The Canal Private Women's Health Care

About The Canal Private Women's Health Care

What is The Canal Private Women's Health Care?

The Canal Private Women's Health Care is a women's health practice at 4364 Town Center Blvd, Suite 116, in El Dorado Hills, California 95762. The phone number is 916-805-5370. Women's wellness is the core, with well-woman exams, menstrual cycle care, prenatal care and ultrasound. Weight loss and hormone therapy sit alongside those services.

Kathryn Christensen (Kate), CNM, WHNP-BC, is the owner and the only prescriber the clinic names. Its weight loss program centers on the GLP-1 medications semaglutide and tirzepatide, and it also names retatrutide, low dose naltrexone, MOTS-c and AOD-9604. Hormone care includes bioidentical hormone replacement therapy and functional hormone testing. Virtual consultations and follow-up visits are available. The clinic does not list hours or say how long it has been open. Google shows a 4.8 rating from 24 reviews.

What does it cost?

The weight loss program starts with a 30 minute consultation for $250, in person or virtual. A $100 lab fee can be waived with labs from within the last 6 months. In its own words: "Consult fee is applied to your first month if you begin the program." The clinic lists $500 a month for GLP-1 options, but it does not say whether that covers the medication. It publishes no membership or cancellation terms for this program.

Hormone visits start with a one-hour consultation for $300. Labs run $150 to $700, and the first follow-up costs $150 to $300 depending on the labs reviewed. The clinic is fee for service and does not bill insurance companies directly. It accepts cash, credit or debit, check, and HSA or FSA, with payment plans for some packages. It provides a superbill for prenatal care and annual well woman exams, and some lab work may be covered depending on your plan.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask whether the $500 a month covers the medication, and what it covers if it does not. Ask whether the GLP-1 is brand-name or compounded, and where it is filled. Ask who writes and reviews each prescription. The clinic itself says retatrutide is not yet FDA-approved, so ask whether retatrutide, low dose naltrexone, MOTS-c and AOD-9604 are FDA-approved, and for what use.

Ask what follow-up check-ins and lab work cost each month, and how to cancel the program, including any minimum term. Ask whether your lab work can be billed to insurance, and which states the virtual visits cover, since the clinic names none. Ask for office hours, which it does not list.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you are a woman in El Dorado Hills, Folsom, Cameron Park, Placerville, Granite Bay or Sacramento, you can pay cash, and you want women's wellness, hormone care, pregnancy care and weight loss in one practice. Ask the questions above before you pay the $250 consultation fee or sign up for a monthly program.

Sources: thecanalwomenshealth.com, thecanalwomenshealth.com/weight-loss-%2B-metabolism, thecanalwomenshealth.com/about-us, thecanalwomenshealth.com/contact-%7C-questions, thecanalwomenshealth.com/hormone-health

Services Offered

Location