Adult stem cell therapy for chronic pain is considered experimental, insurance does not pay for it; it is a ‘cash procedure’. Since Docere Clinics opened in 2002, we have been a ‘cash-based practice’ and have never billed insurance. The reason for this is that our philosophy is that we want to work for YOU, not for an insurance company. This means we have always offered and performed the treatments that we deem best and agree upon, rather than only what insurance companies deem they will pay for. 

Most clinics that offer adult stem cell therapies for chronic pain transitioned to a ‘cash-based practice’ from ‘insurance-based practice’. Because these clinics were originally designed and structured based on a traditional high-volume, insurance-based model, they have large facilities and large support staff. Subsequently, their cash prices are frequently very high in order to pay for their large overhead. Because we have been a ‘cash-based’ practice since day one, our low overhead allows us to charge far less without compromising quality. Our having never billed insurance offers an additional advantage to you: unlike many of our colleagues, we are not burned out on medicine. Physician burn-out is at a record high. The reason? Insurance billing. We love our work and we find our patients a pleasure to work with.