Inland Empire Weight Loss

About Inland Empire Weight Loss

What is Inland Empire Weight Loss?

Inland Empire Weight Loss is a physician supervised medical weight loss clinic at 4646 Brockton Avenue in Riverside, California. The program is run by Dr. Carl Knopke, M.D., FOMA, FAAFP, who is board certified in both Obesity Medicine and Family Medicine. Visits combine nutrition counseling, exercise guidance, behavioral therapy and medication management, and the clinic prescribes phentermine along with branded appetite suppressants such as Contrave, Belviq, Saxenda and Qsymia. Alongside weight loss, the clinic also offers bioidentical hormone replacement therapy for men and women, with a new patient intake visit, a follow-up visit and lab based hormone testing. An EKG is available as part of the initial workup. Telemedicine visits are offered in addition to in-person appointments, and the clinic keeps a few lunchtime slots open on Mondays and Tuesdays for scheduling.

What does it cost?

There is a no-subscription option billed per visit: $129.00 for a bi-weekly or monthly follow-up, with the first visit priced at $159.00. There are also three membership packages. A 3-month package runs $119 a month with an initial visit of $149.00, a 6-month package runs $109 a month with an initial visit of $139.00, and a 12-month package runs $99 a month with an initial visit of $129.00; all three require automated payments and include a set number of one-on-one visits, with discounts on injections or phentermine built in. An EKG is $45, a sublingual lipotropic spray is $52, and ProTrim Plus is $30. On the hormone side, a new BHRT intake visit is $350 (listed as reduced from $450) and a BHRT follow-up visit is $225. The clinic lists PPO, EPO, HSA/FSA and Medicare/Tricare as accepted insurance types, and it accepts Care Credit. Membership terms state that all subscription appointments must be scheduled at the time of sign-up.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask whether Dr. Knopke or another provider will be the one signing your prescription, since the clinic lists more than one provider seeing patients for visits. Ask whether the per-visit or monthly package fee includes the cost of medication itself, since the pricing describes visits and discounts on injections or phentermine but does not state a flat medication price. If you are considering hormone therapy, ask whether your specific prescription will be compounded, since the intake page describes prescriptions that can be compounded to last up to three months, and ask what the lab testing costs beyond the visit fee. Ask what happens if you want to cancel a multi-month package partway through, since the published terms cover scheduling at sign-up but not early cancellation. If you plan to use insurance, ask which specific plans and weight related diagnoses qualify, since the published criteria mention a BMI of at least 27 or a qualifying waist circumference but the full list of accepted plans beyond PPO, EPO, HSA/FSA and Medicare/Tricare is not detailed.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want a single Riverside practice with a physician who specializes in obesity medicine, handles both prescription weight loss management and hormone therapy, and offers a published, itemized price list rather than a vague quote. It may be less of a fit if you are looking for a flat monthly rate that already includes your medication cost, since that detail is not spelled out here and is worth confirming directly.

Sources: inlandempireweightloss.com, inlandempireweightloss.com/weight-loss-pricing, inlandempireweightloss.com/riverside-weight-loss

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