A Focused Damages Tool
Physician-Led Medical Cost Projections
When a case needs a defensible future-cost figure but not a full life care plan, a physician-led medical cost projection gives you sourced, record-grounded numbers you can stand behind.
A medical cost projection (MCP) is the focused counterpart to a full life care plan. It projects the future treatment, follow-up, and medication a defined injury will require and attaches sourced, defensible costs, without the lifetime, multidisciplinary breadth of a comprehensive plan. It is the right tool when the future care is well-defined and you need numbers that hold up.
Flat-rate engagement
Authored and peer-reviewed
Sourced, defensible figures
What the Projection Includes
Focused, sourced, and defensible
Future Treatment & Follow-Up
Projected physician visits, procedures, diagnostics, and recurring evaluations reasonably anticipated for the defined injury.
Medications
Ongoing pharmacologic needs projected over the relevant horizon, with sourced pricing rather than round-number estimates.
Sourced Cost Basis
Every figure is tied to a documented clinical need and a transparent pricing source, so the projection can be reproduced under scrutiny.
Litigation-Ready Format
A clear, defensible report you can put in front of an adjuster, a mediator, or a jury, built to support your damages model.
Choosing the Right Tool
Medical cost projection or life care plan?
Reach for an MCP when
- The injury and its future care are well-defined.
- Future costs sit within a single system or clear treatment path.
- You need a defensible number, not a lifetime care analysis.
- The damages are defined or lower in complexity.
Reach for a life care plan when
- Care spans attendant care, equipment, and home modification.
- Multiple specialties are involved over a lifetime.
- Needs evolve and require replacement and progression schedules.
- The injury is catastrophic: SCI, TBI, birth injury, amputation.
Not sure which fits? Compare with life care planning or bring us the case and we will recommend the right depth of review.
Common Questions
Medical cost projections, answered
- What is a medical cost projection?
- A medical cost projection (MCP) is a focused, physician-led estimate of a plaintiff’s future medical costs for a defined injury, built by two Certified Life Care Planners with formal peer review. It projects the treatment, follow-up, diagnostics, and medications reasonably anticipated going forward and attaches sourced costs, without the full care-category breadth of a comprehensive life care plan.
- How is an MCP different from a life care plan?
- An MCP is narrower and faster. It suits cases with defined or lower-complexity future-care needs, where you need a defensible future-cost figure but not a lifetime, multidisciplinary care analysis. A life care plan is the right tool for catastrophic injuries with extensive, evolving needs across many care domains.
- When should I use a medical cost projection instead of a life care plan?
- Choose an MCP when the injury and its future care are well-defined and contained: a single affected system, a clear treatment path, and a manageable set of future costs. Choose a life care plan when future care spans attendant care, home modification, equipment replacement, and multiple specialties over a lifetime.
- Who prepares the projection?
- Like our life care plans, an MCP is built by two Certified Life Care Planners from different clinical disciplines — a physician/CLCP and a nurse/CLCP. One serves as designated author and the other performs formal peer review, and both clinicians sign the projection. The medicine drives the numbers: future costs follow from documented clinical need in the record rather than from a template, which is what makes the figures defensible.
- How much does a medical cost projection cost?
- The MCP is a flat-rate engagement starting at $3,000, quoted upfront. A free 15-minute case-fit consultation is available to scope the case before you commit.
Need a defensible future-cost figure?
Physician-led medical cost projections from $3,000. Review services and pricing, or step up to full life care planning for catastrophic cases.
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