Vet Clinic.
Checkout that's gentle on stressed owners — plus wellness plans billed automatically.
Built For You, Configured By Us.
Fast checkout at the front desk, recurring billing for wellness plans, and financing options for big procedures.
Integrates alongside your practice management software.
- ★Invoicing & card-on-file billingSend invoices with pay links, store cards on file for repeat accounts, and automate recurring billing — so your A/R stops being a part-time job.
- ★Mobile payments in the fieldTap-to-pay on a phone, Bluetooth readers, and text-to-pay get you paid on-site instead of invoicing after the fact and waiting weeks to collect.
- ★Appointment & dispatch friendlyPayment tools that fit how service businesses actually run — deposits at booking, balances at completion, and card-on-file for standing appointments.
- ★Next-day or same day fundingFast funding smooths the cash-flow gap between doing the work and getting paid, so payroll and materials never wait on a slow settlement.
What It’s Really Like To Run A Vet Clinic.
Your morning block is vaccines and wellness checks; your afternoon is a blocked cat that needs surgery today. Clients love their animals and flinch at the estimate, so your front desk quotes ranges, offers wellness plans that spread care across twelve months, and processes grief and gratitude in the same ten-minute window. Inventory ties up cash in vaccines and flea preventives, DVMs are booked out three weeks, and the phone never stops. Every invoice at checkout follows an emotional conversation in the exam room.
Payments add friction exactly where you don’t want it. A $1,800 emergency surgery on a rewards card costs the clinic $50+ in processing during a moment that’s already hard. Wellness-plan billing fails when cards expire, and staff burn hours chasing updated numbers. Third-party financing gets declined at the worst possible moment. And the occasional client who disputes a charge after a difficult outcome puts your team through a chargeback process nobody trained for.
An $1,800 emergency surgery paid on a rewards card can cost the clinic more in processing than it charges for the recheck exam.
Where Payments Hurt
- ★3%+ processing on high-dollar surgical and emergency invoices.
- ★Wellness-plan payments fail when stored cards expire, and staff chase clients.
- ★Financing declines at checkout after care is already delivered.
- ★Disputes after difficult outcomes drag staff into chargeback paperwork.
How Lone Star Fixes It
- ★Tokenized card-on-file with automatic card updating for wellness plans — failed payments stop being a front-desk job.
- ★Texas dual pricing on Clover or Valor terminals, with clear signage — see dual pricing explained.
- ★ACH options for large invoices and payment plans, per ACH vs. cards.
- ★Same day funding plus up to $5,000 toward a POS upgrade if your terminal predates your X-ray machine.
Vet Clinic Owners Ask Us
How do we stop chasing expired cards on wellness plans?
Use a gateway with account-updater support, which refreshes reissued card numbers automatically, plus smart retry on soft declines. Clinics typically see the majority of failed plan payments recover without a single phone call.
Is dual pricing appropriate for a vet clinic?
Many Texas clinics use it successfully — both prices are posted, clients choose, and cash or ACH payers simply pay the lower price. We’re Dallas-based and will set up compliant signage and receipts, and it’s easy to pilot and reverse if it doesn’t fit your clientele.
What should we do when a client disputes a bill after a bad outcome?
Respond with the signed estimate, treatment consent, and itemized invoice — sympathy and documentation are not mutually exclusive. We help you assemble representment evidence, and good intake paperwork wins most of these before they escalate.
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Ready To See It In Action?
Call (214) 838-1818 and a specialist will walk you through the right setup for your business — and ask about up to $5,000 to upgrade your POS.
