Root Cause Medicine
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What is Root Cause Medicine?
Root Cause Medicine is a physician-led functional medicine practice at 8790 Ralston Road in Arvada, Colorado. Its prescriber is Dr. Angie Martinez, MD, the founder, who describes over 20 years of experience bridging conventional medicine and functional systems-based care. The practice serves patients in Arvada, the Denver Metro area, and across Colorado. Google lists it at 5 from 52 reviews.
Care is organized around the clinic's own INSIGHT method, which sequences testing and treatment in stages. The Foundations Program (Stabilize & Reset) runs 6 to 8 months with visits every 4 to 6 weeks, and it is the required route into membership care. CORE Membership (Maintain & Refine) covers ongoing prescription and hormone management, but only after Foundations is complete. Q Essential Membership (Optimize & Longevity) includes advanced hormone refinement, VO2 max testing, and peptides or regenerative strategies "when appropriate." Recovery & Sick Care, Optimization & Longevity, and Reset & Regulation are offered individually, but only within a medical plan guided by INSIGHT data.
The practice is mainly functional medicine. Weight is one of the concerns it lists, alongside fatigue, inflammation, and hormone issues, but it names no weight loss medication. The first visit is typically in person. Follow-ups are often by Zoom and last about 45 minutes. In its own words: "Virtual care available in select states."
What does it cost?
It does not publish prices or a consultation fee. The first step is a Discovery Call. Program pricing excludes labs and supplements, which vary with your history. The practice offers payment plans and a discount for paying in full on the first day. It does not say whether the program fee includes medication, whether it accepts insurance, or whether it accepts HSA or FSA funds. QuickStart is a shorter entry option, but it does not lead into membership care. Cancellation terms are not stated. Before you book, ask for the full cost of the Foundations phase in writing, including labs and any medication.
What should you ask before you book?
Ask who writes your prescriptions. The founder is the only prescriber the clinic names. Ask whether the program fee covers any medication, and if not, what each one costs. Ask whether any medication is brand name or compounded, and who compounds it. The clinic does not say which hormone therapies it uses, such as HRT or TRT, and it names no peptide products, so ask which ones, if any, it would use. Ask what each round of labs costs, since they are usually ordered around week 3. Ask whether it accepts insurance or HSA and FSA funds. Ask how cancellation works if you stop partway through Foundations. The pages give two street names, Ralston Road and Wadsworth Blvd, so confirm where you will be seen. The top tier appears as both Q Essential Membership and Quintessence Program, so ask which one you would join. Office hours are not listed, so ask for them too.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you want a scheduled program of six to eight months with regular follow-up, and you can pay for labs and any medication on top of the program fee. It may not suit you if you need a published price before booking, or if you want a short course that does not lead into ongoing care.
Sources: drangiemartinez.com, drangiemartinez.com/services, drangiemartinez.com/about, drangiemartinez.com/contact
Services Offered
What we confirmed
Read off Root Cause Medicine’s own website on 2026-10-11. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Hormone therapy — listed on their site as “A flexible membership for ongoing oversight, hormone and medication management, and INSIGHT™ monitoring.” source
- ✓Peptide therapy — listed on their site as “Peptides/regenerative strategies (when appropriate)” source
- ✓Longevity / anti-aging — listed on their site as “Patients ready for longevity, optimization, and intentional healthspan strategy.” source
We have not yet collected published prices or prescriber credentials for this clinic. When we do, they will appear here with a link to the page they came from — or a note saying the clinic publishes none, which is itself worth knowing. Call them for a price in the meantime.