OBGYN Associates

About OBGYN Associates

What is OBGYN Associates?

OBGYN Associates is a women's health practice, and its main work is obstetrics and gynecology. Its listed services include annual exams, mammograms, pregnancy care, labor and delivery, post-partum care, contraception and intrauterine devices, urinary incontinence care, and surgery. Hormone therapy is one of its services, offered both as standard hormone therapy and as bioidentical hormone therapy using the BioTe method. It also offers MonaLisa Touch, a laser treatment for vaginal dryness. Weight loss, peptide therapy and longevity medicine are not among its listed services.

The practice has three offices in St. Augustine, Palm Coast and Ponte Vedra (its Valley Ridge office), serving Flagler and St. Johns counties. Its prescribers are physicians and nurse practitioners: Tom Searle, MD; Laila Needham, MD; Majdouline Asher, MD; Rachel Kaplan, DO; Lindsey Thorner, MD; Natasha Payton, MD; Maria Novoa, MD; Kimburlie Adkins, APRN; Elizabeth Arnett, APRN; Susan Chappuis, APRN; Stacia Godboldt, APRN; and Stephanie Horton, APRN. Google lists the practice at 4.6 from 167 reviews, under the category Gynecologist.

This listing is for its Palm Coast office at 5 Boulder Rock Dr Ste A.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices, for hormone therapy, BioTe visits, or the first consultation. It also does not say whether BioTe visits or the hormones are covered by insurance, or whether any quoted price would include medication.

Insurance is the main payment route it describes. In its own words: "We participate in a variety of insurance plans and financing options for our patients." The insurance page lists commercial and Medicare plans, including Aetna, CIGNA, Humana and BCBS, and says the office will file your bill once it has a copy of your card. It accepts Medicaid only for obstetrical care from certain plans, not for gynecology visits. For costs insurance does not cover, it names CareCredit financing. No membership terms or cancellation policy are given.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask which of the twelve prescribers provides BioTe hormone therapy, since the practice does not say, and who signs and follows up on the prescription.

Ask whether the BioTe visit, the lab work and the hormones are billed to insurance or paid in cash, and whether CareCredit could cover any of it.

Ask what the first BioTe visit costs, and what follow-up visits and lab work cost each time.

Ask which hormones are used, and whether they are brand-name or compounded. The practice does not name them.

Ask whether telehealth is offered, since none is mentioned, and whether the Palm Coast and Valley Ridge offices keep the weekday hours of 8:30AM to 5:00PM listed for the practice.

Ask what the BioTe patient assessment form involves, since the practice offers it as a download to complete at home before a visit, and whether the assessment is charged.

Ask about cancellation and whether any fee applies if you need to move an appointment.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you already want a gynecology practice that takes insurance and you would like hormone therapy offered by the same office. If you were looking for a cash-pay clinic with published prices, a weight loss program, peptides or longevity testing, this practice does not list those services, so call and ask before you assume any of them are available.

Sources: obgynstaugustine.com, obgynstaugustine.com/services, obgynstaugustine.com/locations, obgynstaugustine.com/meet-the-team, obgynstaugustine.com/insurance-forms

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WEEKDAYS 8:30AM – 5:00PM

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