DrChrono vs Practice Fusion (2026): which should you pick?

Pick DrChrono if

• Fits if you run a medical practice and want charting and billing in one place
• Makes sense if you want lab links built in

Look elsewhere if

• Skip it if you want a price, as every tier says to request a quote
• Pricey if you send a lot of texts or faxes: $0.05 a text, $0.07 a faxed page and $0.10 a phone call beyond plan limits
• Watch out: extended lab integration for over 40,000 labs is $30 per provider per month
• Watch out: electronic patient statements are $0.59 each and paper claims $1.00 each

Pick Practice Fusion if

• Fits if you are a doctor in a small practice that needs e-prescribing
• Makes sense if three signing staff per provider is enough for you

Look elsewhere if

• Pricey if you are a solo therapist, at $199 per provider
• Skip it if you want therapy tools, since the pages mention no client portal or telehealth
• Tight if you need billing, as billing services are separate with no price
• Watch out: billed monthly but with a required annual commitment

DrChrono

• Amounts are not published: each tier on the pricing page says to request a quote.
• The vendor lists fees beyond plan limits: $0.05 per text, $0.07 per faxed page and $0.10 per phone call.
• Extended lab integration covering over 40,000 labs is $30 per provider per month.
• Electronic patient statements are $0.59 each, and paper claims are $1.00 each.

Practice Fusion

• The $199 price carries a required annual commitment, even though it is billed monthly.
• Billing services are a separate offering with no published price.
• It is built for medical practices; the pages read do not mention therapy-specific features such as telehealth sessions or client portals.

DrChrono

EHR with specialty templates

Form and template library by specialty, customization tools, photo and drawing tools, custom vitals, and text-expanding macros.

Medical billing

Custom billing codes, real-time eligibility checks and claim management, with revenue cycle tools on Growth and Premium.

Patient engagement

A patient portal with an app, check-in kiosk, appointment profiles, email, text and phone reminders, and a scheduling widget for your website.

Telehealth

Video visits built into the EHR, with online scheduling and digital check-in.

AI documentation

EverHealth Scribe is the vendor's AI clinical documentation tool; the pricing page lists it as an add-on, with advanced AI on Premium.

Practice Fusion

Charting templates

A library of customizable charting templates for documenting visits, with signing licenses for providers and signing staff.

E-prescribing

Prescribing of regular and controlled substances and approval of refill requests. Controlled-substance prescribing is available only in the 50 US states and DC.

Labs and imaging

Orders go to lab and imaging centers from the chart, with structured results returned to the patient record and saved panels for re-ordering.

Reporting

Quality, clinical and practice management reports, plus MIPS, Meaningful Use and eCQM dashboards on provider licenses.

Billing services

An optional service with a billing team that handles claims scrubbing, submission, payment posting, denials and patient statements. Its price is not published.

DrChrono

Pricing could not be confirmed. See drchrono.com.

Practice Fusion

• EHR provider license$199

  per provider / month, billed monthly with an annual commitment

  Each provider license includes 3 signing staff licenses and unlimited non-signing staff. Prices exclude taxes.