What a Missed Call Costs a Medspa After Hours

A patient is looking for Botox at 9:40 on a weeknight. She has seen a clinic's advertising, she is comparing prices, and she calls. The phone rings out, and she leaves no message. This post follows what happens next, and where the consult is lost.

The inquiry, step by step

9:40 pm: the call goes unanswered. Nobody is at the desk, and voicemail is not checked until morning.

The next morning: the front desk finds a voicemail, or nothing at all. If there is a voicemail, it sits among the other messages from the day.

Mid-morning: a callback. By now she has called two other clinics. The first one answered, quoted a price, and booked her a time that afternoon.

That is the point where the consult is lost. Not because the clinic was not good enough, but because the first answer came from someone else.

Where it gets lost

• No one answers the first call, and the patient does not leave a message.

• A message is left but returned hours later, after the patient has booked elsewhere.

• The patient asks about price and gets a callback instead of an answer.

• The callback finds no open slot in the week she wants.

Estimating what a missed call costs

You can estimate the cost of unanswered inquiries with three numbers from your own clinic: how many calls come in after hours each month, the share you would expect to become a booked consult if answered, and the average value of a consult that becomes treatment. Multiply them together and you have a monthly figure. Use your own numbers, not averages from someone else.

Illustrative example, with made-up numbers: 20 unanswered after-hours calls a month, 1 in 4 turning into a consult, and each consult leading to treatment worth 300. That is 5 consults, or 1,500 a month, left unanswered. Replace the numbers with your clinic's own figures.

What changes when the agent answers

The agent answers at 9:40 pm, gives approved prices, and books a consult when a slot is open. Every call is logged, so your team can see what was asked and what was booked. The inquiry is handled in the same call, not the next morning.

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