Diversity Health Center of Tampa Bay

About Diversity Health Center of Tampa Bay

What is Diversity Health Center of Tampa Bay?

Diversity Health Center of Tampa Bay is a primary care practice at 4302 N. Habana Avenue, Ste. 200, in Tampa, Florida 33607. The phone number is (813) 518-0881. Its main work is general primary care for adults. It welcomes LGBTQ+ patients, along with their friends and families, and it also welcomes people who do not identify as LGBTQ+. Dr. Lyter is the only prescriber named, and Dr. Lyter has been providing primary care for LGBTQ+ patients for over 20 years. The practice does not publish prescriber credentials for its hormone program.

Hormone therapy is one of its eight services, alongside general primary care, PrEP for new and continuing patients, combined HIV and primary care, HIV testing and counseling, STI screening, STD testing and treatment, and preventive vaccines. Its hormone program covers consultations for people considering hormone replacement therapy (HRT), continued care for people already on it, pre-operative clearance, and letters for gender-marker changes on legal documents. In its own words: "We welcome the opportunity to provide primary care to adult transgender clients." It does not list weight loss, peptide or longevity services.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices or a consultation fee. It also does not say whether it accepts insurance, whether any fee includes medication, or whether it offers memberships, financing or cancellation terms. Its PrEP information says most insurance covers the PrEP medication and the baseline lab work, and that Gilead, the drug maker, runs a patient assistance program for uninsured people. Those are statements about insurance and the manufacturer, not the practice's own prices. Ask for the full cost in writing before you book.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who writes the hormone prescription and what training that person has, since no hormone prescriber credentials are published. Ask which hormone medications the practice uses and what they cost at a pharmacy, since they are not named. Ask what the baseline and follow-up hormone level tests cost and whether insurance covers them, since staff draw them in the office. If you are starting HRT, ask whether the letter of support from an experienced therapist must be in hand before the first visit, and what that evaluation costs.

For PrEP, ask whether Descovy or Truvada would be filled at a local pharmacy or by mail order, what the medication costs, and what the repeat visits and labs cost every 3 months. For testing, ask what a same-day rapid fingerstick test costs compared with a blood draw that returns results within 24 hours. Finally, ask whether the practice takes insurance, whether it offers telehealth, what its hours are, and how you cancel or pause care.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want primary care, PrEP, HIV care, STI testing or hormone care for transgender adults, and you want an office where your sexuality does not need to be hidden. It can also suit people who do not identify as LGBTQ+, since the practice welcomes them. It is not the right fit if you are looking for weight loss, peptide or longevity medicine, because the practice does not offer those.

Sources: diversityhealthcenter.com, diversityhealthcenter.com/services/transgender-care-and-hrt, diversityhealthcenter.com/services, diversityhealthcenter.com/services/prep-new-and-continuation, diversityhealthcenter.com/services/std-testing-and-treatment, diversityhealthcenter.com/services/combined-hiv-and-primary-care

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