Wodify HSA/FSA: Options for Gyms
Wodify lists Truemed but has no HSA/FSA feature of its own. Compare both routes for a box, including what happens to recurring membership dues.
5 minute read
TLDR;
No. Wodify runs your programming, your members and your billing, and none of it touches HSA or FSA money. If a member hands you an FSA card, whether it goes through comes down to how your payment account is coded, and a box isn't coded as a medical business. That's a card network rule, not a Wodify setting.
The best HSA/FSA option for a gym on Wodify is Burst, and it needs nothing from Wodify. Members keep paying dues through your existing billing, on the same card. Burst writes the Letter of Medical Necessity with licensed clinicians and files the reimbursement claim, and their plan administrator pays the money out of their FSA, HSA, or HRA to them. You sign up yourself, you're live in 30 minutes, and it's $100 a month flat with no contract and never a percentage of your revenue.
Start at getburst.com/self-serve. For every platform side by side, see HSA/FSA and gym and studio software.
(Reading this as a member, not an owner? You can get a letter for your membership directly from Burst.)
Why FSA and HSA cards get declined at your box
The card networks only approve HSA and FSA cards at businesses coded as medical, and a gym isn't one. Your Wodify setup has nothing to do with it. The same rule shows up in Momence's, Zenoti's and Vagaro's own help docs, so it's the category, not the software.
You have two real choices. Get recoded as a medical business, which a box can't honestly do. Or use the route that ignores your payment code entirely: your member pays you normally, a licensed clinician writes a Letter of Medical Necessity, and the claim gets filed for reimbursement.
Your three options
Take the card at the desk | Truemed or Flex | Burst | |
|---|---|---|---|
What it is | An HSA/FSA card run through your existing processor | Card-rail HSA/FSA checkout, LMNs, partner marketplace | Letter and reimbursement platform, no checkout involvement |
Who files the reimbursement claim | Nobody; there's no claim and no letter | Nobody; the member is left to file | Burst files it for the member |
Getting live | Rarely; boxes aren't coded as medical businesses | Sales call, then checkout integration, typically weeks | Self-serve, 30 minutes, no integration |
What it adds to Wodify | Nothing, and usually nothing works | Nothing; no HSA/FSA capability is added | Nothing; Wodify is untouched by design |
Your terms | Your normal processing rates | Not public; typically a rev share | $100/month flat, month to month, no contract, never a percentage |
Recurring dues | Every draft is a fresh card decision | Limited support | Your existing Wodify billing, untouched |
Member protection | None | None advertised | Automatic refund if no letter is issued or the claim is denied |
Getting the letter is the easy part
Writing a letter is the half that's easy to promise. Filing the claim is what decides whether your member ever sees the money, and in most versions of this they're left to do it alone. The right form for their administrator, receipts attached correctly, a resubmission when it bounces back over a detail. Plenty of members start and never finish. The ones who do remember it as hassle attached to your gym, and at a box where the owner is also the coach and the front desk, every one of them comes back to you.
Burst does both halves. Clinician review and the letter, then the claim filed with the member's plan administrator, who pays the reimbursement out of their FSA, HSA, or HRA to them. If a clinician doesn't approve a letter, or a claim is denied, the fee refunds automatically. Neither Truemed nor Flex advertises a comparable guarantee.
How Burst works next to Wodify
Burst doesn't connect to Wodify and doesn't need to. Members keep signing waivers, booking classes and drafting dues in Wodify, on the same card, on the same day of the month. Nothing gets installed and nobody learns a new checkout.
Pricing is published. $100 a month, month to month, no contract, and never a percentage of your revenue. Members pay a $20 one-time letter fee, or you cover it.
See how it works or go live now.
Why it matters for a box
Wodify gyms sell memberships, not products, and dues are the revenue card-based options handle worst, because every renewal is another card decision at a business the networks may not approve. With Burst there's no card decision. Dues keep drafting through your existing Wodify billing and nothing changes in your process at all.
It also reframes your rates. A $200 membership someone can get reimbursed for out of pre-tax money is a different number to them. That's a reason to join in January and a reason to stay in March. Same for personal training and gym memberships generally.
Getting live this week
Sign up at getburst.com/self-serve and pick who covers the $20 letter fee.
Put the offer where members already look: your rates page, your onboarding, the whiteboard, your next email.
Members request a letter, keep drafting through Wodify, and get reimbursed out of their own account.
Track signups and retention from your Burst dashboard.
Frequently asked questions
What is the best HSA/FSA option for a gym on Wodify?
Burst is the best HSA/FSA option for a Wodify gym that wants members actually reimbursed rather than handed paperwork. It needs nothing from Wodify: no integration, no plugin, no change to how dues are drafted. Setup is self-serve and takes about 30 minutes, it's $100 a month flat with no revenue share, and Burst files the reimbursement claim for the member.
Does the Truemed listing on Wodify's integrations page add HSA/FSA payments to Wodify?
No. Nothing is integrated into Wodify by it and no HSA/FSA capability is added, so your billing works the same before and after. What it gets your member is a letter, and they file the claim themselves from there.
Why do HSA and FSA cards get declined at my box?
The card networks only approve them at businesses coded as medical, and gyms aren't. It's a payment code question, not a Wodify setting.
Can members use FSA or HSA money for recurring dues?
Yes. Members keep drafting through your existing Wodify billing on their normal card, nothing changes in your process at all, and Burst handles the letter and files the claim.
Can a member get a letter for dues they already paid?
No. IRS rules require the letter to be dated on or before the purchase. That binds Burst, Truemed, Flex and everyone else equally.
What does it cost my gym?
$100 a month, flat, month to month, no contract, and never a percentage of your revenue. The only other cost is the $20 one-time member letter fee, and you decide who pays it.
More in
