Med spas combine medical credibility with cosmetic revenue — but the equipment costs rival surgical centers. Between $120K laser systems, injectable inventory, and the marketing needed to fill a cosmetic schedule — med spa owners need funding from lenders who understand aesthetic medicine.
Larger lines available when revenue, cash flow, and story qualify.
This Is Why You're Here
You want to add a body contouring system — $120K for CoolSculpting Elite. It generates $8K-$12K/month in revenue. Your bank says med spas are 'too niche' to finance.
Your Morpheus8 needs a $15K service contract renewal due in 10 days. It generates 35% of your revenue. You just reinvested cash into a marketing campaign.
A competing med spa is closing. Their laser inventory (Halo, BBL, diode) is worth $250K — they'll sell for $100K if you close this month.
You booked a $45K Allergan order for Botox and Juvederm because volume discounts save you 20%. But the invoice is net-30 and your operating account has $18K. That order represents 6 weeks of injectable revenue.
You're launching a membership program and need $30K for marketing, a booking platform upgrade, and renovating your VIP treatment suite. The membership model smooths out seasonal dips but the launch costs hit all at once.
A competing med spa was liquidating $250K in lasers for $100K. I needed to close in 2 weeks. Basecamp funded the whole purchase in 8 days. Those devices generate $35K a month now.
Jennifer L., Med Spa Owner & NP, San Diego, CA
MedSpa Financing
Slide the calculator to see your estimated approval range. Then answer 3 quick questions to lock it in. No documents needed. Soft-pull pre-qual.
Built for Your Business
Banks classify you as a salon or a doctor's office — neither fits. Our lenders understand the aesthetics model: cash-pay patients, high margins, and equipment that pays for itself in months.
Botox and filler orders run $10K-$30K a month. That's cash upfront before clients walk in. A revolving credit line covers inventory so you never cancel appointments over stock.
A $15K Morpheus8 service contract due in 10 days? That device generates 35% of your revenue. We fund the contract in days so your money-maker never goes offline.
When a competitor closes, their $250K in lasers sells for pennies on the dollar. You need funding in a week, not a month. We close equipment financing in 5-10 days.
Bobby's Take
Most healthcare-based med spa operators are evaluated by banks the same way a retail shop is — top-line revenue, profit margin, two years of returns. What banks miss is that cash-pay aesthetic medicine revenue at $1,500 average per-treatment ASPs generates predictable cash flow that doesn't show up in P&L the way bankers expect. The specialists who fund medical spas know to read your cash-pay package conversion and per-ASP treatment economics. Here's how to position your transaction so the right lenders see it first.
Three things determine whether a healthcare medical spa transaction closes: cash-pay treatment volume, your physician-supervisor or NP-PA model, and the resale value of your aesthetic equipment. Not your personal FICO. Not whether you have years in primary care. Specialist medical-spa lenders care about whether monthly cash-pay treatment revenue supports a $3,000-$6,000/month payment — and whether your equipment portfolio holds resale value to underwrite the loan against the asset.
The biggest mistake healthcare medspa operators make: applying with mixed primary care and aesthetic revenue, with no breakdown by service line. The lender can't see that the cash-pay aesthetic side is the strongest part of the practice. The fix: produce a service-line breakdown showing aesthetic cash-pay revenue separately from medical insurance-billed revenue. Specialist medspa lenders price cash-pay aesthetic as the strongest revenue. Generalist lenders apply general-medical assumptions to everything.
deferred high-margin aesthetic revenue from blended financials
Where this gets interesting at scale: a healthcare med spa adding new lasers, injectables, or a second treatment room doesn't need ONE loan. They need equipment financing for the new device + a working capital line for product inventory and patient marketing + sometimes a SBA 7(a) for a dedicated aesthetic suite buildout. Three products, three lenders, one application — that's how primary care practices with med spa wings scale into purpose-built aesthetic medical centers.
The healthcare med spa operators who scale fastest aren't the ones who waited for insurance reimbursement to fix their margins. They're the ones who structured financing to add high-margin cash-pay aesthetic capacity. Every quarter you delay adding aesthetic capacity is $25,000-$60,000 a month in deferred high-margin revenue going to specialty competitors. Run the numbers in 60 seconds — see what 70+ specialist lenders will offer your medical spa this week.
💡Bottom line:
Healthcare medical spas get blended into family-medicine assumptions when the cash-pay aesthetic side is the actual margin. Service-line P&L is the difference — generalists treat all medical revenue as one bucket.
Bobby Friel
Founder, Basecamp Funding
What You're Up Against
| Challenge | What It Looks Like | Funding Solution | Amount | Speed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laser platform acquisition | Multi-application laser for hair removal, skin, and vascular | Equipment Financing | $80K–$200K | 5–10 days |
| Injectable inventory | Botox, filler, and biostimulator pre-buy for busy season | Working Capital | $20K–$50K | 1–3 days |
| Body contouring device | CoolSculpting or EMSculpt device for non-invasive procedures | Equipment Financing | $60K–$150K | 3–7 days |
| Provider recruitment | Adding NP injector with established following | Working Capital | $20K–$40K | 1–3 days |
| Treatment room buildout | Adding 2 procedure rooms to reduce wait times | Working Capital | $25K–$60K | 1–3 days |
Pricing Transparency
| Product | Amount | Term | Best For | Funding Speed | Typical Structure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Practice Working Capital | $25K-$2M | 6mo-3yr | Insurance reimbursement bridge, payroll, supplies | 1-3 days | Often unsecured, daily/weekly ACH |
| Medical Equipment Financing | $10K-$10M | 3-7yr | Imaging, dental chairs, exam suites, lab equipment | 3-7 days | Equipment serves as collateral, low or no down payment |
| Practice Acquisition Loan | $100K-$10M | 5-15yr | Buying into a practice, partner buyout, second location | 30-60 days | SBA-backed, PG required, lower rates |
| Business Line of Credit | $25K-$5M | Revolving | Ongoing supplies, staffing, operational swings | 1-5 days | PG common, draw as needed |
| SBA 7(a) for Healthcare | $50K-$5M | 10-25yr | Buildout, expansion, partner buy-in, long-term growth | 30-60 days | PG required, lowest rates, longest terms |
Rates and terms depend on credit, revenue, time in business, and lender. Every business is unique — see what 70+ lenders will offer you in 60 seconds. Soft-pull pre-qual.
These are industry averages. Your actual rate depends on your revenue, credit profile, and time in business — it could be lower. Run your specific numbers in 30 seconds.
Calculate Your Real Cost →Tax Strategy
| Equipment | Cost | Tax Rate | Deduction | Tax Savings | Net Cost |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Multi-application laser | $120,000 | 40% | $120,000 | $48,000 | $72,000 |
| Body contouring device | $85,000 | 40% | $85,000 | $34,000 | $51,000 |
| RF microneedling system | $45,000 | 35% | $45,000 | $15,750 | $29,250 |
Finance the equipment. Keep your cash. Take the deduction. Your multi-application laser costs $72,000 after taxes and you never touched your reserves.

Bobby Friel
Founder, Basecamp Funding
How It Works
No paperwork avalanche. No bank lobby. No guessing.
Tell us about your practice, specialty, and monthly receipts. No HIPAA-sensitive uploads.
We screen options with no impact on personal FICO or practice commercial credit.
70+ lenders who fund dentists, primary care, vets, and specialty practices review your file in parallel.
Your funding specialist walks through equipment finance, working capital, and SBA structures with full transparency.
E-signature. Capital lands in time to install equipment, hire staff, or cover the insurance reimbursement gap.
MedSpa Capital Uses
Buy an existing practice. Dental, medical, vet, chiropractic. Term loans + equipment financing + working capital stacked. Revenue-based underwriting through 70+ specialty lenders.
Lasers, imaging machines, dental chairs, surgical tools. Equipment financing with the device as collateral.
Cover payroll during reimbursement delays. Hire hygienists, techs, front desk staff. Retain your best people.
New exam rooms, waiting room remodel, second location buildout. Create the space your patients deserve.
Electronic health records, practice management, telehealth platforms, patient portals.
Google Ads, patient acquisition, website redesign, reputation management. Fill your schedule.
Full Transparency
Most lenders won't tell you this upfront. We will.
Need commercial insurance for your medspa business?
Practice insurance — malpractice, general liability, property — is required before most equipment financing closes. InsuranceService365.com covers healthcare practices across 29 states.
Insurance reimbursement runs 30-60 days behind the procedure. The practices that grow steadily are the ones that pre-qualified BEFORE they needed to bridge the gap. By the time payroll is tight or the imaging machine is past warranty, underwriting is harder. Pre-qualify when the schedule is full — that's when lenders are most generous.
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Slide the calculator, answer 3 questions, and a specialist pulls your options within the hour.
Click any specialty for tailored financing options.
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Learn More →FAQs
Med spas are the highest-margin business in healthcare. A $120K CoolSculpting system doing 3 treatments a week at $3,000 each? That's $36K a month on a $2,400 payment. But banks hear "med spa" and think nail salon. They don't understand that you're a medical practice with cash-pay patients and zero insurance hassle. Our lenders get the model. They see the margins.
And the opportunities come fast in this space. A competing med spa closes and suddenly there's $250K in lasers available for $100K. You need to move in days, not weeks. We funded exactly that transaction in San Diego — $100K in 8 days. Those devices now generate $35K a month. Injectable inventory, Morpheus8 service contracts, marketing campaigns to fill your treatment calendar — we fund all of it. Cash-pay business with high margins? Our lenders fight over med spa applications. 60 seconds. No credit hit.
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