Emerald Health DPC & Aesthetics
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Initial consultation
$600
Copied from the clinic's own published pricing on their site, checked 2026-10-11. Prices change — confirm with the clinic before you book.
About Emerald Health DPC & Aesthetics
What is Emerald Health DPC & Aesthetics?
Emerald Health DPC & Aesthetics is a cash-pay direct primary care practice at 305 4th Street SW in Hickory, NC 28602. Patients pay a flat monthly membership instead of having visits billed to insurance. Visits are by appointment only, with no walk-ins, and the practice also offers cardiometabolic evaluation, perimenopause care, women's wellness programs and aesthetics. The prescribers are Rachel Kelly, DO, MS, FACP, Anne Gonzalez, MD, CAQ-Geriatrics, and Karen Gimblet, FNP. Google lists the practice at 4.9 from 86 reviews.
What does it cost?
Membership is $65 a month on the Gold plan and $95 a month on Platinum, with a one-time $85 enrollment fee at sign-up. A membership that lapses for more than 45 days carries a $300 re-enrollment fee. It does not say how to cancel.
The women's programs are priced separately. The One Time Consultation is $600, and that fee goes toward the Women's Annual Wellness package if you enroll within 30 days. Follow Ups are $200, and Women's Annual Wellness is $1350. It does not say whether that $1350 includes medication.
Labs and medications are member-priced. The basic panel is $50, and the one-time hormone panel for women is $50. Atorvastatin 40 mg, #90 is $8 at the member price, against an approximate $29 GoodRx cash price. It does not publish aesthetic treatment prices. On insurance, the practice says: "We simply do not bill it."
What should you ask before you book?
Ask who signs a menopause hormone prescription, and which of the three prescribers you would see. Ask whether the $1350 covers the medication or whether it is billed separately. Ask whether the hormone medication is brand-name or compounded, since the pharmacy prices listed are for generics.
Ask what labs cost beyond the panels listed, and what a follow-up visit costs if the $200 Follow Ups package does not fit your needs. If weight loss medication is what you want, ask whether a program exists, because the practice names cardiometabolic evaluation but no weight loss program. Finally, ask how to cancel and how much notice is required.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you want one primary care team on a flat monthly membership and are comfortable paying cash for visits, labs and medications. It also suits a woman in Hickory who is looking for menopause hormone therapy prescription management. If you want a weight loss or peptide program, the practice does not name one, so ask before you book.
Sources: emeraldhealthdpc.com, emeraldhealthdpc.com/direct-primary-care-membership, emeraldhealthdpc.com/contact, emeraldhealthdpc.com/about
Services Offered
What we confirmed
Read off Emerald Health DPC & Aesthetics’s own website on 2026-10-11. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Hormone therapy — listed on their site as “Prescription management for Menopause Hormone Therapy for the entire year” source
Hours
By appointment only, no walk-ins