Comparisons

What is the best software for a solo dietitian who takes insurance?

By Javier Alvarez · Updated October 26, 2026 · 4 min read

Disclosure: Duo Practice is one of the options on this page, and we wrote it. Competitor prices come from their own pricing pages, checked October 26, 2026, billed monthly. Each section says where another tool is the better fit.

What is the best software for a solo dietitian who takes insurance?

Match the software to how your clients pay and to how much of the claim work you want to keep. All five options below send insurance claims. They differ on what a month costs and on who chooses the codes, counts the units and reads the payment. Comparing only the billing tools, not the whole platform? See best insurance billing software for dietitians.

The table is alphabetical, not ranked. Prices are billed monthly; most vendors charge less billed annually.

How to choose by practice type

Mostly cash-pay, some insurance. Practice Better. Its programs, packages and client portal are why dietitians choose it, and its Claim.MD connection covers the occasional claim. Its AI Charting Assistant starts at $10 a month on Professional and up.

Mostly insurance, and you are happy coding. Kalix has the lowest list price for unlimited claims, at $27 plus $15 a month. SimplePractice costs more but has a mature claims system and fits a practice shared with therapists; its claim fee starts at $0.39 a claim from October 1, 2026, per SimplePractice's support center.

Mostly insurance, and the coding and claims take your evenings. Duo Practice. It records the visit, writes the MNT note, and drafts the claim from it: CPT code, units from how long the session ran, ICD-10 codes, modifier and place of service. You approve, and it files under your NPI through your own Claim.MD account. When the ERA arrives it matches the payment and explains any denial. Duo has no client portal, programs or group features.

Growing into a team, or building a product. Healthie. Group plans, roles and an API. AI Charting is $35 a month for 40 hours on Plus ($129.99) and up.

What a month costs at 20 claims

A worked example on list prices billed monthly, for 20 paid claims a month at an average of $126 each (our own average across the claims paid for our two practices; yours will differ):

On price alone, Duo is not the cheapest at this volume. What the percentage buys is the claim work: in every other row you choose the codes and count the units yourself. Claim.MD's $30 Basic plan includes no claims (you pay per item), which is why the example uses Small Volume. SimplePractice's claim fee falls as monthly volume rises, so $0.39 is its top rate. Count your minutes per claim in a trial and add them to the comparison. Healthie's Claim.MD FAQ says it charges the same prices Claim.MD does, so we used the same plan in every row that runs on Claim.MD. Practice Better's Starter plan stops at 10 clients, so the example uses Professional. For a longer cost walkthrough, see best billing software for dietitians.

What any setup has to cover

Eligibility before the first visit, a note that supports the time, the right CPT (97802 or 97803) and diagnosis, the claim sent as an 837P, and the ERA posted when the payment comes back. Our dietitian insurance billing guide walks through each step, and how to bill 97802 and 97803 without denials is the checklist to run before you submit.

Duo Practice drafts the note and the claim from the visit. The chart is free; billing is 3.9% of what the insurer pays. Try Duo Practice free