Dr. David W. Tsen, MD
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Essentia Health is a clinic brand with offices in more than one city. We list 8 of its clinics.
This page is for its Jamestown, ND clinic at 401 3rd St SE.
The write-up below is about the brand as a whole. Prices, hours and who prescribes can differ from one clinic to the next, so confirm them with this one.
What is Essentia Health?
Essentia Health is an integrated health system, and weight management is one of its service lines. Within it are three parts: Surgical Weight Loss, which is bariatric surgery; Medical Weight Loss, its non-surgical option; and Team-Based Care, where doctors, nurse practitioners, nurses, registered dietitians, behavioral and mental health providers, exercise specialists and physical therapists may all take part.
Medical Weight Loss is aimed at people who are not candidates for surgery or who want a less invasive route. The clinic describes it as structured care without surgery, and the first step is a meeting with its weight management specialists. In its own words: "Our weight management specialists will meet with you to identify your weight-loss needs and goals."
It offers virtual visits as well as appointments scheduled by phone.
What does it cost?
It does not publish prices for medical weight loss. It does not state a consultation fee, does not mention a monthly membership, and does not say whether insurance is accepted. Because it does not name a medication, it also does not say whether a medication would be included in any fee. For surgery, an insurance specialist reviews benefits at the first appointment. It does not describe how insurance is handled for medical weight loss.
What should you ask before you book?
Start with the medication, since none is named. Ask which medication would be prescribed, and whether it is a brand-name product or a compounded one. Ask who signs the prescription and who reviews your progress over time.
Ask whether any monthly fee includes the medication, and what refills cost. Ask what follow-up visits and lab work cost, and whether a virtual visit is billed differently from an in-person one. Ask how cancellation works and whether there is a membership term.
Ask whether your insurance is accepted for medical weight loss before you book a first visit, and ask the office for a first-visit price in writing.
Who is it a good fit for?
This is a good fit if you want non-surgical medical weight loss from a health system that names its prescribers and offers virtual visits, and you are willing to get the prices, the medication details and the insurance answers before you book. If surgery is also on your mind, the same service line covers it, with its own surgical team.
Sources: essentiahealth.org, essentiahealth.org/services/weight-management-services, essentiahealth.org/services/weight-management-services/weight-loss-nonsurgical, essentiahealth.org/condition-search/weight-loss
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Services Offered
What we confirmed
Read off Dr. David W. Tsen, MD’s own website on 2026-10-21. These are their words, not ours.
- ✓Medical weight loss — listed on their site as “Weight Loss (Non-surgical)” source
Hours
Monday - Friday: 8 am - 5 pm