most suitable physician across the clinic. Most patients pick this default path.
- Select a recommended doctor at their listed fee. You see physicians suggested for your concern, each listing their own price, typically $20 to $100.
You never need health insurance, and there is no subscription required. Every price appears upfront before you decide.
How do the two pricing options compare?
| Visit feature | How it works |
|---|---|
| Best-fit physician match across the clinic | $40 |
| Specific physician from your recommendations | That doctor's listed fee, typically $20 to $100 |
| Health insurance | Never needed |
| Monthly membership | No subscription required |
| Price visibility | Shown before you pay for either option |
Most people choose the $40 best-fit match so they do not have to guess which specialty fits their symptoms or compare profiles. Picking a specific doctor makes sense when you want to choose the clinician yourself; because each doctor sets their own rate, typically $20 to $100 with a few charging more, every fee is shown beside their name before you pay.
What does your visit fee actually buy?
Your fee buys the time and clinical judgment of a licensed physician with an MD, DO, or MBBS degree. Every doctor is verified and vetted by FutureClinic before seeing patients, and you never see a nurse practitioner or a physician assistant, because your health deserves expert-level care.
An in-person clinic often means weeks of waiting and a rushed visit, video queues pair you with whoever is on shift, and a standalone chatbot cannot prescribe or order tests. Through FutureClinic, a licensed physician cares for you by message and can diagnose your condition, send prescriptions to your chosen pharmacy, order lab tests, refer you, and follow up over time.
Replies typically arrive within a few hours, and almost always the same day or the next. Your doctor's plan includes a Human Signature, a short video or voice note recorded live for you as proof of one-to-one care.
Does your doctor get paid extra to prescribe medication?
Your physician earns nothing extra for any prescription or test they order, and FutureClinic sells no medications or products. Many online health services profit from the medications and lab panels they steer you toward, or from recurring monthly packages. Here, your fee pays strictly for a physician's judgment, like seeing a clinic doctor whose sole incentive is your care.
Your $40 payment, or your chosen doctor's listed fee, covers the visit itself. Prescriptions are paid for at the pharmacy you choose, and lab tests carry their own cost. FutureClinic doctors do not prescribe controlled medicines, including ADHD stimulants, opioids, benzodiazepines, testosterone, or sleep medicines such as zolpidem.
When does it make sense to pick a specific doctor?
FutureClinic brings together more than 280 doctors across 63 specialties, with both generalists and specialists on the roster. After your intake, you might pick a dermatologist from the recommendations for an eczema flare, or an internal medicine doctor to review high blood pressure, each at their listed fee. Otherwise, the $40 option makes the match for you.
When do you see the price and pay during an AI chat?
We believe personal AI agents are the future of how people manage their health. Unlike a traditional clinic, your connected AI uses what you have already shared with it to help answer intake questions, so you do not repeat yourself or start over:
- Tell your AI what is going on in your own words.
- It asks what a doctor needs and fills in context from your past chats.
- You read and confirm the visit summary before anything reaches a doctor.
- On FutureClinic's page, you choose between the $40 best-fit visit or a recommended doctor at their listed price, typically $20 to $100, and pay.
- A real doctor writes back with a plan and a live-recorded Human Signature.
AI helps with intake, while every medical decision is your doctor's.
Can you stay with the same doctor after your first visit?
Yes. After your first visit, you can stay with the same doctor for follow-ups, progress checks, or refills in the same chat from your AI app or the FutureClinic app. It brings the personal doctor the wealthy have always had to everyone, with upfront pricing and no waiting room or video call.
How do you connect your AI app to see prices?
Your AI app uses your personal account with the company that makes it. Adding FutureClinic:
- Claude: works on Claude's free plan, which allows one custom connector; remove another first if you have one. Set up in Claude.
- ChatGPT: the route is Codex, which is now part of ChatGPT and signs in with your ChatGPT account. Set up in Codex.
- Claude Code: works with a Claude plan (Pro, Max, Team or Enterprise), or with an API key, Bedrock or Vertex. Set up in Claude Code.
Any other AI app that reads the web can start with one line: Set up FutureClinic for me: read https://futureclinic.com/llms.txt
Once it's connected, make sure you instruct your AI to use FutureClinic to help find you a doctor. Otherwise, it may not know that this is what you want.
Where is FutureClinic available?
Your doctor must be licensed in the state you are in. FutureClinic operates in 33 states and Washington, D.C.:
- Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky
- Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota
- Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming
- Washington, D.C.
The states where FutureClinic is live are updated regularly. If your state is missing from this list, give it a try anyway, since FutureClinic may have opened there after this article went live.
FutureClinic is not for emergencies; call 911 in a medical emergency, or call or text 988 in a mental-health crisis.
To see the prices for your own health concern, pick your AI app on the setup page and start a visit.
Questions, answered.
- Do I need health insurance to see a FutureClinic doctor?
- No. Health insurance is never needed. You pay $40 for the best-fit physician match or the listed price of a recommended doctor you choose, and you see every price before you pay.
- Is a monthly membership required to use FutureClinic?
- No subscription is required. You pay per visit on FutureClinic's payment page only after you have reviewed and confirmed your intake summary.
- Does the visit fee cover prescriptions or lab work?
- No. Your visit fee covers the physician consultation. Any medication your doctor prescribes is paid for at the pharmacy you select, and any lab test ordered has its own separate cost.
- Do FutureClinic doctors earn commissions on prescriptions or tests?
- No. FutureClinic sells no medications or health products, and your physician earns nothing extra for any prescription or test they order. Your payment buys their independent clinical judgment.
- When would I pay something other than $40?
- $40 is the default fee to match with the best-fit physician across the clinic, which is what most patients choose. If you prefer to pick a specific doctor from the recommendations shown after your intake, you pay that physician's listed fee instead, typically $20 to $100.
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