BioID Clinic

About BioID Clinic

What is BioID Clinic?

BioID Clinic is a hormone replacement practice that centers on bioidentical hormone pellet therapy. Its website lists three treatment areas: weight loss, low testosterone in men, and depression, anxiety, insomnia and migraines. It also lists initial blood work and pellet insertion. The medications it names are estrogen, progesterone and testosterone.

The clinic names two prescribers: Deb Cunningham, FNP, and Darcy Graham, DNP, FNP-BC. Deb has been an RN for 40 years. Darcy has more than a decade of experience as a nurse practitioner and lists Botox, dermal fillers and bioidentical hormone replacement among her specialties. The pellets are placed by one of the nurse practitioners, but the clinic does not say which clinician prescribes them. Dr. Katie Sherer handles the initial consultation. Her listed background is functional nutrition, and she is not named as a prescriber.

The clinic does not publish a street address, phone number or hours. Its contact page is a form that goes to a patient liaison, Kelsie. Google lists it as a health consultant with a 5 rating from 7 reviews.

What does it cost?

The clinic's home page and pricing page give different fees for the same services, so ask which one applies. Pellet insertion and pellet cost is $300 to $500 for females and $500 to $800 for males on the pricing page. The home page gives $300 to $500 with no split by sex. The initial consultation is $90 on the pricing page and $165 on the home page. Initial blood work is $200 to $300 on one page and $350 on the other. Four-week follow-up blood work is $100 to $180 on one and $100 to $250 on the other.

Pellets are inserted 2 to 4 times a year, most commonly once a quarter. A boost dose at the five-week mark costs $200 to $350. Six-month follow-up blood work in the first year costs $200 to $350. The clinic does not say whether the pellet price includes the medication.

The clinic is cash pay. It says: "Our office does not directly bill insurance but upon request, we can provide you with a form and codes to submit to your insurance company for possible reimbursement." Its pages state that insurers do not cover pellet therapy, though some may help with visits or bloodwork. Full payment is due at or before the time of service.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask which clinician prescribes your pellets and who reviews your labs. Ask whether the pellet price covers the hormones or whether medication is billed separately. Ask whether the $300 to $500 or $500 to $800 is charged per insertion, and what a year of quarterly insertions would total.

Ask which consultation fee and which blood work prices apply, since the two price lists disagree. Ask who compounds the pellets and where. The clinic describes them as medically compounded bioidentical hormones, so ask for the pharmacy's name and how it is licensed.

The home page makes claims about cancer risk and cites a study. Ask your prescriber to walk you through that research in plain terms. Ask what the first year of follow-up labs and boost doses will add up to. Ask about cancellation and whether any payment is refunded if you stop. Ask for a street address and phone number before you pay, because neither is published. Telehealth is not described either.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you are already set on pellet therapy and want a cash-pay practice with a published consultation fee and insurance codes available on request. If you need a named prescriber, a public address or a single, consistent price list, get those answers in writing before you book.

Sources: bioidclinic.com, bioidclinic.com/pricing

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