Cost · Charlotte, NC
What concierge medicine costs in Charlotte.
Most concierge practices will not put a number on a page. I will. Here is the membership, what is included, what testing costs, and where every dollar goes.
The short answer
Two numbers, never one: the fee, and the testing at cost.
An annual membership. Talk to Dr. Tagge to see example pricing.
The headline is all in for the year, and it is always itemized. My fee is transparent and published, with the establishing consultation credited in full when you join within 60 days. The fee covers my time and your access: 24/7 direct text to me, unlimited visits, same-day and next-day appointments, and quarterly home visits across the Charlotte metro plus as-needed house calls. Only the fee has a cadence: billed quarterly, with one month free if you prepay six months and two free if you prepay the year.
The rest of the all-in number is the testing, all of it, quarterly, billed at my actual cost with the invoice visible. Medications and imaging pass through the same way. I make $0 markup on any of it, which means the only thing you are ever paying me for is the thinking.
You keep your insurance. This is not insurance and it does not replace it. It replaces the fifteen-minute visit and the three-day portal reply. And if the concierge tier is more doctor than you need, Virtual Primary Care carries everything except the doorstep, and the Precision Health Membership runs alongside the doctor you already have, itemized the same way. Talk to me and I will give you the numbers for your situation.
Line by line
Where every dollar goes.
| What you pay | Marked up? | |
|---|---|---|
| Membership (the all-in year, itemized) | Talk to Dr. Tagge to see example numbers | The fee is for my time and your access, and it is the whole business model. Only the fee has a cadence: quarterly, or prepaid six months for one month free, the year for two. |
| The establishing consultation | One thorough visit, flat | Credited in full toward any membership joined within 60 days. |
| Blood panels and specialty testing | My actual cost, invoice visible | No. $0 markup. |
| Medications | My actual cost | No. $0 markup. |
| Supplements | Maximum physician discount through Fullscript | No margin built in. |
| Quarterly home visits plus as-needed house calls, Charlotte metro | Included in the membership | No visit fee, no copay. |
| The testing, on a package | Once a year, or quarterly | No. At my actual cost, invoice visible, and always quoted as about because at cost varies. |
| Imaging, when your risk warrants it | At cost, referred out | No. And no bundled whole-body scan you may not need. |
Labs and medications at cost is a different thing from included, and the distinction is worth being precise about: you pay what I pay, and you see the invoice.
The testing
What the panels actually cost.
There are 9 panels on the a la carte menu, running $197 to $799 for a non-member. That price is built from the lab work itself, the small draw and authorization fees the lab charges, and my fee for the written interpretation and the plan. Nothing else is added to it.
Members pay no separate interpretation fee. Reading your data is what the membership is. On a membership, testing runs as a package: the Deep Dive once a year, a targeted recheck if the data calls for one, or the full quarterly rhythm, all at what I pay. You will not receive a bill you did not agree to in advance.
Comparing fairly
Three questions to ask any concierge practice.
Concierge fees in the Charlotte market vary widely and most are quoted only after a consultation, so a straight price comparison is hard to do honestly. What you can compare is structure. Three questions get you most of the way.
Is there an initiation fee on top of the membership? Many programs carry one, and it does not always appear in the number you are first quoted.
Will my visits still be billed to insurance? In most concierge programs the answer is yes, which means the membership fee is in addition to your premium, your deductible, and your copays rather than instead of them.
Does the practice make money on what it orders? Labs, supplements, imaging, IVs. Ask directly. The answer tells you whether a recommendation is a clinical judgment or a revenue line.
My answers, in order: no, no, and no. The one charge before membership here is the establishing consultation, and it is credited in full toward an annual plan joined within 60 days. If another practice in Charlotte answers the same way and is a better fit for you, take it. Those are the right questions either way.

Written by
Daniel Tagge, MD
Board-certified family physician. North Carolina’s only physician certified in Health Optimization Medicine. Third-generation physician. NPI 1225562218.
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