The short answer
We run AEO Labs, and it is on this list, so read it as a list written by one of the agencies on it. Every fact about another agency below comes from that agency's own website, checked on October 19, 2026. Where an agency does not publish something, we write "not published" and leave it there.
Healthcare is several markets with one name. A dental practice, a hospital system, a telehealth company and a pharma brand need different things from an AEO agency, and the agencies' own pages say so. Etna Interactive works only in elective medicine. Medico Digital leans toward pharma. Healthcare Success leads with hospital service lines. The lists that rank for this search today rank one list for all of them, and most of them put the author's agency first. We have split this one by who is buying.
- Digital health or healthcare software company: AEO Labs.
- Hospital or health system that wants a fixed-price test: Healthcare Success.
- You want steady monthly content with clinical review, on monthly terms: First Page Sage.
- Elective or aesthetic practice, including multi-location and PE-backed groups: Etna Interactive.
- Single dental, plastic surgery or eye care practice: Rosemont Media.
- Pharma, life sciences, or a UK or international brand: Medico Digital.
- Medical practice that wants a published price: WebFX.
Our healthcare proof is in digital health and healthcare operations software. If you run a practice or a hospital, the agencies built for you are below, and we say which.
For the wider field, see the main list of the best AEO agencies. If you are still deciding whether to hire anyone, start with how to choose an AEO agency.
How we picked
We started from the healthcare agency lists that rank for these searches and the agencies they keep naming, then kept the ones with a healthcare AI search page on their own site that we could load and read. For each we read that page, the pricing if any, the case studies it links to and the about page. Two agencies that show up in this search, Cardinal Digital Marketing and Scorpion, are not here because their AI search or healthcare pages returned an error when we tried to load them, so we could not check anything.
We compared six things: which healthcare buyers the agency says it serves, whether a price is published, the contract terms, whether the AI search page says anything about HIPAA or clinical review, which engines the agency measures, and whether AI results are tied to a named client with numbers.
The compliance check was the most revealing. Healthcare buyers ask about HIPAA first, and most agency pages do not answer.
Proof was thin across the board too. Only one of the six other agencies, WebFX, ties an AI search number to a named healthcare client on its page.
The seven agencies at a glance
| Agency | Best for | Published price | Terms | Named AI result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEO Labs | Digital health and healthcare software | Not published, quoted per company | Starts with a 30-day sprint | Cortico Health, 4 / 4 AI engines unblocked |
| Healthcare Success | Hospitals and health systems, fixed-price test | $5,000 fixed, 90-day audit of one service line | No enterprise commitment | Not published |
| First Page Sage | Monthly content with clinical review | Not published | Month to month | Unnamed plastic surgeon, 11% to 64% AI recommendation share |
| Etna Interactive | Elective and aesthetic practices and groups | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Rosemont Media | Single dental, plastic surgery, eye care practices | Not published | Not published | Unnamed clients in Google AI Overviews, no numbers |
| Medico Digital | Pharma, life sciences, UK and international | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| WebFX | Practices that want a published price | From $3,000/mo | Not published | URAC, AI channel traffic +188% |
And the two questions healthcare buyers ask first, plus the one they should ask next:
| Agency | HIPAA on AI page | Clinical review stated | Engines named |
|---|---|---|---|
| AEO Labs | No | No | ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini, Google AI Overviews |
| Healthcare Success | No | Yes, clinical approvals before publishing | ChatGPT and Gemini (audit) |
| First Page Sage | No | Yes, medical professionals review clinical claims | Not published |
| Etna Interactive | No, cites medical advertising rules and board compliance | No | Not published |
| Rosemont Media | Yes | No, healthcare-trained writers and editors | Google AI Overviews (examples) |
| Medico Digital | No, cites ABPI and ISO 27001 | Yes, reviewed for patient safety | Not published |
| WebFX | Yes, for review requests | No | Tracked in its own OmniSEO tool |
1. AEO Labs: best for digital health and healthcare software companies
What we are. A small specialist agency. AEO and the SEO underneath it are all we do. Our client work covers healthcare alongside DTC, B2B SaaS and multi-location services, and in healthcare that work has been with software companies selling into care providers.
What we do. We run your buyers' prompts through ChatGPT, Perplexity, Gemini and Google AI Overviews and log who is cited, in what position, and which source URLs the engine pulled from. Most of the work then goes into the third-party sources on that list: digital PR, contributed expert content and best-of roundups. On your own site we write answer-first content and fix whatever stops the engines from reading it. You get monthly citation share against named competitors.
Results you can check. Cortico Health, a digital health company, had every major AI crawler blocked at the robots.txt and CDN level and did not know. The case study reports 4 / 4 AI engines unblocked, a 1,000+ day-one traffic lift, and a fix that took days. Their robots.txt still allows the crawlers today, and you can check it yourself at cortico.health/robots.txt. That is an access fix. It is the first thing an engine needs, and it does not by itself get you named.
For Enter.Health, which sells revenue cycle management software into healthcare, an eight month build took impressions on its top content page up 28x, and average position across the whole domain went from 31 to 15, measured in their own Search Console. Part of the work was placements and contributed articles across healthcare publications. Those are Google results, not AI ones, and we say so.
Pricing and terms. Not published. Every engagement starts with a 30-day sprint, and we quote it after a first call.
Where we are the wrong choice. We have no case study with a medical practice, a hospital or a pharma brand. A practice is better served by Etna Interactive, Rosemont Media or WebFX. A hospital should look at Healthcare Success or First Page Sage. Pharma should look at Medico Digital. We also do not publish a HIPAA statement on our service page, so if your work will touch patient data, ask us about it on the first call.
2. Healthcare Success: best for hospitals and health systems that want a fixed-price test
What it is. Healthcare Success is a healthcare marketing agency in Irvine, California. Its AI visibility page cites more than 20 years in healthcare marketing, and its about page says a team of 40 people has marketed more than 1,000 healthcare clients. The page lists hospitals and health systems, medical and dental groups, pharma, medical device companies, health plans, behavioral health, telehealth and healthtech.
What it does. An AI visibility audit by service line and physician, run on Inlets.ai technology, followed by implementation: SEO, content, provider profiles, reputation work, and digital PR and authority building. The page lists obtaining clinical approvals as a step before publishing.
Pricing and terms. The clearest offer on this list. A $5,000 fixed fee covers a 90-day audit of one service line in one metro, with up to 30 physicians, and no enterprise commitment. That is a launch rate if booked by November 30, 2026. Ongoing retainer pricing is not published.
Limit. The audit measures two engines, ChatGPT and Gemini, so Perplexity, Claude and Copilot are outside it. The AI page has no HIPAA statement, and we found no named healthcare AI result with numbers.
3. First Page Sage: best for steady monthly content with clinical review
What it is. First Page Sage runs a healthcare SEO and GEO practice. Its page says 18 years overall, 17 in healthcare, 214 healthcare clients to date and 61 active. It names hospitals, practices, medspas, senior living, payers and health plans, healthcare SaaS and digital health, pharma and biotech, and medtech.
What it does. Month one is SEO, GEO and conversion audits plus technical SEO. After that, clients on combined SEO and GEO campaigns get 7 content deliverables a month, and GEO-only clients get 6: landing pages, metrics pieces, comparison articles and brand authority PR on third-party sites. The page says clinical claims are reviewed by qualified medical professionals before publication.
Results. An unnamed board-certified plastic surgeon in New York grew AI recommendation share from 11% to 64% across 31 key queries, with an estimated $2.3M in incremental surgical revenue. Across its healthcare portfolio it reports a 73% increase in client mentions in AI results.
Pricing and terms. Engagements are month to month with no long-term contracts. No price is published, and the page says it is rarely the cheapest option, deliberately.
Limit. Healthcare is one vertical among many it serves. The headline client is unnamed, the revenue figure is an estimate, and the page has no HIPAA statement. It does not list which engines it measures.
4. Etna Interactive: best for elective and aesthetic practices and groups
What it is. Etna Interactive works only in elective medicine: plastic surgery, dermatology, nonsurgical aesthetics, ophthalmology and similar. It has worked in regulated healthcare markets since 2002, is led by founder and CEO Ryan Miller, and is fully remote. It serves solo practitioners, multi-location elective practices and private equity firms in the US and Canada.
What it does. Five steps: define what sets the practice apart, audit how AI sees it, align off-site profiles, build citable content and reviews, and monitor by procedure and market. The off-site list is the most specific on this page: business profiles, review sites, professional society sites, media, social, and community forums like RealSelf and Reddit. You can start with a free AEO Visibility Snapshot.
Timeline. It says initial gains often appear within 3 to 4 months, with compounding authority over 6 to 12 months.
Pricing and terms. Not published.
Limit. Elective and aesthetic practices only, so a hospital, a primary care group or a health tech company is outside its market. Its outcomes are listed without numbers or client names. It does not mention HIPAA on the page, though it says it is well versed in medical advertising rules, board compliance and privacy expectations.
5. Rosemont Media: best for single dental, plastic surgery and eye care practices
What it is. Rosemont Media was founded in 2008 and is based in San Diego. Its GEO page is written for plastic surgeons, dentists and other medical professionals, and names dentistry, plastic surgery, eye care, bariatric surgery and orthopedic surgery. Its site footer shows 5.0 stars from 132 reviews.
What it does. Healthcare-trained writers and editors, technical work and AI search monitoring. You start with a GEO consultation or a website evaluation. The page says healthcare GEO content must adhere to HIPAA, FDA and professional guidelines, which makes it one of two agencies here that address HIPAA on the AI page at all.
Results. Screenshots of unnamed clients appearing in Google AI Overviews, for questions like "how much do veneers cost in scottsdale". No counts or percentages.
Pricing and terms. Not published.
Limit. The proof is Google AI Overviews only, with no ChatGPT or Perplexity results and no numbers. It offers nothing for hospitals or pharma, and the GEO page does not describe off-site work.
6. Medico Digital: best for pharma, life sciences and international brands
What it is. Medico Digital was founded in 2015 and describes itself as an independent healthcare growth agency. It lists offices in the UK, Australia, the USA and the UAE. Its about page says it helps pharma reach the HCPs who matter, and its GEO page says it is trusted by hospitals, fertility and specialist care groups.
What it does. Medically trained writers working with AI search specialists, technical work, authority building through backlinks, trusted mentions, social proof and reviews, plus an AI visibility audit and monitoring. It also builds AI chatbots and virtual assistants. It measures share of answer, AI citations, qualified enquiries and confirmed bookings, which is closer to business outcomes than most here.
Compliance. The page says every output is reviewed for patient safety and aligned with ABPI and local market standards, on ISO 27001-certified systems. HIPAA is not mentioned.
Pricing and terms. Not published.
Limit. The compliance framing is UK first. A US provider should ask directly about HIPAA. The GEO page links case studies such as The London Clinic and iRhythm, but none of them carries AI search numbers.
7. WebFX: best for medical practices that want a published price
What it is. WebFX was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. Its healthcare GEO page lists 750 staff and 230+ healthcare industry experts, and is written for medical practices.
What it does. An AI visibility audit and strategy, condition content, mentions on health publications and medical directories, review software (ReviewAccelerationFX) and local listings (LocalFX). It sends review requests while respecting HIPAA requirements, and tracks AI visibility in its own tool, OmniSEO.
Results. URAC, a healthcare accreditation body, grew its traffic from AI channels by 188%, with 95% visibility for tracked AI questions and 70% higher visibility than its closest competitor. It is the only named healthcare AI result with numbers among the six other agencies.
Pricing and terms. Pricing starts at $3,000 a month for healthcare companies. Contract terms are not published on the healthcare page.
Limit. A generalist at scale, with 750 staff across all industries. The page is pitched at practices, not hospitals or pharma. Measurement runs in its own tool, so ask to see the prompts and the raw answers behind the numbers.
What to ask before you sign
- Will any of your work touch patient data, and will you sign a BAA if it does? Review requests, forms and analytics are the usual places. Get the answer in writing.
- Who reviews clinical claims before they go live? A named reviewer with clinical credentials, or your own clinicians. Not just "our writers know healthcare".
- Which engines will you measure, and which prompts? You want a named list of patient or buyer prompts, a baseline for each, and each engine reported separately.
- Which sources do the engines cite for my specialty? Provider directories, review sites, health publications and forums differ by specialty. The agency should know yours before it quotes.
- Can I open the proof? A named client, an exact prompt, an engine and a date beat a percentage. A percentage with no starting number tells you little.
- What happens if I stop? Ask what you keep: the content, the prompt list, the tracking history.
The full checklist is in how to choose an AEO agency.
Where to start
Write down 20 questions your patients or buyers would ask: "best [specialty] near [city]", "[procedure] cost", "best [category] software for clinics". Run them through ChatGPT and Gemini this week and note who gets named and which pages are cited. If you are missing, the next question is why. Sometimes it is as simple as a blocked crawler, which is what we found at Cortico Health. Our AEO audit guide has a self-audit checklist you can run first.
If you are a digital health or healthcare software company, our work is on the answer engine optimization agency page, and you can book a call to go through your prompts with us.