ModMed Quoting vs. MySurgeryQuote: A Side-by-Side for Cosmetic Practices

ModMed is one of the most widely used EMRs in cosmetic surgery. Its built-in quoting tool covers single-procedure estimates well. Most cosmetic practices need more than that: multiple procedures, multiple surgeons, facility and anesthesia math, implants, and commissions. Here's the side-by-side.

The Mommy Makeover quote test

Take a realistic case. A patient wants a Mommy Makeover with Dr. Koehler: breast augmentation ($5,500), tummy tuck ($7,500), and liposuction ($3,500). OR time is 4.5 hours. Two implants. This is an ordinary cosmetic quote, and it's a good stress test.

In ModMed. You add three procedure line items. You calculate the facility fee by hand from the 4.5-hour OR time and type it in. You calculate anesthesia the same way. You add the implant costs as separate lines. Then you generate the PDF. Realistic time: 12 to 15 minutes. The PDF is functional but template-locked, and there's no audit trail of the fee edits you just made manually.

In MySurgeryQuote. Select Dr. Koehler from the dropdown. His pricing loads automatically. Add the three procedures. The facility and anesthesia fees calculate themselves from the 4.5-hour time. Pick the two implants from the catalog. Generate the quote. Realistic time: about 90 seconds.

Same quote. Same numbers. One takes a quarter of an hour and invites arithmetic mistakes; the other takes a minute and a half and shows its math.

The difference isn't that ModMed can't make an estimate. It's that ModMed treats each fee as a number you supply, while a dedicated tool treats fees as formulas it runs for you.

What you keep when you add MySurgeryQuote to ModMed

This is the part surgeons worry about: "I'm not ripping out ModMed." You don't. You add MySurgeryQuote next to it, and ModMed keeps doing what it already does.

• ModMed stays the system of record for patient charts and billing.
• Finished quotes land back in the ModMed chart with one click through the ModMed integration.
• Patient lookup pulls from ModMed, so there's no double entry of demographics.
• When a quote becomes a paid procedure, charges push to ModMed Billing.

Nothing about your ModMed workflow changes. The quote build moves to a tool that's actually designed for it.

MySurgeryQuote's "Send to ModMed" button. The quote PDF lands in the patient's ModMed chart in one click.

What you gain

Adding MySurgeryQuote to ModMed isn't about speed alone. It's the capabilities ModMed quoting doesn't have:

• Per-surgeon pricing. Each surgeon's price list loads automatically when you pick the surgeon. No memorizing, no overrides.
• Automatic fee math. Facility and anesthesia fees calculate from surgical time. Set the rules once.
• Commission tracking for PCCs. This one matters for any practice paying coordinators on closed cases. ModMed doesn't track it; coordinators end up in a spreadsheet. MySurgeryQuote credits the coordinator when the quote is invoiced.
• Procedure and implant logs for year-end accounting and reorder planning.
• Branded PDFs that look like your practice, not your EMR. The document the patient takes home and compares against other practices.

The pattern is consistent: ModMed handles records and billing; MySurgeryQuote handles the quote. Each does the job it's built for.

Try MySurgeryQuote free for 30 days. The ModMed integration is included on every plan at no extra cost, and pricing starts at $100/mo. See the full plans. Start your free trial and run your next Mommy Makeover quote in 90 seconds.