Balanced Healthcare & Wellness

About Balanced Healthcare & Wellness

What is Balanced Healthcare & Wellness?

Balanced Healthcare & Wellness is a direct primary care practice at 112 N Trade Street, Suite 1, in Tryon, NC 28782. The phone number is 828-374-0904. Kelly Cudd, APRN, FNP, is the founder and owner and the only prescriber named. Her nursing career began in 1997 as a Licensed Practical Nurse, and she later earned a Post-Master's Certificate in Family Nurse Practitioner before opening the practice. Balanced names its service area as Polk County, Tryon, Columbus, Saluda, Landrum, and the western NC foothills.

Weight loss and hormone therapy are its headline programs, alongside direct primary care. Its four services are weight loss management, bioidentical hormone replacement therapy, vitamin and wellness injections, and The Perfect Derma Peel. For weight loss, Balanced names semaglutide, tirzepatide, tesofensine and Contrave, plus a compounded oral option built on topiramate and low-dose naltrexone. Add-on injections include Lipo stat Plus and cyanocobalamin. It does not offer peptide therapy or longevity medicine. Telehealth appointments are available, and patients are seen by appointment only. Google shows a rating of 5 from 4 reviews.

This listing is for its Forest City office at 118 Allendale Dr.

What does it cost?

Balanced does not publish prices for weight loss or hormone therapy, and it lists no consultation fee. It does not say whether medication is included in any program price. On insurance, the wording it uses is "No insurance required." It does not say whether it bills insurance for any service.

Ask for the first visit fee, the monthly price and what it covers, and the cost of any medication that is not included. Ask what labs cost too. The weight loss program includes labs, but if a primary care provider ran labs within the last 6 months, Balanced performs only the labs still needed. Ask whether direct primary care has a membership term, how cancellation works, and whether it accepts HSA or financing. None of these are described.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask who writes and renews your prescriptions and who you contact between visits. Kelly Cudd, APRN, FNP is the only prescriber Balanced names. Ask whether the monthly fee includes the medication itself or whether you pay the pharmacy separately.

Ask whether each medication is brand-name or compounded. Balanced says it uses only compounding pharmacies that do third-party testing for its bioidentical hormones, and its weight loss program includes a compounded oral option. Ask which hormone products are FDA-approved and which are compounded, and how that changes the price.

Ask which visits can be done by telehealth and which need to be in person. Balanced lists no office hours, though its owner mentions evening and weekend appointments, so ask which times are open. Finally, ask how to cancel, how much notice you need, and whether you are locked into a term.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you live in or near Tryon, Columbus, Saluda, Landrum, or Polk County, want a nurse practitioner as your main prescriber, and are ready to pay cash and get prices in writing before you book. If you need published prices, office hours, or a clear insurance answer before you call, expect to ask for them directly.

Sources: balancedweightlossnc.com, balancedweightlossnc.com/weight-loss, balancedweightlossnc.com/about

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