Your Questions, Answered
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Direct Primary Care (DPC) is a different approach to primary care. Instead of billing your insurance for each visit, you pay a simple monthly membership fee directly to your doctor's office.
This allows us to spend less time dealing with insurance and administrative requirements and more time caring for you. At Wayfinder Health Clinic, our goal is to provide accessible, personal, relationship-based healthcare with transparent pricing and more time with your physician.
As a member, you'll have access to Dr. Charles for your primary care needs, with longer appointments and the ability to communicate directly when questions arise.
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Traditional primary care practices often care for thousands of patients and must work within the requirements of insurance companies and large healthcare systems. This can lead to short appointments, long waits, and limited access to your physician.
Because Wayfinder Health Clinic has smaller patient panels, we can get to know our patients and families over time. We believe that understanding your story, your family, and your goals is an essential part of providing good healthcare.
Our goal is simple: more time, better access, and a stronger relationship with your family physician.
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Monthly membership fees are:
Children: $60/month
Ages 18-39: $100/month
Ages 40-64: $125/month
Ages 65+: $150/month
Max family price: $300/month
One time enrollment fee of $100 per person, max $200 per family.
Note: a family is two adults and their minor children.
HSA's can typically be used to pay for memberships.
Labs and supplies/meds for procedures are passed through at near wholesale cost. See pricing page for common lab costs.
Additional services may be added over time that have a per-service price, at a flat reduced cost.
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Memberships are paid out of pocket or with HSA funds. We do not bill insurance for your care here.
However, you can still use your insurance for care you get elsewhere.Because we have less patients, we have more time to work with your insurance on prior authorizations for imaging, medicines, and specialty care.
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It’s recommended. DPC replaces primary care, not insurance. Most members pair it with a high-deductible health plan for hospitalization, specialists, major surgeries and emergencies. DPC pairs well with high deductible health plans because they often aren't covering your primary care anyway.
The way we think about it is "You want a subscription for things you know you'll use, and insurance for the things you hope you'll never have to." The evidence is clear that primary care helps people be healthy and save money on healthcare, so people shouldn't have to hesitate in using it. But life is unpredictable, and insurance is there for the things you hope you don't need.
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Yes. Our electronic health record can pull your records from most health systems. You will need to fill out an release of information with your other healthcare providers.
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Transparency and commitment are important to us. When you join we are committing to get to know your needs and take care of you, which takes time and effort. On enrollment we charge a one time $100 enrollment fee, maximum $200 enrollment fee per family. There is a 3 month minimum for membership. After this cancellation is free.
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We welcome individuals and families who are looking for a more personal, accessible relationship with their primary care physician.
Our practice will have a limited number of memberships so that we can maintain the time and access that make Direct Primary Care possible. Enrollment will therefore be capped once we reach that threshold.
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First, sign up for our email list here. This will give you the option of doing a meet and greet so you can see if Wayfinder is a good fit for you.
We will start official enrollment in mid October, and the clinic will open in mid/late November.
To ensure a great experience for members, we will cap initial enrollment and open a limited number of slots each month until we reach capacity.
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We will start seeing patients Mid-November
To ensure a great experience for members, we will cap initial enrollment and open a limited number of slots each month until we reach full capacity.
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Email us at hello@wayfinderhealth.org
or call our office line at (406) 290-9268
You can also sign up for our contact last here. -
Many issues can be addressed over the phone. We can also send most prescriptions anywhere in the country. However, there may be situations where an in-person evaluation is necessary. If you are experiencing a medical emergency while traveling, you should seek emergency care locally.
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October 2026
Official enrollment opens
Limited spots available. No memberships charged until clinic opens.
Mid-November 2026
Clinic opens
First visits available.