Well Beyond Functional Medicine

About Well Beyond Functional Medicine

What is Well Beyond Functional Medicine?

Well Beyond Functional Medicine is a functional medicine practice at 3808 Sheridan Lake Rd, Suite 101, in Rapid City, South Dakota. Its phone number is (605) 219-9525. The prescribers are Melissa Aberle, CNP, MSN, and Cathy Wilson, CNP, CRNA. It is open Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday from 9:00 to 5:00, and closed Thursday, Saturday and Sunday. Google lists it as a medical clinic with a 4.8 rating from 26 reviews.

Its main work is functional medicine, which it describes as finding the root causes of chronic conditions. Its listed services include Bio-Identical Hormones, with EvexiPEL Hormone Pellets named as one option, and Weight Management, which it also calls Medical Weight Loss. It also offers IV vitamin infusion, infrared sauna, and body treatments including EMSCULPT NEO and BTL EMSELLA.

What does it cost?

It does not publish prices for weight loss or hormone therapy. It says visit prices are discussed during a free Discovery Call. New patients pay a $175 non-refundable booking fee, which is applied to the first appointment fee. A new patient no-show, or a cancellation with less than 24 hours' notice, costs $100. A follow-up cancelled without 24 hours' notice costs $50.

It is an insurance-free, cash-pay practice. On request, it will provide a super bill with CPT codes, which you can submit to your insurer or to an HSA or Flex account. Coverage is up to the insurer. Labs can go through your insurance or through its discounted lab pricing, and it gives $300 as the example of a typical lab bill at its own cost. Melissa Aberle sees Medicare patients but has opted out of Medicare. Cathy Wilson does not see Medicare patients.

What should you ask before you book?

It does not say whether medication is included in any price, so ask that first. It works with a compounding pharmacist for BHRT, so ask whether each hormone product is compounded or brand-name, and what each costs. It does not describe how the weight management program runs or name a GLP-1 medication, so ask what the program includes and which medications it uses. Two providers are listed, so ask who will prescribe for you and whether you will see the same person at each visit. Finally, ask what follow-up visits and lab work will cost before your first appointment.

The booking path starts with a call. In its own words: "Schedule a convenient time for us to call you and together we will determine if we are a good match."

Who is it a good fit for?

This is a good fit if you want a cash-pay functional medicine practice in Rapid City, you can pay a booking fee and lab costs up front, and you want to talk through your case on a free Discovery Call before committing.

Sources: wellbeyondmed.com, wellbeyondmed.com/bio-identical-hormones, wellbeyondmed.com/faq, wellbeyondmed.com/meet-our-providers

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