Are you anemic? We offer iron infusions at our clinic! Up to ⅓ of pregnancies are iron deficient. Having sufficient iron stores is critical for baby’s development.
There are many vitamins important in pregnancy including Folic Acid, Magesium, B12, Thiamine and Calcium, which can infused via IV in our clinic.
If you suffer from anemia, there’s more we can do!
New Patients:
1) Click to text Alabama New Patient Iron Infusion to our clinic at 205-772-9595.
2) We will send you intake paperwork and a link to download our patient app, Spruce.
3) We need your labs: Have your provider fax us your iron panel labs at 205-549-8711. If your provider uses a patient portal, you can also login and download the labs there and send them to us on our HIPPA compliant app, Spruce.
4) We will walk you through the steps needed to have insurance cover your iron infusion, as well as the costs associated with the treatment. If this all works for you, we will schedule your first telehealth appointment to discuss how many infusions you need.
All of the above usually takes about a week to process.
We accept BCBS*, Medicaid, Viva**, UHC***, Tricare, Aetna, and Cigna. Unfortunately, we’re unable to provide iron infusions for patients with Medicare, UHC ALONEX, or BCBS High Performance Plan.
*We take all BCBS plans EXCEPT the BCBS ‘High Performance’ plan (prefix: NDJ).
**We are not in network with the following Viva Health plans: UABV, ACMW, VUAB, and MCRU.
***We take all UHC plans EXCEPT the UHC ALONEX plan.
Self Pay: Iron Infusions
There are several different kinds of iron infusions and your personal lab results will dictate how much iron and how many infusions you might need.
New patient iron appointment with Dr. Housholder: $150
Iron Infusion (per infusion): Venofer $185/infusion, Feraheme $437/infusion. A double doose of Feraheme in one infusion is $737/infusion.
While you’re at our clinic receiving an iron infusion, you can add additional blood building vitamins into your infusion.
Providers:
Fax us your patient’s facesheet and labs to 205-549-8711, and we’ll text them to schedule their iron infusion.
Clinic Phone:
205-772-9595 (text or call)
Clinic Fax:
205-549-8711
Clinic patients and visitors are not allowed to have any outside food or drink. Visitors (and patients) need to refrain from wearing fragrances. Our HG patients are very sensitive to smells. (Personal water bottles are fine!)