AtlacareWill this machine pay for itself?
Models the two costs supplier calculators leave out: the appointment slot the treatment displaces, and VAT you cannot reclaim.
What you need
- The quoted machine price
- Your standard follow-up fee
- A realistic weekly volume
Work out your own payback
The two costs the supplier's calculator leaves out: the slot it displaces, and VAT you can't reclaim.
Earns per session
£27
Per week
£162
Upfront cost
£15,600
Pays back in about 33 months
Workable, but watch the handpiece. Rebuilds land every three to five years, so a payback near three years means the first big service bill arrives before you have cleared the machine.
12 months
−£9,948
24 months
−£4,296
36 months
+£1,356
Contribution assumes 46 working weeks a year. Orientation only — confirm consumable and service costs with the supplier in writing, and check your own VAT position. Nothing you type is stored or sent anywhere.
Excludes finance interest and capital allowances. Built around shockwave but the model applies to any equipment that occupies an appointment slot.
Where these numbers come from
This tool applies the method set out in the article below, which names its sources and explains what the figures can and cannot tell you.
Shockwave therapy: devices, costs and whether it pays