158. Hormone Pellet Therapy Benefits, Billing Insurance and More: The Inside Scoop

Hormone Optimizing Warrior M.D. · Oct 16, 2026 · 29m

Ten hours of exercise a week, a clean gluten-free diet, and the scale went up ten pounds.

That's what finally drove me to pellet therapy in 2018, and I haven't looked back since. But before I tell you that story, I need to deal with the question I know you're about to ask: can insurance cover this?

Almost certainly not, and I want you to understand exactly why.

I bill for it anyway, and I'll walk you through what that actually costs my practice, how long we wait to get paid, and what Medicare has done recently to make things even more difficult.

If you've ever been annoyed at a bill for a…