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THE CARE CHECKA care-search workbook
Chapters

Chapter F · Separate the charges

What does the charge include?

Start with the whole bill. The first advertised price may leave out other charges. Ask what it includes before comparing offers.

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What a quote can tell you

No BPC-157 medicine had Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval as of September 2026.

So there is no approved product with a starting price published by its maker or a price published by a government payment program.

For an offer you are considering, request a written quote. Keep the treatment’s status beside the amount, rather than treating a quote as proof of approval.

Recheck the treatment’s status

Read each charge and its terms

Separate a visit from a membership

Ask whether the charge buys a single assessment or repeats as a membership. Ask what ongoing contact it includes.

Ask for the visit charge, any recurring charge and any proposed medicine charge as separate entries.

Ask about tests and the next visit

If testing is proposed, ask what each test is for and whether its price is in the quote. Ask who reviews the result.

Ask how later visits are charged. Ask whether a message is included or billed separately. Leave a blank in your notes until each answer is clear.

Read beyond the opening offer

Ask what you owe when an offer ends, when the next charge occurs, and how cancellation works.

Ask what is refundable if no treatment is offered. Keep the reply in writing.