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How to Collect Payments Using the Virtual Terminal

Learn how to use the Virtual Terminal within the Dental Intelligence dashboard

The Virtual Terminal is a part of the Dental Intelligence Payments feature. If you're interested in learning more about Dental Intelligence Payments with Xplor Pay, CLICK HERE to request a demo!

Simplify your payments process and radically improve collections with the Dental Intelligence Payments Virtual Terminal.

For added security, patients are limited to 3 payment transactions within a 24-hour period. To make a 4th payment, the patient must wait 24 hours from the time of their last transaction.


Using the Virtual Terminal in the Patient Finder Dashboard

  1. Click on the Patients dropdown in the lefthand menu, then click Patient Finder

  2. Click on the 3-dot menu next to the patient's name and hover over Payments

  3. Select Virtual Terminal Payment

  4. 📌 IMPORTANT: Wait for the silver loading block(s) to disappear before proceeding

  5. To process the patient's payment, enter the following information:

    1. The payment screen will default to the patient’s balance due, but the amount can be adjusted as desired

    2. Optional: If the patient will be paying with a credit card and your practice has enabled credit card surcharging, choose to waive the surcharge fee for this transaction by selecting the 'Disable surcharging for this payment' checkbox

    3. Optional: If the patient is using an HSA/FSA card to pay for their visit, select the 'This is an insurance payment' checkbox

    4. Select or add the patient's card information

    5. Add the card billing address zip code

    6. Optional: If the patient would like to save this card information to their file so you can select it as a payment option at their next visit, select the 'Save this card for future payments' checkbox

  6. When finished, click Submit to process the transaction

Note: Should you decide to use the physical terminal instead, you can click on the Reader option, which will process the payment through the physical terminal as long as it is connected to your computer. Learn how to set up a physical terminal.


Using the Virtual Terminal in the Payments Dashboard

  1. Click on the Revenue Cycle dropdown, then click on Payments

  2. In the Transactions tab, click on the blue Collect payment button and choose Virtual Terminal

  3. In the payment window, use the search bar to locate the patient by name

  4. 📌 IMPORTANT: Wait for the silver loading block(s) to disappear before proceeding

  5. To process the patient's payment, enter the following information:

    1. Add the requested amount due

    2. Optional: If the patient will be paying with a credit card and your practice has enabled credit card surcharging, choose to waive the surcharge fee for this transaction by selecting the 'Disable surcharging for this payment' checkbox

    3. Optional: If the patient is using an HSA/FSA card to pay for their visit, select the 'This is an insurance payment' checkbox

    4. Select or add the patient's card information

    5. Add the card billing address zip code

    6. Optional: If the patient would like to save this card information to their file so you can select it as a payment option at their next visit, select the 'Save this card for future payments' checkbox

  6. When finished, click Submit to process the transaction

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