Our Program
,The first order of business is to get a complete series of lab panels completed. This panel will tell us where your current hormone levels are. We also run some additional test that will help us determine if hormone supplementation is right for you. The results of these labs are discussed in detail in your initial appointment.
Currently our lab panel runs about $265.00 ($300.00 for women).
Initial Appointment
Your initial appointment will last approximately 1 1/2 hours (90 minutes), with the physician. The doctor will review your personal and family medical history, perform a physical primarily looking for various hormone deficiencies, review a booklet that you have completed, that helps you list any symptoms you may or may not have, and review your lab results with you. Based on all of the information gathered during your appointment, the physician will create and prescribe the optimal treatment plan for you, consisting of various hormones such as Testosterone, Human Growth Hormone (HGH), DHEA, HCT, HCG, Anastrozole, etc. and various pharmaceutical grade supplements.
The cost of the initial appointment is $400.00 (this does not include any of the prescribed items)
Follow UP:
During the first year of treatment, we will see you back 3 additional times (every 90 days). Approximately two weeks prior to each follow up appointment, we will do some lab work. This will not be the complete initial panel, but tests based on what is being prescribed to you, we will monitor your levels and make changes to your treatment plan based on your symptoms and lab results.This appointment is 30 minutes with the physician.
F/U Labwork - cost varies however a good estimate is between $140.00-$200.00
F/U Appointment - Cost is $185.00
After the first year of treatment patients are usually scheduled for follow up appointments every 6 months.
Frequently Asked Questions:
Q. - I have had lab work done and my primary care physician said that I did not need Testosterone, I don't want to pay all that money to have the doctor say that I don't need anything...
A. - When you have your labs completed, the lab provides a reference range with all of the tests that are ordered. A normal physician that is not thoroughly trained in the field of Bio Identical Hormone Replacement or Age Management will not know the "OPTIMAL" levels of where your body should be. Also, most physicians generate their income through the insurance companies, and since most insurance company's do not cover and classify Bio Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy as "preventatice medicine" , therefore most primary care physicians are not familiar with the tremendous benefits associated with Bio Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy.
Q. - Does your office accept insurance for payment on your products and services?
A. - Currently insurance companies consider Bio Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy "preventative medicine". Therefore we do not accept insurance for payment. We will provide you with a receipt for services and products, many of our patients elect to bill there insurance company themselves, and some of those patients do receive some type of reimbursement for services rendered.
Q. - Lets say I start the program and for one reason or the other, I want to stop?
A. - Starting Bio Identical Hormone Replacement Therapy is a important decision and should be made with the intention of a lifelong commitment. When supplementing hormones, your body's natural production will slow, therefore if you "quit" the program your body will "Crash". Look at it this way, If you are 45 years old, and you start the program and return your hormone levels to those of a healthy 27 year old, and enjoying the youth of a 27 year old, and suddenly stop. It would be like your body aging from 27 years old to 45 years old in a few weeks. You will notice a severe decrease in energy, cognitive ability, strength, etc. etc. It would also be expected to have additional weight gain. as your newly converted muscle reverts back to fat.
You may stop the program by over a period of time slowly decreasing the hormones that you are supplementing, giving your body a chance to begin producing your natural hormones in full stride.