Cardiology is mostly insurance and referrals. Do paid ads even work for a heart practice?

They work when you point them at the right patients. Nobody Googles their way into a stent, but a huge and growing share of people search on their own for a coronary calcium score, an executive heart screening, palpitation and chest pain answers, or a preventive cardiologist who will actually spend time with them. Those are the patients hospital systems and longevity clinics are already advertising to. We put your practice in front of that self directed, cash willing demand and route it straight onto your calendar, so you stop depending only on primary care referrals that can dry up overnight.

Hospital systems and longevity clinics are outspending me. How do I compete?

You do not outbid a hospital, you out position it. Health systems run slow, generic brand ads and bury patients in phone trees and six week waits. Cash heart scan chains sell a scan with no cardiologist attached. We make your advantages the whole pitch: a board certified cardiologist who reads the results personally, a real appointment this week, and continuity of care a scan center can never offer. That message converts the exact patient a hospital ad leaves cold.

How long before we actually see new cardiology patients booking?

Most practices go from signed to first live campaign in under 14 days, and see qualified calcium score, screening and consult requests in the first two to three weeks. The concierge and preventive membership side compounds after that, because a patient who comes in for a heart scan and trusts you often becomes a yearly relationship, not a one time visit. We report on booked patients, not clicks, so you can see it filling in real time.

Will Google and Meta reject my ads for medical claims about heart disease?

Cardiology is a sensitive category, and the fast way to get an account suspended is to imply diagnosis or scare people about heart attacks. We know exactly which claims, health targeting and imagery trigger a rejection and write copy and creative that gets approved and stays live. You get campaigns that actually run, instead of an ad account frozen in review right when you needed it working.

How much does it cost to work with EtherealMinds?

We recommend a minimum of $2,000 per month in paid ad spend, plus our management fee. Below that, the system does not gather enough data to optimize predictably across preventive, concierge and screening campaigns. There are no setup fees and no long term contract, so the math has to keep earning your budget every month.

Do you help us show up for cardiologist near me searches in our own city?

Yes. We geo target the zip codes and neighborhoods around each of your offices so the patients who see you are the ones who can actually drive in this week. Paid search puts you at the top for high intent terms like cardiologist near me, heart screening near me and coronary calcium score, while your landing pages and booking flow turn that click into a confirmed appointment.

Built exclusively for private & preventive cardiology

Your expertise saves lives.
Your practice shouldn't live or die by referrals.

Reimbursements keep shrinking, hospital groups keep buying up private cardiology, and the primary care pipeline that fed you for years can be redirected with a single memo. Meanwhile patients are Googling their own heart screenings and handing that cash to imaging chains and longevity clinics with no cardiologist behind them. We build the paid ad engine that sends those preventive, concierge and cash pay heart patients to you instead. Not tire kickers. Booked, high intent appointments.

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Predictive projections

What a steady flow of preventive and cash pay heart patients is worth.

Drag the sliders. Based on real cardiology campaigns, we will show you what a predictable stream of calcium score, screening and concierge patients does to your revenue, not just your appointment count.

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💰 Monthly ad investment

$2,000

$2k$5k$10k$15k$20k

👤 Avg. value of a cardiology patient relationship

$3,000

$500$2.5k$5k$7.5k$10k

A calcium score or screening visit that turns into ongoing follow up, imaging and a preventive plan often clears $2k to $5k over the first year. A concierge cardiology membership can run higher and renews annually. We will calibrate this to your fee schedule and cash offerings on the call.

New heart patients this month

9 to 13

New booked appointments

First year revenue from them

$22,500 to $45,500

Patients × avg value

12-month cumulative revenue

$270k to $546k

If you run the system all year

Return on ad spend

11.3x to 22.8x

Revenue per $1 spent

These are real ranges from cardiology and specialty medical campaigns we have run, weighted toward the preventive and cash pay side rather than insurance reimbursement. Your actual numbers depend on your cash offerings, your market, and how aggressive you want to be on concierge and screening growth. On the call, we will map this to your practice specifically. Get your personalized cardiology projection →

How it works

A cardiology growth system, not another "heart health" ad vendor.

Most agencies boost a blog post about cholesterol, send you a report full of impressions, and call it marketing. We built a system that does one thing: feed your practice with self directed heart patients, the ones searching for a screening, a second opinion, or a cardiologist who will actually pick up the phone.

Capture real heart intent

We get in front of people already searching for a coronary calcium score, a heart screening, palpitation or chest pain answers, an echocardiogram, or a preventive cardiologist near them. Genuine buying intent in your zip codes, not vague "wellness" traffic that never books.

Out position the hospital

Health systems have bigger budgets and slower everything. We make your edge the whole message: a board certified cardiologist who reads the results himself, an appointment this week instead of a six week wait, and continuity a scan chain can never offer. That is why the patient picks you.

Build the cash pay side

We track which campaigns produce one time insurance visits and which produce concierge members, screening packages and repeat preventive patients, then push budget toward the latter. A calcium score becomes the front door to a lasting relationship, not a dead end.

Booked on your calendar

The only number that matters: qualified heart patients in the chair, on the schedule, planning their follow up. Compliant ads that survive Google and Meta review, and predictable flow whether it is January resolutions or a quiet summer week.

Ready to see it applied to your cardiology practice? Book a call →

Why this is different

We made it stupid easy to start.

No lock ins. No smoke. No fine print. If it doesn't work, you leave.

No long term contracts

Month to month. You stay because the preventive and cash pay calendar is filling, not because a contract says you have to.

No setup fees

We don't charge you to start. Your investment goes where it belongs, into reaching patients who book real heart appointments.

No fear based ads

We won't run scare tactics about heart attacks that get your account banned and cheapen your name. We build trust in the physician, which is what converts the patient you actually want.

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Revenue you don't have to refer for

Referrals can be redirected overnight. We give you a demand channel you own, so a slow month from one PCP group doesn't decide your quarter.

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Ads that survive review

Health claims, medical targeting and cardiac imagery get accounts flagged fast. We know the exact lines on Meta and Google and write creative that runs without policy headaches.

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Up and running in days

From signed to first live cardiology campaign in under 14 days. No six week "discovery phase". We have done this before, in specialty medicine like yours.

What to expect

The cardiology numbers, unfiltered.

At $2,000/month here's what a typical preventive and cash pay cardiology funnel looks like based on real campaigns we've run.

Clicks

Patients landing on your offer page

$4 to $9 CPC

Leads

Qualified screening and consult inquiries

$25 to $55 CPL

Consults booked

Confirmed screening or new patient visits

$55 to $110 CPA

Show ups

Actually walk through the door

60% to 80% show rate

Patients acquired

First visit or screening paid

$150 to $320 CAC

Your actual numbers depend on your cash offerings, average patient value, and how many hospital and imaging competitors crowd your local market. On the call, we'll map this to your practice.

Real practices. Real results.

Specialty medical practices like yours are already seeing it work.

"I spent years at the mercy of primary care referrals. Now a real stream of screening and preventive patients comes in on its own every week, and for the first time the growth of my practice is in my hands, not someone else's memo."

Dr. Michael R. · Cardiology

Wellness Center in Fort Lauderdale

5x ROAS in month 3

IV Clinic in South Florida

12 to 15 new patients each month

Specialty Medical Practice in Fort Lauderdale

4.2x ROAS in month 2

TRT & HGH Clinic in Miami

+41 new patients in 90 days

Dr. Olayemi Osiyemi (Doctor Triple O)

Trusts EtherealMinds to manage all of his businesses (4+)

Sleep Apnea & Sleep Study Center

+30 new patients in 60 days

Cardiology bookings, last 7 days

📅 New coronary calcium score · Tue 9:30am · $$$

📅 New preventive heart consult · Wed 11:00am · $$$

📅 New palpitations evaluation · Wed 3:30pm · $$$

📅 New concierge membership call · Thu 10:00am · $$$

📅 New echocardiogram screening · Thu 2:00pm · $$$

📅 New second opinion visit · Fri 1:30pm · $$$

+11 more this week

Results vary. Shown examples are representative of cardiology and healthcare engagements we've run, not a guarantee.

Who this is for

This works if you…

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Run a private or preventive cardiology practice offering screenings, calcium scoring, echo, concierge memberships, or general cardiology.
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Are tired of depending on referrals that a single hospital or PCP group can turn off without warning.
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Watch imaging chains and longevity clinics sell the cash heart screenings that should be coming to a real cardiologist.
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Have tried ads before and ended up with rejected medical creative or leads that never booked.
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Want to grow your cash pay and concierge side instead of adding more low reimbursement insurance volume.
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Care about continuity and want long term patients, not one time scans that walk out the door.
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Are ready to invest in growth ($2k+/mo ad spend) and want predictable, high value heart patients.

Who this isn't for

Don't book a call if you…

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Want to run fear based ads that scare people about heart attacks.
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Don't have a board certified cardiologist or licensed provider on staff.
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Are looking for the cheapest agency on the market.
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Expect guaranteed patient numbers (nobody serious in this niche will promise that).
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Can't commit at least $2,000/month to ad spend.
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Aren't in healthcare. We really mean it, healthcare only.
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Want to micromanage every ad. Trust us to run the system.

4 cardiology slots open this month

If you want heart patients who found you on purpose,
we'll show you exactly how it works for your practice.

Free 30 minute strategy call. No pitch. We'll look at your cash offerings, your referral dependence, how many hospital and imaging competitors crowd your market, and your budget, and tell you straight whether this is right for your cardiology practice.

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✓ No commitment ✓ No card ✓ No contract

The founders of EtherealMinds, the patient acquisition agency for cardiology practices

Your expertise saves lives. Your practice shouldn't live or die by referrals.