Losing weight does not need to be a costly goal.

New Start Medical offers self-pay patients affordable pricing and accepts commercial insurance (listed below) and Medicare. Also, no long-term contracts are required. Please call us for more details and/or for insurance eligibility.

Required Services not covered by insurance include:

Educational materials given at the initial visit and throughout the program - cost is included in the New Start Program Fee and the Restart Program Fee.

Body Composition analyses are required during your initial visit and every 2 months while actively losing weight. Body Composition analyses are required every 6 months while on a weight maintenance program. We utilize Body Composition Analysis to closely monitor your health and to adjust nutritional and exercise recommendations personalized to your specific body type and metabolism. This study is contraindicated if you are pregnant or have a cardiac device such as a pacemaker of a defibrillator.

New Start Program Fee $199 includes: initial Body Composition analysis, personalized educational materials with the nutrition plan chosen by the patient, electronic BEAT BP arm cuff that connects via Bluetooth to the New Start Medical app for video visits and Remote Patient Monitoring program if desired and covered by health plan and a Start up New Start Medical bag.

Restart Program Fee $99 includes: Body Composition analysis and educational materials. Restart Program Fee applies to any established patient who has not been seen by a New Start Medical provider in over 6 months.

Optional Services covered by insurance include:

Remote Patient Monitoring or RPM - allows us to keep track of your health without needing to see you in the practice. This won’t replace your typical in-office visits, but rather will increase our understanding and monitor your progress in-between office visits. We offer two electronic devices, the BEAT Blood Pressure cuff and the Balance Smart Scale which can monitor your body composition.

By participating in RPM, you can receive the BEAT Blood pressure cuff or the Balance Smart Scale with no upfront cost to you. After one month of remote monitoring, we will submit the cost of the device and the RPM to your insurance. You may have a copay; however, this cost will be significantly less than purchasing the electronic devices out-of-pocket.

Video visits - are only available to Pennsylvania residents as our providers are only licensed to practice medicine in the state of Pennsylvania. Having a BEAT Blood Pressure cuff is a requirement for the video visits. You can purchase this device out-of-pocket or opt in to participate in the Remote Patient Monitoring program, if this service is covered by your health plan.

Optional Services not covered by insurance include

Prescription Meal Replacements

These are high quality meal replacements available to all of our active patients. We recommend the New Direction line of prescription meal replacements from Robard Corporation. These supplements help you lose weight faster, prevent nutritional deficiencies and muscle mass loss while losing weight and are convenient and cost effective for patients with a busy life-work schedule. Skipping meals and/or eating foods that are not nutritionally helpful for your metabolism are common barriers to a successful weight management program.

We accept certain plans from the following insurance carriers: 

Medicare, Tricare, Aetna, Most Blue Cross and/or Blue Shield PPO’s, Highmark, Independence Blue Cross, Independence Administrators, Cigna, United Healthcare and Amerihealth.

New Start Medical will check with your insurance provider on your expected responsibility for medical visits. We will then email you with details of the expected costs of your medical visits. Typically, insurances require you pay a copay or meet your deductible before covering the medical visits provided as part of the New Start Medical Program. However, there are services we provide that are not typically covered by medical insurance companies and will be charged on a self-pay basis.