Lexington Bioidentical Hormones

About Lexington Bioidentical Hormones

What is Lexington Bioidentical Hormones?

Lexington Bioidentical Hormones is a cash-pay practice at 2716 Old Rosebud Road, Suite 230, in Lexington, Kentucky. Its main work is hormone replacement. It also offers functional medicine, functional nutrition, and health coaching. The phone number is 859.351.1310.

Regina Forster, M.D., is the prescriber the practice names. It lists her as an M.D., board certified in family practice, who completed the ABHRT Certification program developed by WorldLink Medical and is an AFMCP graduate. The practice also says she spent 10 years in a high volume emergency department in the Lexington area. Andreas Schmitz, Ph.D., leads the health coaching and nutrition work. He holds a Ph.D. in chemistry, but he is not named as a prescriber.

The practice does not list office hours, name its medications, or say when it opened.

What does it cost?

The initial visit is $350 per hour. It covers a review of health history, discussion of hormone and other imbalances, screening, lab and nutritional evaluation, and treatment. Booking requires a credit card on file for a $75 appointment administration fee. That fee is credited to the first visit, but it is not refundable if you cancel.

Follow-up visits are $175 per 30 minutes, in office or by phone. Extra time costs $90 per 15 minutes, and emails that take longer than 5 minutes to answer are billed at that same rate. Hormone patients also pay a quarterly fee of $100.00, which covers lab requisitions, reviewing results, ordering or calling in prescriptions, and short emails. The practice does not say whether medication is included in that fee.

Visits are paid in cash because the practice does not accept insurance for consultations. It will provide a superbill with CPT and ICD-10 codes that you can submit to your insurer yourself, and lab work can usually be filed with insurance.

What should you ask before you book?

Start with the quarterly fee. Ask whether the $100.00 includes medication or whether drugs are billed separately. The practice names no medications, so ask which hormones are prescribed, whether they are brand-name or compounded, and which pharmacy fills them.

Ask how many visits to budget for each year. The practice says: "Therefore, we are making it mandatory for new patients to follow up every 3 months within the first year of hormone balancing." Ask what each follow-up costs in total, including labs, and what the schedule looks like after the first year.

Ask how renewals work between visits. The practice says renewals should happen at scheduled visits and cannot readily be done on a walk-in basis.

Ask for an estimate on specialty lab tests, since the copay depends on your insurance.

Finally, confirm the name on your bill. The clinic's contact text also uses the name Gateways to Integral Health.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want a physician-led hormone practice in Lexington, can pay cash for visits and the quarterly fee, and are ready to come in every three months during the first year. If you need insurance to pay for the visits themselves, this practice will not meet that need.

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