MMA Medical Practice Website Design

The cost of a website is typically less expensive than traditional means of advertising, such as an ad in a magazine, newspaper, brochure, or mass mailing flyers. The end product of a website results in a greater market to view your information for a longer period of time.

There are several components that impact the cost of a website. Some of these are fixed and some depend on the features and design. Below is a list of costs:

Domain Name Registration

$9 - $35 per year per domain name is typical
This is a fixed fee charged by the Internet domain managing companies, and not charged by MMA.

Hosting

$10-$20 per month for a small site without email or few email accounts
$20-$30 per month for a medium site with several email accounts and traffic statistics.
$30-$100 per month depending on e-commerce, security, and/or database systems.

Note: Some companies offer free hosting and use advertising to cover costs. As the adage goes, "you get what you pay for". There is no guarantee these companies will be able to survive using this business model and meet your hosting needs for the future without interruptions in services. Therefore, we recommend paying a reasonable fee to an established host to ensure website availability and reliability.

We can recommend a reliable host or use any company that you choose to host your website.

Web site Creation/Design
MMA's design fees depend on the technical complexity of the web site, the amount of graphical design involved, the extent of which MMA must develop content or re-write content provided by the practice and the size of the site. However, typical pricing is as follows:
- Level I: $1500 - $2500 for a "Level I" site.
- Level II: $2500 - $7500 for a more detailed "Level II" site.
- Level III: As Quoted - "Level III" site with e-commerce, security, and/or database elements.

Medical Web Site Maintenance
Once your web site is published, it's important to keep it up-to-date. Web site maintenance costs vary depending on:
- Amount of updates
- Type of updates
- Frequency of updates
- Web site traffic analysis
MMA has affordable web site maintenance plans designed to empower practices to keep their web sites updated.
- "Pay as you go" - This plan allows practice's to pay for updates as needed, billed per quarter hour.
- Annually - Our annual maintenance plan ranges from $600 to $2,000 per year and includes
  - Web hosting fee
  - Minor content changes
  - Adding/removing physicians, services, insurance information
  - Web site traffic analysis
  - Search engine traffic analysis
  - Link verification