Balanced Healthcare Functional Medicine

About Balanced Healthcare Functional Medicine

What is Balanced Healthcare Functional Medicine?

Balanced Healthcare Functional Medicine is a functional medicine practice at 3312 Jackson Blvd in Rapid City, South Dakota, opened in 2020. Its main focus is functional medicine, an approach to finding the underlying cause of symptoms, and weight loss and hormone care are among its main services. Its prescribers are Kyla Helm-Swanson, MD, Angela Ratzsch, CNP and Mikelle Eliason, DNP, FNP-C.

It offers GLP-1 receptor agonists for weight loss and bio-identical hormone replacement therapy, plus anti-aging care, energy medicine, other therapies and lab testing. Visits can be virtual or in person. The practice describes its service area as South Dakota, North Dakota, Wyoming and Nebraska, and it has a Google rating of 5 from 7 reviews.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices for GLP-1 treatment or hormone therapy, and it does not say whether medication is included in any price. A new patient appointment runs between $300 and $400, since providers bill by time, and new patient visit rates vary by provider. In its own words: "We are a cash pay/fee for service clinic and do not accept any insurance payments." It will provide documentation so you can file with your insurer yourself, but it charges for provider time spent on forms or authorizations.

Testing and supplements add to the total. New patients who have not had functional testing and are not taking high quality supplements should budget between $500 and $1000 for one-time expenses. Supplements usually run from a few dollars to a few hundred dollars a month. Follow-up visits are usually monthly and can last up to an hour. Many HSA and flexible spending plans reimburse for out-of-pocket supplement and testing costs. It does not describe membership terms or cancellation.

What should you ask before you book?

Ask which prescriber will write your prescription and who handles your follow-up visits, since visit rates vary by provider. Ask whether the monthly fee includes the medication, and what the medication costs on its own. The GLP-1 treatment is described as custom-formulated and compounded for each individual, so ask whether the product is brand-name or compounded, and who makes it. Ask whether it is delivered to your home and how you are taught to self-inject.

Ask what follow-up visits and lab work cost each month. If you plan to file a claim, check with your insurer before testing, since the practice says some lab testing may be covered. Finally, ask how to cancel or pause and what terms apply to any program, because it does not publish those terms.

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you are ready to pay cash for functional medicine care, either virtually or in person, and you want the medication costs confirmed before you commit to a plan.

Sources: bhcfm.com, bhcfm.com/weight-loss, bhcfm.com/hormone-therapy, bhcfm.com/contact-us/meet-the-team, bhcfm.com/faq

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