A scribe that costs less but leaves a clinician copying, reformatting and correcting every note may not be the lower-cost option. Equally, a larger platform is not automatically the right purchase if all your practice needs is help documenting visits. Start by comparing the same scope of work.
There is no single useful market price
AI medical scribe pricing varies by user count, note volume, billing commitment, chart integration and whether the product is a standalone tool or part of a broader platform. A limited-note plan and an unlimited-note plan are not interchangeable. Neither are a single clinician’s subscription and a clinic-wide contract.
Some vendors show both annual-equivalent and monthly prices on the same page. Before comparing, confirm the amount actually billed, the commitment length and the cancellation terms. Ask for the currency and any applicable taxes to be explicit.
This guide is published by Moxcares. The examples below use official pricing materials reviewed September 7, 2026. They explain packaging differences, not an independent ranking or a claim that one tool produces better clinical notes.
What the published plans tell you
| Option | Published structure | Budget question |
|---|---|---|
| Freed Core | $79 per clinician per month. Unlimited note generation. | EHR push is listed in Premier, not Core. Confirm how a reviewed Core note reaches your chart. |
| Freed Premier | $119 per clinician per month on monthly billing, or $1,248 annually ($104/month equivalent). | Includes EHR push for supported browser-based EHRs, plus additional clinical workflow features. |
| DeepCura | $129 per provider per month for a single seat; $999 annually. Monthly volume pricing is available. | Includes scribing, EHR integrations and other AI workflows with credits. This is a broader bundle, not scribing alone. |
| Heidi | Free, Clinician and Practice options; the comparison distinguishes team features and an EHR integration add-on. | Request the price for the specific region, team setup and integration you need. |
| Moxcares | Ambient scribing is a $69 per provider per month add-on, separate from base plans. A provider is counted once across clinics. | Count unique scribe providers—not provider-location combinations—and include the base plan and other required modules separately. |
These are selected plans, not the market’s minimum price. Lower-priced, limited-volume and free options also exist. Confirm current rates, annual commitments, group discounts and the exact integration supported by your EHR before buying.
Lower add-on cost, with the chart handoff built in
Moxcares ambient scribing costs $69 per provider per month as an optional add-on. It is not included in the base plans. The subscription follows the provider: working at two, three or more clinics does not create another scribe charge for that same person.
The full clinical EHR is separately priced with a per-clinic unlock and practitioner seats. eRx and other optional modules have their own pricing. Do not assume a base-plan price includes every clinical seat or add-on.
For example, five unique providers using ambient scribe cost $345 per month for that add-on. If those same five providers work across three clinics, the scribe add-on remains $345—not $1,035. This calculation covers scribing only; the base plan and any other modules are separate.
Use our pricing calculator with your clinic configuration and the number of unique providers who need scribing. The separate provider input prevents double-counting across locations. Confirm the complete setup and applicable usage terms rather than treating an add-on price as the whole platform bill.
The cost of moving a draft into the chart
A disconnected scribe may produce a useful note but leave someone to copy it, select the correct patient and visit, paste it into the right sections, and check that nothing was lost. Usually it is the generated note—not the entire raw transcript—that needs this transfer. Include that work in your evaluation.
Our integrated scribing prepares note proposals inside the Moxcares charting workflow. The provider reviews, edits and accepts the proposed content there, without a separate copy-and-paste handoff from a standalone scribe. Clinical review still matters; what we remove is the unnecessary transfer step.
At published monthly rates, our $69 scribe add-on is $10 less per provider than Freed Core and $50 less than Freed Premier. For five providers, that is $50 or $250 less per month on those subscription line items—$600 or $3,000 over twelve months if rates and provider counts stay unchanged.
That comparison is not a claim that the complete Moxcares platform costs less by the same amount. Our base plan and required clinical modules are separate, competitor tiers include different features, and annual or group discounts change the math. Freed Premier and DeepCura also advertise EHR transfer capabilities; not every competitor requires manual copying.
The value to test is both the price of adding scribing and the time your team spends getting from the conversation to a reviewable chart note. Measure the latter in your own pilot rather than assuming every practice saves the same number of minutes.
“The useful comparison ends at a reviewed note—not at a generated draft.”
Five costs a headline price may not capture
- Chart handoff. Find out whether notes require copying, a browser extension, a paid integration or a native review workflow.
- Volume and usage. Check notes, recording duration, credits or AI allowances, and what happens at the limit.
- Clinical review time. Measure corrections and formatting after the draft appears. Fast generation is not the same as a finished note.
- Setup and support. Ask what template configuration, training and implementation are included in your agreement.
- Team and location licensing. Clarify part-time clinicians, assistants, shared templates and clinicians working across sites. Do not assume all vendors bill these the same way.
Measure time returned without inventing revenue
For a pilot, track documentation time per visit before and after adoption, including review and chart entry. Use comparable visit types. Also track missing information, corrections and the proportion of drafts clinicians can use.
Here is an illustration, not a promised outcome: if a clinician documents 200 visits a month and a pilot shows three net minutes saved per visit, that returns 600 minutes, or ten hours. If the incremental tool cost were $150 monthly, the software cost would be $15 per hour returned.
Those hours are not automatically cash savings or extra appointments. They may become less after-hours work, more patient conversation or available capacity. Count additional revenue only if the practice actually uses that capacity and earns it. A useful buying decision can still prioritize reducing documentation burden.
Review and data handling belong in the buying decision
An ambient scribe drafts from a visit conversation. Dictation starts from what the clinician deliberately dictates. Both still need clinical review. Ask how a draft is separated from the signed record, who can edit it and what audit information remains.
In Moxcares, ambient documentation becomes a note proposal for clinician review. Source audio is purged after processing; that does not mean the transcript and clinical documentation are also deleted. Review the separate retention treatment of recordings, transcripts and records.
Confirm your organization’s recording and consent process before use. Review vendor agreements, access controls and data flows with the appropriate people at your practice. An inexpensive subscription is not a substitute for a safe, supervised workflow.
Choose for the work you need now
If your existing chart workflow works well and documentation is the main problem, compare standalone scribes on that basis. If intake, documentation and patient history are disconnected, evaluate the broader workflow as well—but include the broader cost.
Bring the same visit scenario to each demonstration. Ask the vendor to show the draft, the corrections, the final chart destination and the actual monthly configuration. The decision becomes much clearer when the comparison ends at a reviewed note rather than a transcription screen.
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