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At $40-50 they typically cost approximately the same as a traditional doctor consultation co-pay, but can also be as inexpensive as a $10 per month subscription. Check out this list of telehealth consultation services below to find an online doctor consultation service that fits your family's needs.
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Where To Go For A Online Doctor Consultation
| Companies | What They Do | Cost | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|
| $45 per consultation or by monthly plan | Currently #2 in market share, MDLIVE is looking to surpass Teladoc this year. Its investors include the Heritage Group – owned by 250 major hospitals in the US. Articles: MDLIVE reviews from real users | |
| $38 per consultation + annual fee ($150 or less) | Currently #1 in market share, Teladoc was late to providing video and is likely to slip off its #1 position this year. Articles: Where does it hurt? Log on – The Doctor is in – MSN Money | |
Faster, Easier Doctor Visits
| $49.95 per 10 min. | American Well started off building telemedicine portals for hospitals, but their solution was expensive and complex (they licensed their video platform from Vidyo). They recently pivoted to providing their own online doctor service, copying TelaDoc and MDLIVE. | |
The Doctor Is Always In
| $40 per 15 min. | Its founder and CEO is the son of Dr. Phil (talk show celebrity). Its investors include A-list big shots such as Andreessen Horowitz and Google Ventures. Articles: | |
Fast, Affordable Online Doctor Visits – Anytime, Anywhere Online Video Consultation through Smart Phone, Mobile Device or Computer with Urgent Care Doctors + Online Therapists
| Urgent Care – $30 with no Health Insurance Online Therapy – $40 & Up *Most Insurances Accepted | CareConnect is a non-profit provider whose aim is to provide excellent service and accessible care to anyone. It operates in 45 locations across 22 counties in Georgia. InstaVisit, its virtual service, is available to anyone in the state of Georgia. | |
| Employer Contracted | The first physician owned and led online marketplace for telehealth and locum medical staffing. Articles: | |
video consultation for various services | set by individual providers | Due to low activity, Helpouts is shutting down April 20, 2015.This service is currently free for providers since it is illegal for Google to charge a percentage fee for health consultations. For non-medical video consultations, Google charges 20% of the consultation fee. Articles: | |
Concierge Medicine for Everyone
| $99/month | HealthTap, best known for its vast online database of health questions answered by real doctors, is now grabbing a spot in the concierge healthcare space with its new Prime service offering with unlimited 24/7 virtual doctor visits Articles: HealthTap Offers Uber-like Service for Seeing a Doctor – Forbes | |
| $49/visit or co-pay if not fully covered by health plan | LiveHealth Online powered by AmericanWell / Vidyo has been picked up by health insurer WellPoint / Anthem. First piloted in 2013 in California and Ohio. WellPoint / Anthem began a mass rollout to several states in 2014 including Minnesota, Virginia, Kentucky, Maine…and most recently, Massachusetts. Articles: | |
Stronger Hospitals – Better Lives
| varies | This is of the oldest telemedicine services around and has done over 100K calls. It just raised $32M from Warburg Pincus in Jan, 2014. | |
Where The Doctor Is Always In
| starts at $5.95 per month + $9.95 per consultation | Acquired by TelaDoc in Sept 2013, Consult A Doctor didn’t try to offer video until it was too late, and they were forced to sell. | |
| employer provided | An older telehealth company that was started in 2007, AmeriDoc was happily acquired by TelaDoc this year as Teladoc continues to find ways to hold onto it's #1 market share position | |
Online Diagnosis and Treatment
| $40 per consultation or insurance co-pay | One of the most beautifully designed user experiences for online consultation and diagnosis, they are part of Health Partners. | |
phone triage answering service for doctors | $69 per month per provider | They started out doing what VSee is doing,and have pivoted off video. Their new model makes a lot of sense, and they are backed by A-list investors such as the Founder’s Fund and PracticeFusion’s CEO Ryan Howard | |
First of its kind second opinion
| $3000 per case | 2nd.MD has taken a different slant on virtual care by using video consults to quickly get patients a specialist consultation that might otherwise take weeks or months to schedule. | |
| employer contracted | Arizona-based e-health service of Stat Health Services Inc, Stat Doctors uses the WebRTC-based AddLive video chat service on its new mobile app. | |
| $49.95 per consult | MeMD was founded in 2010 by John Schufeldt, the former CEO of NextCare, a nationwide urgent care chain. A virtual care portal and patient recruitment service, it has associations with Doctors Express and Urgent Care Integrated Network (UCIN)–also Schufeldt-related companies. | |
Online Doctor Consultations
| $9.99/mo + $40 per diagnostic consult + $15.00 enrollment fee | Launched in 2010, InteractiveMD is the telehealth service arm of the iCan Group, a family of companies delivering healthcare solutions, including health insurance and medical bill auditing. Telehealth services are a part of their insurance and lifestyle benefits. | |
| starts at $8.95 per month per individual | One of many online doctor consultation services that are beginning to dot the healthcare landscape. See below for additional companies | |
| competitive, volume-based rates | USARAD is a physician-owned, Joint Commission-accredited radiology services company which created the award-winning 'Radiology-on-Demand®' platform | |
| $49+, membership plans available for individuals, families, and employers | Similar to 2ndMD, SecondOpinions provides second opinion consultations in all areas of medicine, including radiology to connect 'patients around the globe with some of the world's best doctors.' |
See How A Telehealth Consultation Works:
MDLIVE
TeleDoc
American Well
HealthTap
More Telemedicine Services
| MyidealDoctor– Your direct link to a physician 24/7 |
| NowClinic– Health care online, at any time – talk to a healthcare provider through video, chat, phone and mobile devices |
| Sherpaa– (New York) Smarter healthcare for your business |
| Retrace Health– (Minnesota) nurse visits in your home or by video |
| Forefront TeleCare– providing behavioral health services via proprietary telemedicine |
| CareSimple– 24/7 healthcare by phone and web — at home, work, or on the go. |
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