CROWN Obstetrics and Gynecology

About CROWN Obstetrics and Gynecology

What is CROWN Obstetrics and Gynecology?

CROWN Obstetrics and Gynecology is an OB/GYN practice with offices in Quincy, Weymouth, and Pembroke, serving the South Shore Massachusetts area and affiliated with South Shore Hospital. It has been operating for over 25 years. The practice covers the full range of women's health care, from pregnancy and midwifery through annual exams, contraception, fertility, and surgical gynecology, and menopause is one of its listed services rather than its main focus.

Its approach to menopause includes counseling on perimenopause symptoms and management, and what it describes as "hormonal and non-hormonal medication options for the treatment of menopausal symptoms (i.e., evidence-based hormone replacement therapy)." It also offers guidance on screening as patients age, support around sexuality after menopause, and treatment of related issues like pelvic organ prolapse, urinary incontinence, and vaginal dryness. Physicians on staff include Elizabeth Drumm, DO, Amanda Metzger, MD, Evan Foley, MD, Katie Pivarnik, MD, Sarah Marie Fryc, MD, Luanne F. Rich, MD, Zachary M. Homa, MD, Nicolas K. Saliba, MD, Ruth P. Levesque, MD, Jill Satorie, MD, and Chloe Benichou, DO, along with nurse practitioners, a certified nurse midwife, and a physician assistant. The practice states it chooses a therapy only after assessing a patient's family and personal history, and it offers a downloadable perimenopause and menopause guide. It also lists early morning, evening, and Saturday hours.

This listing is for its Quincy office at 300 Congress Street.

What does it cost?

No prices are published for menopause care, office visits, or any other service. There is no stated consultation fee, and nothing on its pages says whether hormone therapy or the visits around it are billed through insurance or paid out of pocket. If you are considering this practice specifically for menopause management, you will need to call and ask what a visit costs, whether hormone therapy is billed separately from the office visit, and whether your insurance is accepted at all before assuming this is a cash-pay option.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask which provider you would actually see for menopause care and whether that person is a physician, nurse practitioner, or physician assistant, since all of them are listed as prescribers here. Ask whether the hormone therapy offered is brand-name, and whether it would be prescribed and filled through your regular pharmacy rather than a compounding arrangement. Since no prices are listed, ask what a consultation costs, whether follow-up visits or bloodwork carry separate fees, and how insurance factors into any of it. If you are coming from outside the South Shore area, ask which of the three locations would handle your ongoing care, since the practice does not say whether telehealth is available.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want menopause care handled inside a full OB/GYN practice, by a physician or advanced practice provider you could also see for other gynecologic needs, rather than a clinic built solely around hormone prescriptions. It is less of a fit if you are looking for a cash-pay telehealth model with published pricing and a narrow focus on hormone therapy alone.

Sources: crownobgyn.org, crownobgyn.org/menopause

Services Offered

Hours

Practice Hours: Offering early morning, evening, and Saturday hours

Location