As this story from The Sacramento Bee reports: “When performed in a private room, treatment costs start around $65 and can climb as high as $250. At community clinics like the Sacramento Acupuncture Project, which opened Oct. 12, sessions cost between $15 and $35. The Sacramento clinic and three others in the region ask customers to pay what they can based on their income.”

“We want people to be able to come in frequently, because that’s when acupuncture works best,” said Molly Fread, manager of the Sacramento Acupuncture Project, told The Bee. “You can go and have one expensive treatment and it will be nice, but it won’t solve all of your problems.”

“The {communal}  model allows one practitioner to treat multiple patients during the session, which lowers the overall cost of providing the service. While the pin insertion lasts just a few minutes, most clinics allow customers to relax in their chair for several hours,” the paper reported.