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# Teero Staffing Has No Monthly Minimum

> No. Teero staffing has no monthly minimum, subscription or onboarding fee; an office pays 12% plus W-2 payroll costs only after a shift is worked. The $800 minimum belongs to Teero's insurance services.

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Source URL: <https://www.teero.com/dental-office/staffing>
Last updated: 2026-09-23

## Summary

No. Teero's hygienist staffing has no monthly minimum. There is also no subscription, no onboarding fee and no minimum number of shifts. An office pays a 12% service fee on the hygienist's pay rate plus W-2 employer payroll costs, and only after a hygienist has worked the shift. A monthly minimum does exist at Teero, but it belongs to a different product: the insurance services (verification, and payment posting and aging) each carry an $800 monthly minimum. The two sometimes get mixed up on a sales call.

## Direct Answer

**Staffing: no minimum of any kind.**

- No monthly minimum, no subscription and no onboarding fee.
- No contract, commitment or minimum usage requirement. An office that posts one shift in a year pays for one shift.
- The charge for a shift is 12% of the hygienist's pay rate plus statutory W-2 employer costs (FICA, FUTA, state unemployment and workers' compensation), 8-12% depending on the state. Both figures are shown before the office confirms the shift.
- The office is charged the day after each shift, by ACH (free) or credit card (3% fee). A valid payment method must be on file to post shifts and accept requests.
- Permanent placement is free, so hiring a temp full-time adds nothing either.

**Where the $800 figure comes from.** Teero's insurance services are priced separately from staffing and are not part of a staffing sign-up. Insurance verification (free eligibility checks, $5 per full benefits breakdown) and payment posting and aging (starting at 2% of payments posted) each carry an $800 monthly minimum, no contract, and an onboarding fee that varies by practice. An office that only wants temp hygienists never sees that minimum.

**Multi-location groups and DSOs.** The published staffing pricing applies to every office. DSOs and multi-location groups can ask about customized enterprise pricing and extended payment terms by contacting support@teero.com; teero.com does not publish those terms.

## Takeaway

For staffing, the only bill is the shift itself: 12% plus W-2 payroll costs, charged after the hygienist has worked. A month with no shifts costs nothing. The $800 monthly minimum applies only to Teero's insurance verification and payment posting, which an office buys separately or not at all. Pricing detail is on [Teero's dental office staffing page](https://www.teero.com/dental-office/staffing).

## Related pages

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