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Recovery Studio Economics Calculator
Pressure-test a new modality, room, or location without pretending a sample is an industry benchmark. Every result traces back to an assumption you can edit.
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60 mo
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100%
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This calculator produces scenarios from the assumptions entered. It is not a forecast, valuation, financing recommendation, accounting advice, tax advice, or a guarantee of revenue, profit, utilization, or payback. Verify quotes and assumptions with vendors and qualified advisors.
Sample walkthrough
A worked example: two cold plunges and one sauna
The scenario below is the kind of result the calculator produces — fictional inputs, visible arithmetic, and no benchmark quietly inserted anywhere.
The assumptions entered
- Equipment
2 cold plunge units + 1 infrared sauna
- Schedule
10 hours a day, 26 open days a month
- Session
30 minutes plus a 15-minute turnaround
- Session mix
30% à-la-carte at $45 · 45% package at $36 · 25% membership ($149/mo ÷ 5 redeemed sessions)
- Variable cost
$6.50 per session
- Fixed costs + debt
$14,800 per month
- Cash at launch
$118,000
What the calculator returns
- Monthly capacity
1,040 sessions
3 units × 10 hours × 26 days on a 45-minute slot
- Realized revenue / session
$37.15
the weighted value of the entered mix — not a price benchmark
- Contribution / session
$30.65
after the $6.50 variable cost
- Break-even
483 sessions ≈ 46% of capacity
fixed costs and debt ÷ contribution per session
- Base case — 55% utilization
≈ $2,700 monthly operating cash flow · payback in month 44
- Downside — 40% utilization
Below break-even: no payback inside the 60-month horizon
- Upside — 70% utilization
Payback in month 16
Every number above is fictional and labeled as such inside the tool. Nothing here is an industry benchmark — replace each input with current vendor quotes and your own operating assumptions before treating any output as decision-grade.
What you get
What the calculator returns from your assumptions
Monthly capacity from units, hours, session length, turnaround time, and open days.
Realized revenue per session across à-la-carte, package, and membership mix.
Contribution margin, break-even sessions and utilization, operating cash flow, and payback month.
A downside/base/upside sensitivity grid plus a downloadable assumptions-and-results file.
Methodology
How break-even and payback are computed
Methodology 1.0.0. Next review: 2026-10-22.
- 01Capacity is calculated from the schedule and equipment assumptions you enter; no hidden utilization benchmark is inserted.
- 02Revenue per session is the weighted value of your entered session mix. Membership value is monthly fee divided by expected redeemed sessions.
- 03Break-even uses contribution per session after variable cost. Payback is the first month cumulative operating cash flow reaches cash invested at launch.
Source ledger
What supports the calculator
Each source is tied to the part it supports; a link is not treated as blanket approval for every output.
Praxium calculator methodology v1.0
PraxiumSupports: The disclosed capacity, debt-payment, contribution, break-even, and payback formulas.
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Frequently asked questions
Does the calculator use industry-average utilization or pricing?
No. Praxium does not currently have a neutral, current source for those defaults. The tool uses only the assumptions you enter, with fictional samples clearly labeled.
What does break-even utilization mean?
It is the share of the calculated session capacity needed for contribution after variable cost to cover the fixed costs and debt payment you entered. It is a scenario result, not a demand forecast.
Can I use this for adding one modality to an existing studio?
Yes. Enter only the incremental equipment, build-out, capacity, staffing, and operating costs attributable to the addition, then compare the downside, base, and upside cases.
How much does it cost to open a recovery studio?
The calculator will not tell you — deliberately. Praxium does not have a neutral, current cost benchmark, so the tool asks for your own equipment quotes, build-out estimate, and monthly costs instead of inserting a national figure. The SBA startup-cost worksheet in the source ledger is a solid structure for collecting those quotes.
Can I model a membership-heavy pricing mix?
Yes. Enter the monthly membership fee and the sessions you expect a member to actually redeem; the tool converts that into a per-session value and weights it with your à-la-carte and package mix. If redemption is uncertain, run downside and upside cases with different redemption counts.
What is a good break-even utilization?
There is no published neutral benchmark the tool can honestly cite. What the result gives you is a testable claim — for example, 'this room works if we fill 46% of calculated capacity' — to pressure-test against your own booking data, local comparables, and the downside case, rather than against an invented industry average.