Dental AI receptionist cost · 7 min

The expensive part is not answering the call. It is knowing what the record means.

Reception automation can reduce a task. It cannot recover care hidden across notes, plans, procedures, and time.

Leyoxa does not sell an AI receptionist. Care Ledger is a read-only product direction pending practice proof.

Cost per minute misses the operating question

A receptionist product is usually compared on subscription, call minutes, booking rate, and transfers. Those metrics matter for phone operations, but they do not explain which documented care deserves follow-up.

The record is fragmented before the call begins

A patient may have a source note containing a decline, an inactive treatment plan, a benefit reset, and a scheduled hygiene visit. Without reconciliation, automation receives an incomplete list and the staff inherits every exception.

Price the review against a usable acquisition deliverable

Leyoxa’s current offer is a fixed portfolio engagement tied to an acquisition event. The quote depends on locations, PMS mix, historical depth, access path, close date, and delivery window; the acquirer receives readiness findings, a source-linked ledger, owner-assigned handoff, methodology, and limitations.

Plan value is not revenue

If a fictional ledger contains $486,200 in unreconciled plan value, a transparent report should show illustrative 20–35% scenarios—$97,240 to $170,170—not imply the whole ledger converts. Actual acceptance varies by practice, care type, patient, benefits, and clinical review.

The right comparison is not “software versus staff.” It is whether the practice receives a defensible list that its existing team can work.

Price the record before the automation.

Scope an acquisition review