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Phreesia vs Luma Health

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The short answer

Phreesia is the stronger fit when the front desk is the bottleneck: it handles registration, insurance checks, copay collection and check-in on patients' phones, in-office tablets and kiosks, and is free until spring 2027. Luma Health is built for patient access across a whole organization, with referrals, waitlists, reminders, fax automation and AI agents. Independent groups focused on intake should start with Phreesia; health systems and specialty groups chasing access and referral leakage should look at Luma.

Choose Phreesia if your priority is digital intake, insurance verification and collecting payments before the visit, including on in-office tablets or kiosks.

Choose Luma Health if your priority is scheduling, referrals, waitlists and two-way messaging across many sites, handled partly by AI agents.

Phreesia vs Luma Health at a glance

PhreesiaLuma Health
Best forIndependent groups and health systems digitizing intake and paymentsHealth systems, specialty groups and primary care improving patient access
Practice sizeIndependent groups to health systems and enterprise; 4,700+ organizationsPrimary care to enterprise health systems; 1,000+ organizations
Starting priceFree until spring 2027; standard pricing begins May 1, 2027Not published (demo required)
Pricing modelCustomized subscription, no per-message chargesNot published
Core approachIntake and registration on mobile, in-office hardware and voicePatient access and engagement with AI agents across scheduling, referrals and messaging
EHR integrations16+ PM/EHRs natively, bidirectional; logos include Epic, athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, NextGen, MEDITECH, Oracle, Greenway and ModMedEpic, Oracle Health, MEDITECH, NextGen, Nextech, eClinicalWorks, athenahealth, Greenway
HIPAA / BAAHITRUST CSF, SOC 2 Type 2, PCI Level 1; BAA terms not publishedHIPAA compliant, HITRUST CSF r2, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022; BAA terms not published
PlatformsPatient mobile, Phreesia PadX and Arrivals in-office hardware, VoiceAI phone agentWeb platform, patient text and web, conversational voice and chat agent
Notable strengthFront-desk intake, eligibility and copay collectionReferrals, waitlist backfill and fax automation
Main drawbackStandard prices not publishedNo published pricing; aimed mainly at larger organizations

Key differences

Intake versus patient access

Phreesia centers on the visit itself: patients complete registration, screenings and payments on their own device before arrival, or at the front desk on Phreesia PadX tablets and Arrivals hardware. Luma Health centers on getting patients onto the schedule. Its platform groups tools into access and retention (referrals, scheduling, waitlist, feedback, patient pipeline), registration and prep (payments, eligibility, intake forms), communication (reminders and recalls, a conversational agent, broadcasts) and staff efficiency (analytics, a collaboration hub and a fax automation agent). Both now overlap in reminders, intake and payments.

EHR integration

Both describe their integrations as bidirectional. Luma names Epic, Oracle Health, MEDITECH, NextGen, Nextech, eClinicalWorks, athenahealth and Greenway. Phreesia says it talks to 16+ PM and EHR systems natively, and its platform page shows logos for Epic, athenahealth, eClinicalWorks, NextGen, MEDITECH, Oracle, Greenway, ModMed, AdvancedMD, Veradigm and others. Phreesia's published list is slightly longer, while Luma names Nextech. If you run a less common PM system, ask both vendors for a written confirmation of what writes back to your EHR.

Pricing and contracts

Neither vendor publishes standard prices. Phreesia's pricing page offers full access to its intake platform, every product, at no cost through spring 2027, with standard pricing beginning May 1, 2027. It says pricing is customized by size, workflows and products, without per-message charges, and that most practices go live in as little as six weeks. Luma Health requires a demo for pricing. Before signing with Phreesia, ask what the post-promotion price and term will be.

Security and scale

Phreesia lists HITRUST CSF, SOC 2 Type 2 and PCI Level 1 certification, and says more than 4,700 healthcare organizations use it. Luma lists ISO 27001:2022, HITRUST CSF r2, SOC 2 Type II and TX-RAMP Level 2, states its software is HIPAA compliant, and says it is trusted by more than 1,000 healthcare organizations in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom. Neither publishes BAA terms on its website.

Which should you choose?

Pick by your main problem. If check-in lines, missing insurance details and uncollected copays cost you most, Phreesia targets that directly. If unfilled slots, lost referrals and fax backlogs cost you most, Luma is designed for those.

Choose Phreesia if:

  • Front-desk registration and insurance verification take too much staff time
  • You want in-office tablets or kiosks as well as mobile check-in
  • You want to try the full platform free before standard pricing begins in May 2027

Choose Luma Health if:

  • You need referral management, waitlists and fax automation
  • You run an access center across several sites and want broadcasts and a conversational agent
  • You want AI agents to handle scheduling messages and calls

Small practices that mainly need reminders and texting could also compare Weave or Solutionreach.

Read the full reviews

Phreesia logoPhreesia reviewGroups and health systems automating intake, payments and patient callsFree until May 2027 (Intake); then quoteLuma Health logoLuma Health reviewHealth systems and large specialty groups automating patient accessContact for pricing

Sources

  1. Phreesia homepage
  2. Phreesia pricing
  3. Phreesia platform
  4. Luma Health homepage
  5. Luma Health security and trust
  6. Luma Health integration with Epic

Phreesia vs Luma Health: FAQ

Is Phreesia or Luma Health better for a small practice?

Phreesia is usually the closer fit. It lists independent groups as a core segment, focuses on intake and payments, and its intake platform is free until spring 2027. Luma Health markets mainly to health systems, specialty groups, rural care and primary care organizations, and requires a demo for pricing. A small practice that mainly needs reminders and texting may find a lighter tool cheaper than either.

How much do Phreesia and Luma Health cost?

Neither publishes standard prices. Phreesia offers its full intake platform at no cost through spring 2027, with standard pricing beginning May 1, 2027, and says quotes are customized by size, workflows and products, with no per-message charges. Luma Health provides pricing after a demo. Ask both for a multi-year quote, including implementation, before comparing.

Do Phreesia and Luma Health integrate with Epic?

Yes, both do. Luma Health names Epic as an EHR partner, alongside Oracle Health, MEDITECH, NextGen, Nextech, eClinicalWorks, athenahealth and Greenway, and describes the integrations as bidirectional. Phreesia shows Epic among the 16+ PM and EHR systems it integrates with natively, and says data flows into the EHR and back out. Confirm with each vendor which Epic workflows and data fields are covered.

Are Phreesia and Luma Health HIPAA compliant?

Phreesia lists HITRUST CSF, SOC 2 Type 2 and PCI Level 1 certification. Luma Health states its software and processes are fully HIPAA compliant and lists HITRUST CSF r2, SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022 and TX-RAMP Level 2. Neither posts business associate agreement terms publicly, so request a signed BAA and the latest audit reports during procurement.

Can you switch from Phreesia to Luma Health, or use both?

Yes. A practice could use Phreesia for intake and check-in and Luma for scheduling, referrals and outreach. Running both means paying twice for overlapping reminders, forms and payments, so map which product owns each patient message. When switching, plan for new EHR interfaces, patient form rebuilds and staff retraining.

Is Phreesia really free until 2027?

Phreesia's pricing page offers full access to its intake platform, every product, at no cost through spring 2027, and says standard pricing begins May 1, 2027. Its FAQ says intake products are included through May 31, 2027. Implementation still takes time, as little as six weeks per Phreesia, so confirm in writing what the price and term will be once the free period ends.