Hi there

About how much does it usually cost a month for HRT, like the regimen and seeing a therapist when needed. I've wanted to go through HRT for about four years now, but since I would end up having to pay for it all out of pocket with no insurance, it has been a bit of a deterrent. Now, though, I'm tired of waiting and I want to stop putting it off, but the money is still a bit of an issue. If need be I will get a second job to help cover the costs, but knowing the costs will be the first step in achieving it.

Thanks 

depends on medications and your doctor.  seeing a therpist at low income clinic will be around 180-300 a visit  - whatever sliding scale fee they put you on.

then as far as meds go.  depends greatly, oral name brand estrace goes for about $25 USD  depending on insurence, around 4-10 dollars.
patches?  $80-120 USD  depending on insurence 40-80 dollars.
injectables,  no clue.

edit: keep in mind this is the going rates from my neck of the woods in upper michigan

I am using the pill form for my estrogen my prices in my opinion are fairly decent.

Estradiol- For what I am prescribed to take, It costs about 35$ for a 3 month supply
Spiro-About 25$ a month.

I am fairly poor at this moment in time, but thankfully meds are not too expensive =)

And the therapist can be different. The therapist I see runs around 80$ a visit. Thankfully he is sliding scale and I get to see him for free. Talk to them and they may be able to work something out with you.

It sounds like that things aren't *too* expensive so that's awesome =D

I guess another question would be: what type of therapist am I supposed to talk to? Is there such thing as a gender therapist or something?

Sorry for all the questions

Quote from: Nightbug on September 04, 2012, 09:17:40 PM
It sounds like that things aren't *too* expensive so that's awesome =D

I guess another question would be: what type of therapist am I supposed to talk to? Is there such thing as a gender therapist or something?

Sorry for all the questions

You are looking for usually a "Gender therapist" they usually specialize in this area. They are pretty easy to find. When I was looking for mine I just typed "Virginia Gender therapist" and the first link was the Virginia Transgender referral list

Hope that help! 

sorry to revive a semi dead thread, but you can also see a regular therpist, my endo took a referal for hrt from a normal therpist.  But only because he provided documentation to my endo that he had past experiance with a few other mtf, who had already been well into hrt.   but a gender specialist you will benifit from more. More or less

If you use insurance it will really depend on the copay.  When I started my prescription was one  patch (8 per month) and two  spiro pills per day.  My understanding is the cost of the Vivelle dot patches was ~$100 for the month and the spiro was failry cheap.  With insurance copay my bill was $45 per month.  When my doese was doubled I was assuming the cost would be doubled but actually the copay stayed the same.  If I had to pay out of pocket I would likely switch to pills which are fairly inexpensive to begin with.

Thanks everyone :> I'll have to see what the therapists in my area are like. Sounds like pills will be the way to go being inexpensive and all.

Injectable estrogen is the least expensive (for me, less than $50 for 6 months worth) and considered safer than oral for older women or anyone at risk for liver or cardiovascular events. You fill your prescription at a compounding pharmacy. If you order from a regular pharmacy, they will turn around and charge you $400 for the $50 prescription.