Hemken Family Medicine
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What is Hemken Family Medicine?
Hemken Family Medicine is a direct primary care practice at 1609 Golden Aspen Dr. 104 in Ames, Iowa. Its main business is membership-based primary care. Members pay a fee for direct access to their family doctor, with extended visits, same-day or next-day scheduling, and contact by phone, email and text. Primary care covers acute visits, annual physicals, chronic disease management, basic mental health care, follow-ups, school and sports physicals, DOT physicals, COVID care and treatment of minor injuries. The office can be reached at (515) 715-4881 and is open Monday, Thursday and Friday, 9:00am to 4:30pm.
Dr Hemken is the only prescriber named, and no credentials are given beside the name. Besides primary care, the practice offers Women's Wellness, Weight Loss, Functional Wellness, Emsculpt NEO, Emsella and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy. For weight loss, in its own words: "We offer medically supervised treatments, including low-dose GLP-1 therapy, to support sustainable weight management tailored to your unique needs." The GLP-1 medication itself is not named. On Google, the practice is rated 5 from 25 reviews.
What does it cost?
It does not publish prices. There is no price for the weight loss program, no consultation fee, and no membership fee amount, even though primary care is sold as a membership. It does not say whether medication is included in any price, whether it accepts insurance, or whether it offers HSA use or financing. Membership terms and cancellation are not described either. Ask for every price in writing before you book.
What should you ask before you book?
Ask who writes and signs the GLP-1 prescription and what training that person has, since no credentials are given beside Dr Hemken's name. Ask which GLP-1 medication is used, and whether it is brand-name or compounded. Ask whether the monthly membership fee includes medication or whether it is billed on its own.
Ask what follow-up and lab work cost. The weight loss program describes check-ins, coaching and progress assessments, so ask whether those are part of any fee. Ask whether Emsculpt NEO, Emsella and hyperbaric sessions are priced separately from membership. Ask whether telehealth visits are offered and how to cancel, since neither is described.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you want a primary care membership in Ames and can book on a Monday, Thursday or Friday. If you are mainly looking for a weight loss program, call first and ask for the full cost in writing, because no price is published.
Sources: hemkenfamilymedicine.com, hemkenfamilymedicine.com/services/weight-loss
Services Offered
What we confirmed
Read off Hemken Family Medicine’s own website on 2026-10-15. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “We offer medically supervised treatments, including low-dose GLP-1 therapy, to support sustainable weight management tailored to your unique needs.” 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.
Hours
Open Monday, Thursday, Friday 9:00am to 4:30pm