You already know how this works
So we'll skip the pitch and show you the numbers.
Every travel contract has a spread between what the facility pays and what lands in your paycheck.
That spread covers real work — placement, compliance, credentialing, payroll, taxes, insurance. It also covers a traditional agency's biggest line item: a floor full of recruiters, each managing a book of travelers and earning commission on every placement. That overhead comes out of the contract before it ever reaches you.
None of that is a scandal. It's just how the model was built. The question is whether it's the only way to do it.
What the work actually is
- Match you to an open assignment
- Handle compliance and credentialing
- Run payroll, taxes, and insurance
- Be there when something goes sideways on assignment
All of it matters. But the cost of doing it well is a lot lower than a full recruiter floor requires — and that difference is exactly what Bypass hands back to you.
What Bypass is
Bypass is Magnet Medical's platform for experienced travelers. Magnet is a healthcare staffing company that's placed thousands of travelers and run compliance for hundreds of facilities. Bypass is how they pass the savings from a leaner process straight through to you — on average, about 20% more take-home than a traditional agency would pay on the same contract.
Every listing shows your weekly take-home and the side-by-side with the standard agency package, before you apply. No guessing, no “call us for details.”
The comparison
On Bypass
+20% avg
more take-home than the agency package. Every job shows the exact number.
Traditional agency
the baseline
the posted pay package you already know.
Who this is for
If you're on your first assignment and want a recruiter walking you through every step, a traditional agency is a fine place to start — that hand-holding is real value when everything is new.
But if you've done a few contracts, you know your specialty, you know which locations work, and you know the compliance drill. Bypass is built for you: run your own search, see the real numbers, and keep more of what the assignment is worth.
Why Magnet built it
Magnet Medical didn't come from Silicon Valley — it came from inside staffing. Years of placing travelers, managing compliance, running payroll and housing and insurance. That's the same infrastructure behind every Bypass placement.
Knowing the model from the inside is exactly why Bypass exists: a leaner, software-led way to deliver the same rigor, with more of the contract going to the person doing the work.
The bottom line
You're the one with the license. You're the one working 36+ hours a week at the bedside.
It's worth seeing the real number before you sign.