How much do Foot Health Practitioners charge?

There's often the question thrown out there on foot health forums asking ‘How much do you charge’ when it comes to pricing services or home visits. It's really not a simple answer and depends on a few things which I will explain. 

As self employed practitioners we can decide what we charge our clients as there isn't a specific rate that foot health practitioners have to charge. But lack of knowledge of how to price our services can often lead us to undercharging,

I’ve come to the conclusion that there are two types of foot health practitioners when it comes to pricing: 

• The first foot health practitioner will ring around to find out how much other foot health practitioners charge in their area, they either charge the same or they charge slightly more or less as it's easier and probably the right rate anyway (so they think).
• The second foot health practitioner will do their research. They know or have an idea of their numbers, such as the annual profit they want to take home, how many clients they want to see and how many weeks they will work in a year. as well as knowing their overhead costs (or what it might be if they are new). From that information they will decide how much to charge their clients. 

Now everyone has different overhead costs so it's really important that you work out your own because it will be completely different to somebody else's. 

So continuing with my two types of foot health practitioners:

• One will charge one rate for all of their services
• the other foot health practitioner has a price list for different services they provide 

Again, 

• one foot health practitioner may give discounts for people living in the same address for example a husband and wife
• the other foot health practitioner charges them both the full amount. 

It really is what the foot health practitioner decides.

Sometimes geographic may determine a price, for example, overhead costs being more expensive in London due to significant cost differences in rent than someone who lives in Norfolk. So it can depend on what area you live in also.

Hopefully this helps answer the specific question of how much foot health practitioners charge as prices vary due to different factors. But if you need a number, I would sat between £20 - £55 in the UK