ABOUT US...
OUR MISSION IS TO PROVIDE
affordable, high quality acupuncture to the Rochester community. We do this by offering personalized treatments in a quiet, open setting and asking you to decide what you can afford on a sliding scale of $15 - 35 per treatment. The purpose of the sliding scale is to separate the issues of money and treatment; we want you to come in often enough to really get better and stay better! We understand that everyone’s situation is different, and our primary goal is to make acupuncture available to you as often as you need it. The sliding scale is our way of helping you make that commitment.
OUR GOAL AT ROCHESTER COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE IS TO
make acupuncture accessible to everyone, and provide health care that empowers patients, builds community and breaks down class divisions. Community acupuncture is different from the model that is predominantly used in the US, where a treatment generally costs between $65 and $175, and is done in a private treatment cubicle. Community acupuncture consists of several people receiving personalized, one-on-one treatments simultaneously in a large, shared space. Community acupuncture is similar to the model practiced in China where for many thousands of years, acupuncture has been a "people's medicine": low-tech, inexpensive, and easily available.
ACUPUNCTURE IS ONE OF THE OLDEST, MOST COMMONLY USED SYSTEMS OF
healing in the world. Acupuncture is simple, safe, and sustainable health care. As acupuncture has moved more toward the mainstream in America, it has become prohibitively expensive for most people, but we believe this trend does not have to continue. Acupuncture does not need to be expensive to be effective. Acupuncture can be part of the solution to the soaring cost of health care – if it is affordable and accessible to everybody. The community acupuncture model makes this possible.
ROCHESTER COMMUNITY ACUPUNCTURE STRIVES
to make acupuncture affordable for you to come as often and for as long as needed, so please take that into consideration when evaluating where you would like to fall in the sliding scale. Everyone coming for treatment is part of our acupuncture community and we look forward to making treatment work for you.
* There is a one-time $10 paperwork charge with the first appointment.
