Sound Clinic

About Sound Clinic

What is Sound Clinic?

Sound Clinic is an integrative primary care and functional medicine practice with offices in Denver and Louisville, Colorado. It was founded in 2008. In its own words: "Sound Clinic offers accessible, powerful, conventional and alternative approaches to healthcare."

Eight practitioners are listed. Dr. Shawn Naylor, Dr. Lyndsay Naylor and Dr. Akanksha Samal are osteopathic family physicians. Dr. Olivia Hutul is an obstetrician/gynecologist. Shauntae Murphy, Ara Haupt and Jessica Ditzel are physician assistants (PA-C), and Jaime Thwaytes is a family nurse practitioner (FNP). The practice does not say which of them places hormone pellets.

The services are chronic infections and biotoxins, integrative primary care, functional medicine, integrative pediatrics, musculoskeletal health, therapies, and specialty lab tests. Hormone therapy falls under functional medicine and includes testosterone and estradiol, including pellets placed under the skin of the upper buttocks in an office procedure. Sound Clinic describes favoring hormones it calls identical to those the body produces, and says most of its hormone forms come from compounding pharmacies. It does not list weight loss, GLP-1, peptide or longevity care.

What does it cost?

Pellet visits are priced per visit: $399 to $429 for women and $625 to $736 for men. Pellet therapy is described as not usually covered by insurance, although the medical management and office visit are billed to insurance. Supplies and medication are paid out of pocket, and Sound Clinic does not say whether the quoted totals include the medication. It does not publish a consultation fee.

The optional Virtual Care Membership costs $149 a year for an adult, $119 a year for a child under 18, and $499 a year for a family of up to four people in one household. The adult fee works out to $12.42 a month. The membership is non-refundable. It covers telemedicine visits and virtual care coordination, but each visit is still billed to insurance. HSA and FSA cards may be used for the membership, though Sound Clinic cannot guarantee that a plan will approve the purchase.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who signs your prescription and who places the pellets, since no practitioner is named for pellet visits. Ask whether the quoted total includes the testosterone or estradiol. Ask whether the hormone is compounded or a manufactured product, given that most of its hormone forms come from compounding pharmacies.

Ask what follow-up visits, lab work and dose changes cost, and how much insurance will pay toward the visit portion. Pellet placement is listed for Denver, so ask which office you would attend and what the Louisville office offers, since it is not described in detail. Ask whether a consultation fee applies and what the refund rules are for pellet visits, since the non-refundable rule is published only for the membership.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you live in Colorado, can pay out of pocket for medication and supplies, and want a practice that bills your visits to insurance. If you are looking for weight loss, GLP-1 or peptide care, Sound Clinic does not list those services.

Sources: soundclinic.com, soundclinic.com/functional-medicine/bioidentical-hormone-replacement-bhrt-pellet-therapy, soundclinic.com/integrative-services, soundclinic.com/telemedicine-care-coordination-membership, soundclinic.com/product/adult-individual-membership, soundclinic.com/locations/denver, soundclinic.com/about

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Monday – Friday 8AM – 5PM

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