Updated November 10, 2026 · Prices checked on each vendor's own site
Elation Review and Pricing
Elation is the primary care chart many clinicians love, and it now bills memberships natively. Here's the full price list and where it fits a DPC stack.
The verdict
Elation is the best DPC EMR if charting quality comes first. It was named Best in KLAS 2026 for small independent ambulatory practices, office staff are included in the per-provider price, and native memberships mean you can bill members without a second platform.
Elation pricing
| Item | Price |
|---|---|
| Standard DPC Provider | $375/mo per provider, office staff included |
| Standard Non-Prescribing Provider | $215/mo |
| Integrated Telehealth | $25/mo per provider |
| Developer Platform Core (APIs) | $150/mo per provider |
| Membership card payments | 2.99% of collected card payments |
| Membership ACH payments | 1.00% + $0.25, $5.00 max |
Membership Management requires a Stripe account. Fax use over your free monthly allotment is $0.07 per page. Elation also offers personalized quotes. Prices checked November 4, 2026.
What Elation does well
A mature primary care chart, ePrescribing for non-controlled and controlled substances, a patient portal, and native memberships with recurring billing. Intake forms scanned into the chart can fill discrete fields, and a chart summary helps you catch up on a patient's story quickly.
Things to watch
Telehealth, the developer APIs and the note assistant are add-ons, so total cost depends on what you switch on. Ask to see family and employer membership plans in the demo, since those vary most.
Who Elation is best for
Clinicians who put charting first and want memberships without running a second billing platform. Spruce syncs texts and voicemails into the Elation chart, and Hint can sync member status into Elation for clinics that bill through Hint.
Elation alternatives
Hint and Atlas.md for billing and charting on one record, and Akute for an automation-first chart.
The part most comparisons skip
Every tool on this page is good at its own job, and none of them were built to talk to each other. So a patient text turns into a refill in the chart, which needs a review, which needs a reply, and the follow-up lives in someone's head. That isn't anyone's fault. The tools just don't share a to-do list.
That's the job Tabflows does. Tabflows is a dedicated tech team for DPC clinics. We connect the tools you already chose and give your team one place for chat, tasks and patient context, with managed workflows for the repeat work like refills, lab follow-ups and onboarding. We set it up around the way your clinic already runs, and you keep every tool you picked.
Works alongside the tools on this page. No switching required.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Elation cost for DPC?
Elation lists a Standard DPC Provider at $375 per provider a month with office staff included. Membership Management charges 2.99% of collected card payments and 1.00% plus $0.25 for ACH.
Can Elation handle DPC memberships?
Yes. Elation's Membership Management creates and manages recurring membership plans inside the chart, and needs a Stripe account.
Is Elation good for direct primary care?
Yes, especially for charting-first clinicians. Elation was named Best in KLAS 2026 for small independent ambulatory practices and offers a DPC-specific provider price.