FOLX Health offers convenient, accessible care for the LGBTQIA community, including gender-affirming hormone replacement therapy (HRT). Their services provide a judgment-free way for transgender, nonbinary and questioning individuals to explore medical options to help align their outer selves with their inner truths.
When starting HRT with FOLX, there is an initial one-time registration fee that covers your care with a clinician who specializes in gender-affirming care. After that, ongoing costs for medications and continued care depend on which medications are prescribed for your treatment plan.
Hormones and Additional Medications
FOLX offers various delivery methods for estrogen and testosterone, including:
- Injectables - Administered either subcutaneously or intramuscularly on a weekly, biweekly or monthly basis
- Oral medications - Swallowed daily in pill or capsule form
- Topical gels, creams or patches - Applied directly to skin daily or weekly
Costs for these medications include:
- Estradiol injections - $60-120 per month
- Testosterone injections - $60-160 per month
- Oral estradiol - $30-90 per month
- Oral testosterone undecanoate - $200-270 per month
- Patches and gels - $90-280 per month
Additional medications may also be prescribed such as:
- Spironolactone - $20 per month
- Finasteride - $35 per month
- Progesterone - $90 per month
Lab Testing and Monitoring
FOLX also provides frequent lab testing and monitoring to ensure hormones remain at therapeutic dosing levels while minimizing risks.
- Comprehensive metabolic panels and safety labs are conducted every 3 months for the first year and then every 6 months thereafter. These cost $175 per panel.
- Hormone levels are measured every 3 months to assess efficacy of dosage and administration route. These smaller labs cost $125 each.
So in total, expect to budget
$100-500 per month for FOLX HRT depending on your medications, testing frequency and insurance coverage. The clinic does accept various insurance plans which can offset costs significantly in some cases.
I hope this breakdown gives you a better idea of what to plan for financially when exploring medical transition. Please let me know if you have any other questions!
