Rio Medical

About Rio Medical

What is Rio Medical?

Rio Medical is a medical spa with offices in Hudson, Saugus and Southborough, Massachusetts. Most of what it does is cosmetic: Botox, Dysport, DAXXIFY, dermal fillers, Sofwave, Morpheus 8, Hydrafacial, laser hair removal and body contouring. Alongside those, it offers medically supervised weight loss, hormone therapy (BHRT), peptides, and what it calls longevity-focused treatments. Peptides are mentioned only once, in the owner's biography, with no detail on which ones it uses or how they are given.

Georgeana M. Frias is listed as Nurse Practitioner and Owner, with the credential BC-FNP. The clinic also lists Ana Rita (NP) and Dr. Edgar Ballenas, who is named as an authorized Civil Surgeon for its immigration medical exams. It describes itself as built "with the vision of combining luxury aesthetics with evidence-based medicine." On Google, it has a 4.8 rating from 132 reviews.

This listing is for its Hudson office at 265 Washington St.

What does it cost?

Rio Medical does not publish prices for any service, including weight loss and hormone therapy. You will not know the monthly cost or whether medication is included until you ask. In its own words: "Schedule a free consultation to find out which of our treatments is right for you." It takes CareCredit on purchases over $1500 and offers Pay with Cherry financing. It does not say whether it accepts insurance. It mentions monthly specials and gift cards, but gives no amounts for either.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who writes the prescription for weight loss and hormone therapy. Georgeana offers those programs, but no prescriber is named for them. Ask whether the monthly fee includes medication or whether drugs are billed on top, and whether any medication is brand-name or compounded. No weight loss or hormone medication is named, so you will need to get that answer directly.

Ask what labs, follow-up visits and dose checks cost, and whether they are part of the monthly price. Ask how cancellation works and whether there is a minimum commitment. Since the clinic has three offices, ask which one runs the program and whether the same prescriber sees you there. If peptides interest you, ask which ones are offered, who prescribes them and what the process involves. Finally, ask whether telehealth is available, since it is not mentioned.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want an in-person program run by a nurse practitioner and you are willing to get prices, medication details and prescriber names in writing before you pay anything. It is less suited to you if you need published prices, insurance billing or telehealth, since none of those are described.

Sources: riomedical.com, riomedical.com/about-us, riomedical.com/services

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