1. Before booking your consultation, take 5 minutes to tell us about your symptoms with our free self assessment. This clinical assessment captures vital information to help your provider form a diagnosis.

2. Book a 45 minute consultation with a board-certified provider to discuss your symptoms at length. Complete the intake form and submit insurance details (if applicable) for verification of benefits. 

3. During your initial consultation, explore treatment options and build a personalized plan custom to your goals, focused on the outcome of symptom relief in 90 days or less. If we can’t help you, get a refund for your initial consultation with our money-back guarantee.
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4. After your consultation, we will complete a verification of benefits and determine the patient's responsibility for additional copay, coinsurance or deductible amounts as outlined by your insurance plan. Prescriptions will be delivered in 5-7 days in discreet packaging to your address. 

5. Over the first 90 days, our providers prioritize treatment optimization to closely monitor your body’s response to the medication. Prescription changes may be required during this time. A full panel serum blood test will be required six weeks after starting your hormone or testosterone balancing program.

$80 - $140 /month depending on your provider’s recommendations. Unfortunately, most insurance companies will not cover bioidentical hormones from compounding pharmacies due to certain restrictions, however some have exceptions. We do not submit prescription claims on your behalf, but are more than willing to provide documentation if you would like to submit those claims independently.

Yes. Thrivelab bills your insurance for visits, just like any other healthcare provider. We believe hormone health care should be affordable and accessible. Thrivelab has several in-network contracts including Aetna, Cigna, Bluecross Blueshield, Medicare and several others. However each state has its own contracting process and a verification of benefits will be necessary to identify the patient’s responsibility when using insurance.

Depending on symptoms and medical history, your provider will likely recommend starting BHRT or TRT without lab work. Baseline lab work is not required or necessary to see success with hormone replacement therapy. Symptoms are the best indicator of estrogen, progesterone and testosterone deficiencies and imbalances. Guidelines from The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) and The North American Menopause Society (NAMS) recommend treating patient symptoms rather than hormone levels in the blood. 

While baseline panels are not required to get started, a full panel serum blood test will be required six weeks after starting your hormone or testosterone balancing program. If necessary, we will also perform additional tests after three months to monitor progress. All patients will require annual lab work. 

Our hormone balancing programs and testosterone optimization treatments have certain age requirements. Women must be 18 or older, and men are required to be 25 or older, however prescription necessity for patients below the age of 30 is determined case-by-case and is based on symptom severity. Individuals typically start using bioidentical hormone replacement therapy around 30 years old, however some need to begin younger.

For the safety of patients, anyone who has been diagnosed with the following may not be eligible for the program: breast cancer, ovarian cancer or womb (uterus) cancer, prostate cancer, HIV, heart disease, stroke, liver disease, are pregnant, breastfeeding or trying to conceive. A provider will discuss your medical history and determine the risk and eligibility.