Red light therapy ROI: how fast a $899 panel pays for itself

For a spa or studio, a red light therapy panel is equipment that earns. Here is a simple payback model using the Solgrade Elite 1500 at $899 MSRP.

The math: offer red light as a $30 session add-on. At 2 sessions a day, 25 days a month, that is $1,500 in monthly add-on revenue — and the panel pays for itself in under three weeks. Partner pricing makes the payback even faster.

These are illustrative assumptions — your pricing, utilization, and market will differ. But the structure is what matters: a sub-$1,000 panel, a standard session add-on price, and payback measured in weeks, not years.