Gretna Medical Center

About Gretna Medical Center

What is Gretna Medical Center?

Gretna Medical Center is a primary care clinic at 315 Westbank Expressway in Gretna, Louisiana, on the Westbank of New Orleans. The phone number is (504) 364-1844. If you searched for Gretna, Nebraska, this is a different town in a different state. The clinic describes itself as a primary care facility that also provides urgent care services, and it bills insurance as primary care rather than urgent care. It also has a pediatric center.

It advertises prescription weight loss, but it does not name the medication or the doctor who prescribes it. Hormone, peptide and longevity care are not among its listed services. Its other services include in-house blood testing, X-rays, vaccinations, sleep studies, physicals, and civil surgeon exams for immigration. It says it has doctors who speak Spanish and Vietnamese.

It says it is open 7 days a week and takes walk-in patients, though it asks people to call first because of a capacity cutoff. Google shows a 4.5 rating from 15 reviews, under the category weight loss service. In its own words: "We are not an urgent care but we provide urgent care services." Read that line before you book, because it explains how your visit will be billed.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices for weight loss care or any other service, and it does not publish a consultation fee. It does not say whether medication is included in its weight loss care. It says it accepts most major insurance plans, naming Blue Cross Blue Shield, Humana and Medicare, and that it is now accepting Medicaid patients. Whether your plan covers weight loss medication is not stated, so ask.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who writes the weight loss prescription and what their name and credentials are. Ask whether the medication is brand name or compounded, and whether any quoted price includes it. Get the consultation, follow-up and lab costs in writing, and ask whether your plan covers the medication. If a monthly fee applies, ask how to cancel. The site lists a telehealth request but does not describe telehealth visits, so ask whether weight loss visits can be done remotely.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want a local primary care office that handles weight loss prescriptions alongside physicals, labs and everyday care, and you are willing to get the prescriber's name and the full price in writing before you book. It is a poor fit if you are looking for hormone, peptide or longevity care, or if you want a clinic that publishes its prices and medications up front.

Sources: gretnamedical.com

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