How much does it cost to see a Chiropractor?
Budgeting for the care you need now, and for your future wellness.
- Prices referenced in this blog are current at the date of publishing but subject to change.
If they are considering chiropractic care, one of the first questions people ask is about the cost, and how many visits they’ll need to feel better. While fees can vary depending on the clinic and practitioner, understanding what happens during your visits can help you know what you are paying for and what to expect. At Anatomica, our committment to patient-led care means there’s no never-ending treatment plans or fear-based sales tactics. We’ll provide the best care each time we see you, no matter how frequently you visit. Read on to learn more about what to expect when you visit a chiropractor, what a typical treatment plan looks like, and the average cost in Toronto clinics:
Basic Treatment Planning for Chiropractic Care
All Chiropractors in Ontario will follow a fairly standard treatment protocol for injury management, starting with an assessment and intial treatment, an evaluation of results, and a progressive treatment plan with more frequent visits during the acute stage, reducing to fewer and farther between each as the patient’s symptoms subside. Maintenance care recommendations range from 4-8 week intervals.
What to Expect When You See a Chiropractor
When you see a Chiropractor, your individual treatment plan will be based on your assessment findings, symptoms, and goals. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach, but there is a typical course of care.
Assessment
Your first visit is a comprehensive assessment. During this appointment, your chiropractor will take a detailed health history, perform physical testing, and identify any red flags that might require a referral or imaging before starting treatment. A personalised treatment plan is created at this stage based on your specific needs, goals, and condition. If it is safe to proceed, your first treatment is provided after the assessment in your initial appointment.
Report of Findings
Your second appointment is usually called the report of findings. This is a comprehensive visit: an opportunity to evaluate measurable outcomes and your subjective response to the initial treatment, reviews any imaging results that were ordered, and modify or progress your treatment plan if needed. Home-care recommendations are provided to help you manage your symptoms between appointments.
Treatment
For acute issues such as sciatica, disc herniation, neuropathies, musculoskeletal pain, or sports injuries, treatment is typically scheduled one to two times per week in the acute stage. As symptoms improve and you are able to return to normal activities, visits are gradually reduced to every two weeks or once per month for corrective and restorative treatment, reducing the risk of reinjury and chronic dysfunction.
Preventative and Maintenance Care
After their injury is resolved, many patients continue chiropractic care for ongoing maintenance, personal wellness and preventative purposes. Most people schedule visits every four to eight weeks to maintain mobility, manage everyday stresses on the body, and because they love how they feel with chiropractic!
Chiropractors treat more than back pain!
Chiropractic doctors assess and treat all types of sports injuries and musculoskeletal dysfunctions, including vertigo, sciatica and other acute neuropathies, muscle spasms, vetebral disc irritation and herniations, tension headaches and chronic pain conditions, and can offer functional support for conditions involving the nervous system, such as fibromyalgia, migraine, P.O.T.S., multiple sclerosis, migraine, ADHD, Parkinson’s, and digestive motility disorders like gastroparesis and irritable bowel.
Chiropractic Treatment Options
After your intiial assessment, your chiropractor will make treatment recommendations based on your personal needs and preferences for techniques. Each appointment includes professional evaluation, treatment, and guidance for ongoing self-care to support your overall well-being. At Anatomica, our practitioners each offer unique services, and you can choose classic chiropractic visits of ~15-minutes, comprehensive manual therapy visits of ~30 mintues, and specialty treatments of ~45-60 minutes. Actual treatment duration is specific to each patient’s symptom presentation and response to treatment on the day of their chiropractic appointment.
Average Cost of Chiropractic Care
The average cost of chiropractic care in Toronto is dependant on the clinic, location, and the length of the visits. For an intial assessment, the average duration is 45-60 minutes, with a few clinics offering 30 minute assessment options. Follow up visits are typically 15 minutes, with fewer offering 30 minutes.
For these examples, we’ve only included classic chiropractic treatment, without any specilaty modalities:
| Type of Visit | Low-End | Average in Toronto | High-End |
| Initial Assessment | $130 | $140-$170 | $200 |
| 15 min Treatment | $55 | $60-$72 | $80 |
| 30 min Treatment | $90 | $95-$115 | $150 |
Keep reading to see our full breakdown of the costs of a typical chiropractic treatment plan
Bulk Treatment Discounts
Most patients who drop out of chiropractic care stop coming as soon as they have some relief, but before they’ve corrected the dysfunction that caused their original symptoms. This keeps them in a cycle of flare-ups and reliant on urgent care when their pre-exisiting injury resurfaces a few weeks or months later.
Wellness packages help reduce the overall cost of chiropractic and improve patient outcomes by making it easier to adhere to the treatment plan. By pre-paying at a discounted price, patients are able to maximize the number of sessions they can afford and see greater benefits from chiropractic care because they are able to continue past the acute stage and fully rehabilitate their injury in the corrective stage after their most intense symptoms subside. By completing their entire treatment plan through the acute and corrective stages (approximately 6-12 weeks for most injuries) patients see the full benefit of their investment and lasting results.
Chiropractic Wellness Packages
Buy a pack of 5 or 10 credits for adjustments, comprehensive visits, or our specialty modality treatments at an exclusive package-only price. Schedule your chiro treatments and automatically redeem your credits, knowing you’ve locked in the best price possible for up to one year!
Interested in learning more about Chiropractic Wellness Packages at Anatomica? Contact us for more information about how you can invest in your health and save!
Example: Cost of a Chiropractic Care Plan for Acute Injuries
Learning more about the treatment planning process and the cost of chiropractic care can help you plan your visits and know what to expect. Remember, this is only an example: your individual treatment plan will be based on your assessment findings, symptoms, and goals. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach.
Here’s a common structure for a care plan for an acute injury, from assessment through to maintenance care, including typical visit recommendations and based on average pricing:
| Stage | Visits | Type of Visit | Timeline | Approx. Cost |
| Initial Assessment | 1 | 45-minute comprehensive | Week 1 | $135 |
| Report of Findings (ROF) | 1 | 30-minute comprehensive | Week 1 or 2 | $107 |
| Acute Injury (1-2x/week) | 2–6 | 15–30-minute treatments | Weeks 2 to 4 | $138–$642 |
| Corrective Care (1x/week, or less) | 2-3 | 15–30-minute treatments | Weeks 5 to 8 | $138–$321 |
| Restorative Care (1-2x/month) | 1-2 | 15–30-minute treatment | Weeks 8 to 12 | $69–$214 |
| Total | 7–11 | — | *Over 3 months | $587–$1419 |
Chiropractic Package Prices for this Treatment Plan:
| Package & Treatment Option | Initial and ROF* plus 5 Package | Initial and ROF* plus 10 Package |
| Adjustment Visit Package | $135 + $95 + $300 = $542 | $135 + $95 + $550 = $780 |
| Comprehensive Visit Package | $135 + $95 + $500 = $742 | $135 + $95 + $950 = $1180 |
*Receive an exclusive discount on your ROF appointment when you add it to your package!
Acute Injury Treatment Planning:
- Assessment: Your first visit is a 45-minute comprehensive evaluation, including health history, movement assessment, and red-flag screening. Initial treatment is most often included.
- Report of Findings (ROF): The second visit is a 30-minute comprehensive session where imaging results are reviewed if needed, your response to the initial treatment is evaluated, and home-care guidance is provided.
- Acute Injury: This stage occurs during the first stage of care, typically lasting 2-4 weeks. Treatments are mainly focused on reducing symptoms and helping the client adapt their daily activities.
- Corrective Stage: During the subacute stage, treatments are still focused on symptom relief but have progressed to include corrective care. Typically during weeks 4 to 8 of care, with treatments to continue improving function and mobility.
- Maintenance Stage: Periodic restorative visits help maintain mobility, manage ongoing symptoms, and reduce the risk of re-injury. Typically care continues every 4–8 weeks, or more often as needed.
Example: Typical Cost of a Chiropractic Personal Wellness Plan
When there’s no major injury or symptoms to treat, your chiropractic wellness plan focuses on maintaining mobility, preventing injury, and supporting overall health. Remember, this is only an example: your individual treatment plan will be based on your assessment findings, symptoms, and goals. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach. Here’s an example timeline for a new patient, with typical costs for a wellness check and regular care options based on average pricing:
| Stage | Visits | Type of Visit | Timeline | Approx. Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Initial Assessment | 1 | 45-minute comprehensive | Week 1 | $135 |
| Report of Findings (ROF) | 1 | 30-minute comprehensive | Week 2 | $107 |
| Corrective Treatments | 3 | 15–30-minute treatments | Weeks 4, 6 & 10 | $207–$321 |
| Restorative Maintenance | 7-14 | 15–30-minute treatment | Every 3–6 weeks | $483–$1498 |
| Progress Exam (ROF) | 1 | 30 minute comprehesive | Annual, or after every ~20 visits | $107 |
| Total Visits | 12-19 | — | * Over one year | $1281–$2061 |
Chiropractic Package Prices for this Treatment Plan:
| Package & Treatment Option | Initial, ROF*, 10 Pack (Yr 1) | ROF* Exam, 5+10 Pack (Yr 2) |
| Adjustment Visits | $135 + $95 + $550 = $780 | $95 + $850 = $945 |
| Comprehensive Visits | $135 + $95 + $950 = $1180 | $95 + $1450 = $1545 |
| Mix 5C/5A or 5C/10A Packages | $135 + $95 + $800= $1030 | $95 + $1050 = $1145 |
| Package & Treatment Option | Initial, ROF*, 5+10 Pack (Yr 1) | ROF* Exam, 10+10 Pack (Yr 2) |
| Adjustment Visits | $135 + $95 + $850 = $1080 | $95 + $1100 = $1195 |
| Comprehensive Visits | $135 + $95 + $1450 = $1680 | $95 + $1900 = $1995 |
| Mix 5C/10A or 10C/10A Package | $135 + $95 + $1050 = $1280 | $95 + $1500 = $1595 |
*Receive an exclusive discount on your ROF appointment when you add it to your package!
Wellness Treatment Planning:
- Assessment: Your first visit is a 45-minute comprehensive evaluation to understand your health history, mobility, posture, and any risk factors. Initial treatment may be included.
- Report of Findings (ROF): One or two weeks later, this 30-minute visit reviews your response to the initial treatment and provides personalised home-care recommendations to support wellness.
- Corrective Treatments: Your first few treatments may be closer together, such as 2 weeks apart in order to track progress and further develop your treatment and homecare plan. Treatment focus is on maintaining mobility, addressing concerns, and reinforcing proper movement patterns.
- Restorative Maintenance: Regular visits every 3-6 weeks with adjustments to home-care or exercise recommendations to help maintain your health, prevent injury, and optimise movement and function.
- Progress Exam: Your chiropractor will reassess you during a comprehensive visit update your treatment plan after every 12-20 visits, or if more than six months
When to Book: Chiropractic Care on an As-Needed Basis
Not everyone wants or needs a structured plan of care. Chiropractic treatment can also be scheduled on an as-needed basis. An initial assessment is always required before treatment begins, but after that, patients are free to decide how often they would like to attend. Integrate Chiropractic into your regular wellness plan at Anatomica to see cumuluative and preventative benefits.
Your Chiropractor’s goal is to make you feel so good, you don’t need a chiropractor… but don’t discount the functional benefits of regular treatments! Nervous system regulation is key to reducing excessive stress and physical tension, and improving your body’s abilty to recover from illness and injury.
Some people choose to book appointments more frequently during busy or stressful periods, or when life circumstances shift and extra support feels helpful. Others find chiropractic care beneficial during transitions at work or home, when starting a new exercise routine, or while taking up a new hobby that places new demands on the body.
Even without a set schedule, chiropractic treatment can provide effective symptom management for muscle aches, stiffness, headaches, and joint pain, supporting both short-term relief and long-term function. Patients can visit their chiropractor for a quick adjustment or manual therapy appointment whenever they feel that their health needs a boost or their body a rest.
Anatomica’s team of Chiropractors offer treatment options — and payment options — for everyone. Have benefits coverage for Chiropractic? We can submit your claim and bill most insurers directly*.
Reach out to our admin team at anytime with your questions, or check out our blog and patient resources!
