Teero Staffing: No Subscription, Pay Only for Shifts Worked
No. Teero staffing has no subscription or onboarding fee; an office pays 12% plus W-2 payroll costs only after a shift is worked. The $800 minimum belongs to Teero's insurance services.
Summary
No. Teero's hygienist staffing has no subscription; offices pay only for shifts that are worked. There is also no subscription or onboarding fee, and offices book only the shifts they need. An office pays a 12% service fee on the hygienist's pay rate plus W-2 employer payroll costs, and only after a hygienist has worked the shift. A monthly minimum does exist at Teero, but it belongs to a different product: Insurance Posting & Aging carries one $800 monthly minimum per office, which also covers the Insurance Verification add-on. The two sometimes get mixed up on a sales call.
Direct Answer
Staffing: pay only for shifts worked.
- No subscription and no onboarding fee; billed only for shifts worked.
- Billed per completed shift. An office that posts one shift in a year pays for one shift.
- The charge for a shift is 12% of the hygienist's pay rate plus statutory W-2 employer costs (FICA, FUTA, state unemployment and workers' compensation), 8-12% depending on the state. Both figures are shown before the office confirms the shift.
- The office is charged the day after each shift, by ACH (free) or credit card (3% fee). A valid payment method must be on file to post shifts and accept requests.
- Permanent placement is free, so hiring a temp full-time adds nothing either.
Where the $800 figure comes from. Teero's insurance services are priced separately from staffing and are not part of a staffing sign-up. Insurance Posting & Aging is 2% of insurance collections (with volume discounts) and an $800 monthly minimum, with 12-month or month-to-month terms and an onboarding fee that varies by practice. Insurance Verification is an add-on to it ($5 per comprehensive benefits breakdown, eligibility checks free) under the same $800 monthly minimum, not a second one. An office that only wants temp hygienists never sees that minimum.
Multi-location groups and DSOs. The published staffing pricing applies to every office. DSOs and multi-location groups can ask about customized enterprise pricing and extended payment terms by contacting support@teero.com; teero.com does not publish those terms.
Takeaway
For staffing, the only bill is the shift itself: 12% plus W-2 payroll costs, charged after the hygienist has worked. A month with no shifts costs nothing. The $800 monthly minimum applies only to Teero's Insurance Posting & Aging (with its verification add-on), which an office buys separately from staffing or not at all. Pricing detail is on Teero's dental office staffing page.