What you pay a chiropractor depends mostly on three things: whether it's a first visit (which includes an exam) or a follow-up, whether you need imaging, and how many visits a plan involves. At The Shift Chiropractic in Downtown Oakland, as of October 2026, a first visit is $135 and visits after that are $60–$80. Confirm current prices when you book.
Prices as of October 2026 · The Shift Chiropractic, 435 8th Street #203, Oakland
Nationally, a chiropractic consultation averaged $152, with a range of $121 to $281, in a 2024 survey by ASQ360° for CareCredit, a healthcare financing company. The survey covered all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
That’s a national average from a survey, not a quote. What a first visit includes, and so what it costs, varies from office to office. At The Shift in Downtown Oakland, a first visit is $135 as of October 2026. Confirm current prices when you book.
Prices vary mostly with what a visit includes, whether you need imaging, how many visits a plan involves, and where you live. The same handful of things set them almost everywhere.
To see typical charges where you live, the nonprofit FAIR Health consumer cost lookup shows in-network and out-of-network estimates by ZIP code, in English and Spanish. Search for chiropractic care.
A first visit at The Shift is $135 as of October 2026. It includes the exam, your first adjustment and a follow-up report-of-findings visit, where we go over what we found; an adjustment at that follow-up visit is billed separately.
A first visit costs more than the visits after it because it includes a history and an examination. New patient? See what your first visit includes, step by step.
After your first visit, an adjustment visit at The Shift is $60–$80 as of October 2026, depending on whether you’re on a care plan or paying per visit. Your first adjustment is included in the $135 first visit.
Prices as of October 2026. Prices can change, so confirm current prices when you book.
If we recommend a plan, you see its total cost in writing at the report of findings, with the reasoning behind it, before you agree to anything. You can stop care anytime.
More on the process: how care works, from first visit to plan.
We don’t bill insurance directly, so at The Shift you pay the prices above with or without insurance. You can use HSA or FSA funds, and we provide a superbill on request if you’d like to submit for out-of-network reimbursement yourself.
Where an office bills your insurance, what you pay depends on your deductible, your copay and whether the office is in your plan’s network.
HSA and FSA funds can generally be used for chiropractic care, because the IRS counts fees paid to a chiropractor for medical care as a medical expense (Publication 502). Your plan administrator confirms what your own plan covers.
The Shift accepts HSA and FSA cards. More on paying with pre-tax money: how HSA, FSA and employer wellness funds work for chiropractic.
It depends on the office, the type of visit and how many visits you need. At The Shift Chiropractic in Downtown Oakland, as of October 2026, a first visit is $135, which includes the exam, the first adjustment and a follow-up report-of-findings visit, and visits after that are $60–$80, depending on whether you’re on a care plan or paying per visit. Confirm current prices when you book.
In a 2024 survey by ASQ360° for CareCredit, a healthcare financing company, a chiropractic consultation averaged $152 nationally, with a range of $121 to $281. At The Shift in Downtown Oakland, as of October 2026, a first visit is $135 and visits after that are $60–$80. Confirm current prices when you book.
We don’t bill insurance directly, so these are the prices you pay at The Shift. As of October 2026, a first visit is $135. It includes the exam, your first adjustment and a follow-up report-of-findings visit; an adjustment at that follow-up visit is billed separately. Visits after that are $60–$80, depending on whether you’re on a care plan or paying per visit. Confirm current prices when you book. You can pay with HSA or FSA funds, ask for a superbill to submit for out-of-network reimbursement yourself, and payment plans are available.
At The Shift, an adjustment visit after your first visit is $60–$80 as of October 2026, depending on whether you’re on a care plan or paying per visit. Your first adjustment is included in the $135 first visit. Confirm current prices when you book.
Prices vary from office to office. For typical charges in your ZIP code, FAIR Health’s consumer cost lookup shows in-network and out-of-network estimates. At The Shift, at 8th and Broadway in Downtown Oakland, a first visit is $135 and visits after that are $60–$80, as of October 2026. Confirm current prices when you book.
Spinal realignment is a common name for a chiropractic adjustment. At The Shift it’s priced as a visit: $135 for a first visit, which includes the exam, and $60–$80 for visits after that, as of October 2026. Confirm current prices when you book.
Usually, yes. The IRS counts fees paid to a chiropractor for medical care as a medical expense (Publication 502), so HSA and FSA funds can generally be used; your plan administrator confirms what your own plan covers. The Shift accepts HSA and FSA cards.
We don’t bill health insurance directly. You can pay with HSA or FSA funds, and we can give you a superbill to submit for out-of-network reimbursement yourself.
The Shift's prices are the practice's own, as of October 2026. The one national figure on this page comes from a survey that names who ran it, who paid for it and when; it's an average, not a price you'll be quoted anywhere in particular.
Same-day appointments are often available — a doctor is in the office six days a week. 435 8th Street #203, at 8th and Broadway.
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