This week, BAP offers free stress relief communityacupuncture treatments on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for anyone feeling impacted by recent anti-LGBTQAI+ violence.
No intakes. Masks required. Minimal paperwork. You can save your spot by clicking here to make an appointment using our online scheduler, or see all our appointment types on our scheduling page.
Our sliding scale has not changed. Boston Acupuncture Project builds community by providing widely accessible and affordable acupuncture. Boston Acupuncture Project is here for you – and thanks to you. But what does the sliding scale really mean?
We want to keep our sliding scale at $25-$55 for as long as possible. In order to continue to stay open and provide treatments, our clinic needs to average $35 per visit. (This assumes we’re averaging 40 visits per week.) This is a literal average – every dollar counts! But to keep it simple, let’s break it into 3 tiers:
Paying $45 or more helps us keep the low end of the sliding scale at $25, save for emergencies, and potentially even grow to have more open hours, more programs, and more staff.
Paying $35 helps sustain Boston Acupuncture Project financially. Thank you! This is the average payment we need to keep things running.
If you are only able to pay $25, thank you so much – please keep paying $25 per visit.
No matter how much you pay, we want you to be able to get as much acupuncture as you need to see a real difference in your health concerns. Not only does your life improve, but then you can tell other people about how acupuncture helped you! And that helps us reach more new patients, and fulfill our mission.
So, if paying more than $25 would prevent you from getting as much acupuncture as you need, we do not want you to pay more than $25. We want you to get enough acupuncture. There are also plenty of ways you can help BAP keep our doors open that are not paying more on the sliding scale, if you’re interested!
If you are not able to pay $25 per visit, please talk to your acupuncturist! Generous community members who love getting acupuncture at BAP donate Pay It Forward treatments for neighbors unable to pay $25. (If you would like to donate a Pay It Forward treatment, please click here to visit our donation page.)
If you are able, paying above $25 makes a real difference for us.
We are counting on you to ask yourself the question. We can’t stay open if we can’t meet our financial obligations.
This is very personal. Below is one framework for thinking about where you might fall on our sliding scale. Thanks for being thoughtful!
October is Co-op Month! To celebrate, BAP offers 20% OFF up to 3 community acupuncture treatments* for co-op members this month.
First Visits for $28 (regularly $35-$65)
Return Visits for $20 (regularly $25-$55)
You can belong to any local co-op (let us know which one!) but we are highlighting our friends at Dorchester Food Co-op.
Dorchester Food Co-op is building a community- and worker-owned grocery store to challenge the traditional food system and instead create an asset that nourishes, employs, and reinvests in the local community.
*treatments/visits being discounted for co-op members are regular community acupuncture treatments in October 2022; this special does not apply to Bubble Blocks and cannot be combined with any other special offers or discounts. Thanks for understanding!
From the recent racially motivated shooting in Buffalo, NY to the astronomical increase in anti-Asian hate crimes over the past two years, many in our community are feeling impacted by racist violence.
This week, BAP offers free stress relief acupuncture treatments on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday for anyone feeling impacted.
Masks required. Minimal paperwork. You can save your spot by clicking here to make an appointment using our online scheduler.
Walk-in appointments available this Friday, May 20, from 4:00-7:00 PM.
We love keeping people cozy when they’re here for acupuncture! So help us help you by bringing your own blankets.
When you bring your own blankets in December 2021, you can pay just $20 for a treatment* (add $10 for first visits).
We recommend packing a clean, reusable shopping bag with a light fleece throw blanket (or two, or three). You can also add a large towel or small pillow which goes on your lap to hold the blanket above any pins that might be placed in your lower legs.
(If you don’t know, that is how we keep people cozy here: personalized blanket forts.)
We don’t want to get rid of our blankets – but the time and cost of doing laundry, with pandemic precautions, in the winter, may become unsustainable. Please help us out by bringing your own.
*This special applies only to regular community acupuncture treatments – not Bubble Blocks – in the month of December 2021. This special cannot be combined with any other offers, specials, or coupons.
Masks and appointments are required. Please see our COVID-19 precautions for more information.
The clinic will be closed the last week in December, so book online soon!
Our sliding scale prices of $25-$55 per treatment are already very affordable compared to most. But we like to do something special for our anniversary. BAP celebrates 3 years open in Hyde Park this month! So we present:
Wear your Boston Acupuncture Project T-shirt or hoodie to the clinic to get one free treatment* in November 2021. T-shirts and hoodies are available for purchase online through the end of the month – visit our campaign on Bonfire and buy yours now.
Current members of the People’s Organization of Community Acupuncture get $20 treatments* all month long plus a free treatment* the week of your birthday. You can join for just $25 a year, Visit POCAcoop.com for more information.
Pay with Boston Points on the B-Local App and you can get a treatment* for just 20 Boston Points in the month of November. Read more about the B-Local App on our website, or download from the App Store or Google Play.
*All discounts apply to regular community acupuncture treatments only. These discounts do not apply to Bubble Blocks and cannot be combined with any other coupons or special offers. Thanks for understanding!
Hi everyone, Ren here with a PSA about acupuncture for seasonal and environmental allergies.
Personally, I used to be one of those people who could not go anywhere without a packet of tissues. Since I was a kid, my eyes would swell up and my nose would be stuffy at the slightest environmental allergen. It wasn’t until I started getting regular acupuncture in my twenties that I realized life could be different for me!
If you’re interested in having a better Spring (or Autumn) this year, try getting a series of acupuncture treatments in the season leading up to your worst allergic time.
Based on your exact symptom picture, your acupuncturist will recommend a treatment plan for you. Regular acupuncture treatment really can make a huge difference. Acupuncture also works great alongside other treatments, so it’s not like you need to give up your allergy meds cold turkey or anything.
But don’t take my word for it. Here are a few studies showing acupuncture’s effectiveness for allergic rhinitis (basically, seasonal and environmental allergies):
Affordable acupuncture means you don’t have to suffer! Book an appointment today.
For more great tips on managing environmental allergies, read about “How to nip (poke) hay fever in the bud” from our friends at Heart & Hands Health Collective.
Community acupuncture would not exist without you, and your participation.
Boston Acupuncture Project works to make acupuncture more affordable and accessible, so we can make a difference in people’s lives! But we need your help. The way we keep our prices low is by giving a LOT of treatments.
Telling others about Boston Acupuncture Project is the #1 most helpful thing you can do to help us stay open. (After making sure you get enough acupuncture yourself, of course.)
For January 2021 we’re offering a New Patient Special: your first visit with us is only $21 when you pay with cash in the clinic after your treatment.
This special is only good for the month of January 2021. So make your tele-health intake appointment online, or text or call 617-506-3868 to get the ball rolling on a fabulous new year! Click here to read more about our New Patient Process.
Our friends at 4 Corners Yoga + Wellness are offering $20 off a full-priced massage of 60+ minutes, when you come in for an acupuncture treatment at Boston Acupuncture Project! This offer is now extended through Feb. 28, 2021.
Massage & acupuncture work so well together. Why?
So book your appointment at Boston Acupuncture Project today – use our online scheduler (just click here) or call or text 617-506-3868 if you don’t see a time that works for you. Please remember that NEW patients need a brief tele-health consultation before a first in-person visit!
Community acupuncture clinics (like us here at Boston Acupuncture Project!) work to keep care accessible, and we rely on many people paying a reasonable amount for every treatment to cover our expenses. That’s why we count on you to tell people in your life about Boston Acupuncture Project and how they should come here for acupuncture!
Part of being accessible means staying open. To do that right now, we have to raise prices. Our new sliding scale, starting Monday, November 16, will be $25 – $55 for return visits, plus a $10 intake fee for first visits only.
If this puts acupuncture out of your reach, please talk to your acupuncturist – we can almost always work something out.
For the clinic’s health, Boston Acupuncture Project needs around 20 people a week to pay $25, 10 people a week to pay $35, and 5 people a week to pay $45. Right now (as of October 2020) we are averaging about 22 treatments per week, with an average payment of about $22 per treatment.
Overall, we need to increase the number of people getting acupuncture here, and also the average payment per treatment, so that the clinic can stick around for years to come.
Thank you for your support and understanding.
