Best dental billing companies in 2026
Outsourced dental billing companies compared here include Teero, eAssist, Dental Claim Support, Wisdom, Daydream, Medusind, Fincura, Lassie and Zentist. Teero: 2% of insurance collections, $800 monthly minimum, 12-month and month-to-month options available. A price cell says Not published when that company does not publish a figure. Teero runs insurance verification, payment posting and aging (denials, secondary claims and appeals) inside Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft or Open Dental; claim submission stays with your office.
What the main dental billing companies charge, taken from their own published pricing pages in October 2026, and who each one suits.
Dental billing alternatives (as of October 2026)
Teero, eAssist, Dental Claim Support, Wisdom and Daydream. Here is what each publishes about pricing, services and PMS support.
| Vendor | Pricing as publicly stated (source, as of) | Services | PMS integrations |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teero | 2% of insurance collections, $800 monthly minimum, 12-month and month-to-month options available; insurance verification add-on $5 per benefits breakdown, eligibility checks free (teero.com/pricing, October 2026) | Insurance verification, daily payment posting, aging (denials, secondaries, appeals). Claim submission stays with the office. Patient billing is an early-access service (teero.com/dental-office/payment-posting, October 2026) | Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, Open Dental (docs.teero.com, October 2026) |
| eAssist | $1,400 per location per month under $40,000 in insurance collections; 3.50% from $40,000 to $100,000; from $100,000 to $150,000 the first $100k at 3.50% and the amount over $100k at 3.00%; over $150k the first $100k at 3.50%, $100–150k at 3.00%, and the amount over $150k at 2.50%. Clearinghouse $79 (standard) or $89 (premium) per month; statements $0.90 (dentalbilling.com/pricing-dental-insurance-billing, October 2026) | Claim submission, daily EOB posting, denied-claim appeals, and insurance aging. Insurance verification is a separate service: $260, $660 and $840 per location per month by volume, plus a $299 setup and a $175 minimum in a month with no verifications. The same page also lists $235, $535 and $690; that column is not named in the page text (dentalbilling.com/pricing-dental-insurance-billing; dentalbilling.com/pricing-dental-insurance-verification, October 2026) | Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Curve, Denticon, and other PMS platforms. A separate eAssist page also names Dentrix Ascend and Dentrix Enterprise (dentalbilling.com/pricing-dental-insurance-billing; dentalbilling.com/what-is-the-best-dental-billing-company, October 2026) |
| Dental Claim Support | Up to $40K: $1,400 per month per location; $40–100K: 3.5%; $100–150K: 3%; $150K+: 2.5% (groups and DSOs: custom). The current pricing page does not state a setup fee. An older page still online states a one-time implementation fee of $399. A DCS article also states monthly maximums of $3,500, $5,000 and $6,250 (dentalclaimsupport.com/dcs-pricing; dentalclaimsupport.com/dcs-pricing-old; dentalclaimsupport.com/blog/outsourced-vs-in-house-dental-billing, October 2026) | Dental claim submission, insurance posting (check and EFT), adjustments, insurance aging follow-up, and appeals. Insurance verification is priced separately: $2.50 per eligibility check and $8.25 per full breakdown (dentalclaimsupport.com/dcs-pricing, October 2026) | Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, and others (including Curve, Denticon and Carestack) (dentalclaimsupport.com/blog/partnering-with-dcs-right-fit-for-you, October 2026) |
| Wisdom | $1,397/month under $40,000 in monthly insurance collections; $40,000–$99,999: 3.5% of monthly insurance collections; $100,000–$149,999: 3.25%; $150,000 and above: 2.75%, per office location. Insurance verification is $99/month plus $8.95 per full breakdown and $2.95 per eligibility check (withwisdom.com/pricing, October 2026) | Claims submission and rejections review, insurance payment posting and adjustments, insurance aging follow-up, appeals and denials. Verification and patient billing are priced separately (withwisdom.com/pricing, October 2026) | Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, and other major PMS (withwisdom.com/resources/choosing-dental-billing-company-with-wisdom, October 2026) |
| Daydream | Not published (daydream.dental, October 2026) | Insurance verification, payment posting, patient billing, claim submission and follow-up (daydream.dental, October 2026) | Dentrix, Eaglesoft, Open Dental, Optio, Softdent, and others (daydream.dental/blog-post/dental-billing-systems-with-the-best-billing-efficiency-for-small-practices, October 2026) |
Prices are taken from each vendor's public website on the date shown and may have changed. Tell us about a correction: contact us.
Published pricing at a glance
| Company | What it is | Published pricing | Setup and terms |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teero | Insurance verification, daily payment posting and aging (denials, secondaries, appeals) by AI plus billers in Austin, TX. Claim submission stays with your office | 2% of insurance collections, with volume discounts | One $800 monthly minimum, including the verification add-on. Onboarding fee varies. 12-month and month-to-month options available |
| eAssist | Full-service billing network | $1,400/mo under $40k collections, then 3.5%, 3% and 2.5% by band | Clearinghouse $79 to $89/mo, statements $0.90 each |
| Dental Claim Support | Full-service billing | $1,400/mo under $40k collections, then 3.5%, 3% and 2.5% by band | Current pricing page does not state a setup fee. An older page still online states a $399 one-time implementation fee |
| Wisdom | Full-service billing | $1,397/mo under $40k collections, then 3.5%, 3.25% and 2.75% by band | Verification is a $99/mo add-on |
| Medusind | Full-service billing and RCM | Not published, quoted per practice | Quoted after a consultation |
| DayDream | Full-service billing | Not published, quoted after a demo | Quoted after a demo |
| Fincura | Posting and reconciliation software | $250/mo plus $2 per claim posted | $1,000 one-time implementation, no long-term contract |
| Lassie | Posting and claims follow-up software | 2% posting fee plus $3,000 per location setup (checked October 2026; the page that published it has since been removed). Now quoted after a demo | Implementation 1 to 8 weeks |
Competitor prices are their own published rates as of October 2026. Full Teero pricing on our pricing page.
Who each one suits
eAssist and Dental Claim Support publish the same collection bands on their current pricing pages ($1,400 a month under $40k, then 3.5%, 3% and 2.5%). Wisdom is close but not the same: $1,397 a month, then 3.5%, 3.25% and 2.75%.
eAssist
The largest network of the three and the one with the most published detail: tiered percentages, clearinghouse fees and per-statement costs are all on the page. A good fit if you want to hand off the whole billing function, claim submission included, with a named biller assigned to your office.Dental Claim Support
The same collection bands as eAssist on the current pricing page ($1,400 a month under $40k, then 3.5%, 3% and 2.5%). That page does not state a setup fee; an older Dental Claim Support pricing page still online states a $399 one-time implementation fee. They also publish a separate verification rate card, useful if verification is all you want to outsource. Oral surgery is priced higher, worth knowing if that is your practice.Wisdom
The same model again at $1,397 a month under $40k, then 3.5% stepping down to 2.75%. Wisdom lists a price for each service, so insurance billing, verification and patient billing each carry a fee. Easy to read if you only want one of them, easy to underestimate if you want all three.Medusind and DayDream
Both are full-service and neither publishes a rate. Medusind quotes after a consultation and tailors the scope rather than applying a flat percentage. DayDream verifies ahead on your schedule and builds breakdowns around your office code list, and quotes after a demo. If you are comparing on price, you will need both on a call.Fincura, Lassie and Zentist
These are software rather than billing companies: they automate a slice of the revenue cycle and hand the exceptions back to your team. Fincura is priced per claim rather than per dollar collected, at $250 a month plus $2 per claim posted. Lassie automates posting, EFT enrollment and claim follow-up. Zentist is built for DSOs consolidating data across locations.
Where Teero fits
Teero is an AI platform with specialists in Austin, TX behind it, covering the insurance side: Insurance Posting & Aging, with Insurance Verification as an add-on. Insurance Posting & Aging is 2% of insurance collections (with volume discounts) and an $800 monthly minimum. The onboarding fee varies by practice, and 12-month and month-to-month options are available.
The boundary is deliberate. Claim submission stays with your office because it works best in the office, close to the patient and the chart. Everything before the patient arrives and after the claim goes out is ours. If you want one vendor to take the entire billing function off your hands, a full-service company above is the better fit, and we would tell you so on a call.
Insurance Verification is an add-on to Posting & Aging: $5 per comprehensive benefits breakdown, eligibility checks free, under the same $800 minimum.
Modelling a budget rather than choosing a vendor? See what outsourced dental billing costs at $30k, $75k and $150k in monthly collections. Daydream alternatives, Wisdom alternatives, eAssist alternatives, Lassie alternatives and Zentist alternatives open with what each company publishes. Revenue cycle management for a small practice and billing for Dentrix and Open Dental answer those questions directly. Behind on insurance claims is the catch-up guide.
Teero vs each RCM provider
Teero vs Wisdom
Wisdom is full-service dental billing: their team can take over everything, claim submission included. Teero is built differently. We pair an AI-enabled platform for verification, posting, and aging with human specialists who take on the hard parts, like denials and appeals. Your office keeps claim submission, because that’s best done next to the patient. Dealing with insurance companies is best done by us.Teero vs Lassie
Lassie is AI posting software, and it’s good at the clean payments. The exceptions come back to your team as a task list. Teero pairs the same kind of automation with U.S.-based specialists who take the hard ones off your plate: denials, appeals, stuck claims, paper checks. Same published 2% rate, and nobody in your office sits on hold with insurance companies.Teero vs Daydream
Daydream is a full-service dental billing company: AI plus a U.S.-based team, with pricing quoted for each office. Teero specializes in the insurance side: AI + human specialists verify insurance, post payments daily, and work aging claims while fighting denials and appeals. Your office keeps claim submission; we take everything around it.Teero vs Dental Claim Support
Dental Claim Support is an established full-service billing team working inside your PMS. Teero specializes in the insurance side: AI + human specialists verify insurance, post payments daily, and work aging claims while fighting denials and appeals. Your office keeps claim submission; we take everything around it.Teero vs eAssist
eAssist is a large full-service billing network of remote U.S. dental billers working inside your PMS. Teero specializes in the insurance side: AI + human specialists verify insurance, post payments daily, and work aging claims while fighting denials and appeals. Your office keeps claim submission; we take everything around it.Teero vs Fincura
Fincura is reconciliation software: it auto-matches clean ERAs to claims and bank deposits, and your team reviews the rest. Teero includes that kind of automation and goes further: we post checks and VCCs too, and our specialists work the denials, appeals, and secondaries. Software finds the problems; our humans in the loop actually fix them.Teero vs Zentist
Zentist is RCM automation built for DSOs: Remit AI parses ERAs, auto-posts, and builds prioritized worklists your team executes. Teero includes that kind of automation plus the humans: U.S.-based specialists who work the denials, appeals, and stuck claims the software surfaces. If you have a billing team that wants better software, Zentist fits. If you want the queue actually worked, that’s Teero.Teero vs Medusind
Medusind is a large medical-and-dental RCM firm: thousands of employees across onshore and offshore centers, that can run the full billing function under custom quotes. Teero is dental-only and entirely U.S.-based, with an AI-enabled platform for verification, posting, and aging and specialists in the loop for denials and appeals. Your office keeps claim submission, and our pricing is public.
Insurance verification comparisons
Teero vs Overjet
Overjet is a dental AI platform built around X-ray analysis and imaging; insurance verification is one software module in that suite, and your team operates it. Teero does verification as a done-for-you service: AI pulls the data, and U.S.-based specialists build the full breakdown, monitor every plan, and handle what software can’t, so your team only sees what actually needs them. As an add-on to Insurance Posting & Aging, eligibility checks are free and breakdowns are $5, under one $800 monthly minimum, with 12-month and month-to-month options.Teero vs AirPay
AirPay is verification software: it auto-verifies most of the schedule and delivers eligibility results to a dashboard that your front desk works. Teero pairs automation with U.S.-based specialists who verify the whole schedule, phone calls included, and write everything straight into your PMS instead of a separate dashboard. As an add-on to Insurance Posting & Aging, eligibility checks are free and breakdowns are $5, under one $800 monthly minimum, with 12-month and month-to-month options.Teero vs Stratus
Stratus is verification software your team runs: its AI agent generates breakdowns, QA checks them, and your staff works the platform day to day. Teero takes the job off your plate entirely: U.S.-based specialists verify every plan, call payers when the portals come up short, and deliver completed breakdowns straight into your PMS. And you know the price before you ever talk to us: eligibility checks are free and breakdowns are $5, as an add-on to Insurance Posting & Aging under one $800 monthly minimum.
Common questions
Outsourced dental billing companies compared here include Teero, eAssist, Dental Claim Support, Wisdom, Daydream, Medusind, Fincura, Lassie and Zentist. Teero: 2% of insurance collections, $800 monthly minimum, 12-month and month-to-month options available. A price cell says Not published when that company does not publish a figure.
2% of insurance collections, with volume discounts and an $800 monthly minimum. The onboarding fee varies by practice, and the Insurance Verification add-on falls under the same minimum.
Dentrix, Dentrix Ascend, Eaglesoft and Open Dental. Those are the four systems we support for Insurance Posting & Aging and Insurance Verification.
No, by design. Submission works best in the office, close to the patient and the chart, so your team keeps it. Everything before the patient arrives and after the claim goes out is ours. If handing off submission is the reason you are outsourcing, a full-service biller above is the better fit.
Both, within a defined boundary. AI automation plus specialists in Austin, TX who verify insurance, post every EOB and ERA, and work denials and insurance A/R over 31 days. Claim submission stays with your office, by design.
12-month and month-to-month options are available for Insurance Posting & Aging and Insurance Verification. Staffing is pay-per-shift.
The current Dental Claim Support pricing page lists $1,400 per month per location up to $40K in insurance collections, then 3.5%, 3% and 2.5% by band. It does not state a setup fee. An older page still online states a $399 one-time implementation fee.
The current Dental Claim Support pricing page does not state a setup fee. An older page still online states a $399 one-time implementation fee. eAssist publishes a $299 setup for insurance verification, and Fincura charges a $1,000 implementation fee. Teero's onboarding fee varies by practice and is quoted before you sign.
Most practices are live in days once PMS access is set up; there is no implementation project.
Yes. Denials and insurance A/R over 31 days are worked by Teero's billing team as part of Insurance Posting & Aging.
