Lodi Advanced Medical Center

About Lodi Advanced Medical Center

What is Lodi Advanced Medical Center?

Lodi Advanced Medical Center is a chiropractic and pain practice at 1420 W. Kettleman Lane, Suite K-1, in Lodi, California. Its main work is chiropractic care, joint injections, regenerative therapies, therapeutic massage, trigger point therapy, vitamin injections and infusions, DOT medical exams and sports physicals. Hormone replacement therapy is one of its services. Of the four kinds of care that matter here (hormone therapy, weight loss, peptide therapy and longevity medicine), it offers only hormone therapy.

Dr. Kevin Stewart, a chiropractor with a doctorate from Palmer College, has practiced in Lodi for over 25 years. The clinic names Amandeep Dhaliwal as its prescriber but gives no credential for that name. The hormone program uses pellets, and the clinic names estradiol and progesterone as the hormones. It says they are compounded at a compounding pharmacy that operates under FDA guidelines. Office hours are Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 8:15AM to 12PM and 2:15PM to 6PM, Tuesday and Thursday mornings only, and closed on weekends. Google lists the clinic at 4.9 from 197 reviews.

What does it cost?

The clinic publishes some prices and leaves others open. The consultation is $75 and takes place after the initial labs. Those labs are covered by insurance, or cost $120 at Lab Corp without it. The HRT insertion is $450 for women, plus $20 per unit of estradiol and $80 for progesterone if required. For men it is $1000. Post-insertion labs at six weeks are covered by insurance, or cost $65 without it. It accepts most major insurance, but it does not say whether that covers the insertion. It does not say whether the hormone medication is in the insertion price. It does not publish a price for ongoing maintenance, which it schedules every 4 months for women and every 6 months for men. It does not mention financing, HSA use or membership terms.

What should you ask before you book?

Start with the prescriber. Ask whether Amandeep Dhaliwal is the nurse practitioner who runs the hormone consultation, or who signs the prescription if that is someone else. Ask whether the insertion price includes the pellets, and if not, what they cost. The $20 per unit and $80 lines suggest the medication is priced apart, but the clinic does not say so. Ask which compounding pharmacy makes the doses, and whether your plan covers the insertion, since the clinic only mentions accepting most major insurance. Ask what a maintenance visit costs, whether the optional DIM and vitamin D3/K2 supplements cost extra, and whether telehealth is possible. Ask how you cancel if you change your mind after labs.

In its own words: "If deemed a good candidate, you will be scheduled for your hormone insertion." Ask what that evaluation involves, and whether the $75 consultation is charged if you are turned down.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want hormone pellet therapy at a clinic that also handles chiropractic care, injections and sports physicals, and you are ready to pay cash for what insurance does not cover. It is not the right choice if you are looking for weight loss, peptide or longevity care, since the clinic does not list those services.

Sources: lodiadvancedmedicalcenters.com, lodiadvancedmedicalcenters.com/hormone-replacement-therapy, lodiadvancedmedicalcenters.com/about-us

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