# Appointment No-show Cost Calculator

> See what missed appointments cost your clinic or studio each month, and what reminders could win back.

- Page: https://www.brandbakery.tech/tools/no-show-cost
- Last updated: 2026-10-21

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Enter appointments a week, how many people miss them and your average fee. See the fees lost each month and year, and what preventing some no-shows would recover.

## Use it

Open the tool in a browser at https://www.brandbakery.tech/tools/no-show-cost. It is free and needs no signup.

## Use it from code

Fees lost each month and year to missed appointments, and what preventing a share of them would recover.

`POST https://www.brandbakery.tech/api/tools/no_show_cost` with a JSON body, or call the `no_show_cost` tool on the [MCP server](https://www.brandbakery.tech/mcp).

| Input | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `appointmentsPerWeek` | number | yes | Appointments booked a week. |
| `noShowPercent` | number | yes | Percent of appointments missed. |
| `averageFee` | number | yes | Average fee per appointment, in rupees. |
| `preventablePercent` | number | yes | Percent of no-shows reminders could prevent (an estimate). |

## Questions owners ask

**What counts as a no-show?** Any booked slot the person did not attend and you could not fill: people who never arrive and same-day cancellations too late to rebook.

**Do appointment reminders work?** Yes, on the best evidence available. A Cochrane review of seven studies with 5,841 people found that text message reminders raised attendance from 67.8% to 78.6% (Gurol-Urganci and others, 2013). Phone call reminders worked about as well, at a higher cost per attendance.

**How do clinics reduce no-shows?** Common steps are a confirmation when the booking is made, a reminder the day before, a reminder a few hours before, and an easy way to reschedule from the reminder itself, so people who cannot come free the slot instead of skipping it.

**Why do you ask me to estimate how many reminders prevent?** It varies by practice, patient mix and how reminders are sent, so the honest answer is your own estimate. Start low, send reminders for a month and compare your diary.

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