Massage therapists with openings on the weekend in Nanaimo

143 practitioners in Nanaimo currently show an opening on the weekend.

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11 clinics

from $5030 min · lowest listed fee143 RMTslisted in Nanaimo22of the 66 clinics whose billing we have read$0booking fees, ever

2 openings left today in Nanaimo

Counted across the 12 practitioners on this page rather than the whole city, while the citywide figure catches up — there may be more. Times come straight from each clinic’s calendar and expire when they are taken.

Spencer Myers, RMT Marigold Massage & Wellness Ltd12:30p

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What massage therapy costs in Nanaimo

Each clinic’s own listed fee, and the length it buys. Clinicly never marks a price up, and direct billing can vary by practitioner as well as by clinic.

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Aaron Rennie RMTFrom $70 for 45 min — the lowest massage therapy price shown for this clinic.LowestPay & claim yourself

Good to know

Short answers to what people booking massage therapy in Nanaimo usually ask.

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How much does massage therapy cost in Nanaimo?

The median listed price is $135, taken from 420 priced services at 66 clinics in Nanaimo. Half of them fall between $110 and $140. 328 services here publish no price at all and are not in that figure. These are the clinics’ own published rates — Clinicly adds no booking fee and never marks a price up.

Is massage therapy covered by MSP or extended health in British Columbia?

Massage therapy is not covered by MSP for most people. MSP’s supplementary benefits pay a set amount per visit toward a limited number of visits a year, and only for patients receiving premium assistance — everyone else pays the clinic’s listed price and claims it on their own extended-health plan if they have one. Treatment funded by ICBC or WorkSafeBC is different again: those bodies pay the clinic directly, so an approved claim does not spend the annual maximum on your own plan.

Do I need a referral to book massage therapy in Nanaimo?

No. Registered massage therapists in British Columbia are direct-access practitioners, so you can book without seeing a doctor first. A referral may still be required by your own extended-health plan before it will reimburse you, and ICBC and WorkSafeBC treatment depends on an open claim rather than a referral — check with your insurer, not the clinic.

Can I get a same-day appointment in Nanaimo?

Right now, yes: 23 openings are still free today at 8 clinics, out of the 64 clinics we can currently check. We could not check 3 other clinics in Nanaimo, so there may be more. Openings are read from each clinic’s own calendar and kept regularly up to date, rather than checked live, so confirm with the clinic before you travel.

Which Nanaimo clinics direct-bill my insurer?

22 clinics of the 66 clinics whose billing page we have read in Nanaimo state they submit a claim for you. Public funders named most often: ICBC (10), Veterans Affairs (1), MSP (premium assistance) (1), RCMP / Canadian Forces (1) — those pay the clinic instead of you. Patient plans named most often: Extended health plans (12), GreenShield (4), Pacific Blue Cross (4), TELUS eClaims (4) — claiming on one of those spends your own annual maximum. We have not read the billing page of 1 other clinic in Nanaimo; that is a gap in our records, not a clinic that declines to direct-bill. These are the clinics’ own words, repeated — confirm with them before you book, because whether a particular claim goes through is between the clinic and the payer.

Local context

Massage therapy in Nanaimo: what it costs, how fast you get in

Clinicly holds 154 practitioners across 128 clinics in Nanaimo, which is what makes comparing them worth doing at all. Half of the listed prices sit between $110 and $140, though the lengths behind them are not all the same treatment. 3 clinics here cannot currently be checked for availability, so anything this page says about openings is about the rest.

Massage therapy is the most widely indexed treatment on Clinicly, which means the price range on this page is wide by nature: an initial assessment, a 30-minute focused treatment and a 90-minute session are all "massage", and they are not the same purchase. The length beside each price is what makes two clinics comparable.

Where these numbers come from

Prices: 420 services at 66 clinics, from their own published fee schedules.
Openings: read from the booking systems of 64 clinics, last reconciled 16 Sept 2026.
Billing: read from the billing pages of 66 clinics; 1 not yet read.
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