Functional Medicine · What It Costs · Serving Lady Lake
Functional Medicine for Lady Lake, FL
"How much does functional medicine cost?" has a national answer and a local one. Nationally, cost guides put an initial consultation at several hundred dollars, each lab panel at a few hundred more, and a first year in the low thousands, mostly because the model is built on a paid intake, a large panel and a long program. Functional medicine near Lady Lake, FL is not built that way: the consultation is free, the labs you already have are reviewed before any are ordered, and each tool is priced on its own with a defined course and an end. Led by a board certified acupuncture physician with twenty-two years in The Villages and a medical doctor on site. Eight to twelve minutes from Water Oak and Spanish Springs.
Led by Dr. Christopher Cheshire, MS, AP, LAc, DOM, NCCAOM board certified, 22 years in The Villages. Medical oversight by Dr. Thomas Phipps, MD. Meet the providers
In short: How much does functional medicine cost? Priced tool by tool for Lady Lake, FL: free consult, no panel, no program, no membership. MD on site. "How much does functional medicine cost?" has a national answer and a local one. Led by a board certified acupuncture physician with twenty-two years in The Villages and a medical doctor on site.
Cost First
How much does functional medicine cost for Lady Lake patients, and what does insurance cover?
The intake
Elsewhere: a paid initial consultation of an hour or more, often several hundred dollars, before anyone has decided whether the clinic can help you. Here: a free twenty minute consultation whose purpose is to decide exactly that, and which sometimes ends with "we are the wrong door."
The labs
Elsewhere: a large panel at a few hundred dollars per test, ordered at the first visit, which is the part of the model that pays for the clinic. Here: we review the labs you already have, usually from your own physician, and request a specific test only when there is a clear reason. Most Lady Lake patients need none ordered.
The program
Elsewhere: a three, six or twelve month program, often as a membership, with the supplements bundled in. Here: each tool is priced on its own. NAD+ as a protocol. A peptide as a cycle. Acupuncture per visit, which many insurance plans cover. A short supplement list you buy as you need it. Each with a checkpoint and an end.
Insurance and Medicare
Functional medicine as a whole is generally not covered anywhere. Acupuncture visits are covered by many plans, and we check yours before the first appointment. NAD+, peptides, laser and supplements are self pay. Original Medicare covers acupuncture only for chronic low back pain and none of the rest Source: CMS National Coverage Determination 30.3.3; some Advantage plans include acupuncture.
We do not quote a total online because the plan is built at the consultation and most patients need one or two tools, not five. You hear the price of each before you agree to it. Call 352-430-2720. Insurance and payment details.
For reference, consumer cost guides put a single acupuncture visit in the United States at roughly $50 to $150, and we quote your own course in writing at the free consultation. Source: Money.com guide to alternative medicine costs.
What You Are Paying For
A reason, not a refill.
Functional medicine is a badly abused phrase. Here it means three things: we look at systems rather than isolated symptoms, we care about what is measurable, and we do not sell open-ended protocols that never end. The typical patient is between sixty and eighty, active, and frustrated: energy that dies at two in the afternoon, recovery that takes three days instead of one, sleep that technically happens but restores nothing, aches that move around, and every test within range. The work is finding which system is off and doing something specific about it: cellular energy through NAD+, repair signalling through peptides, nervous system and inflammatory regulation through acupuncture, a short list of supplements, and laser where tissue needs it. Full functional medicine page.
We will also tell you what we are not. Not an endocrinology practice, no complex hormone replacement, no speculative mega-panels, and no twelve-month blocks. If your problem needs a specialist, the honest answer is the referral, with Dr. Phipps, MD, in the building. The evidence, honestly: the label has little trial evidence; the tools have their own records, each with limits, and we tell you which rests on what before you pay for it.
What To Expect
What happens at the first functional medicine visit for Lady Lake patients?
A free consultation to decide fit
Bring the labs and the medication list. Twenty minutes to decide whether there is something specific here worth pursuing.
The review, and the number
Sleep, medications, recovery, inflammation, the labs you have. One or two tools chosen, each priced in writing.
A short, specific plan
Most of the work happens at home; visits are monthly or less, with same-week appointments usually available.
Checkpoints, then stop or continue
Scored against your start. Nothing renews on its own.
Is This You, Lady Lake?
Worth the cost when:
- Energy dies by mid-afternoon despite adequate sleep.
- Recovery takes days instead of hours.
- Every test came back within range and nothing was done.
- You have priced a functional medicine program elsewhere and want it tool by tool.
- You want a plan with checkpoints and an end.
A specialist, not us, for hormone management, thyroid disease, autoimmune conditions and anything that needs a diagnosis you do not yet have. We say so at the consultation and refer.
One Clinic, Two Clinicians
A local practice, not a national protocol.
Everything happens at one clinic in The Villages, with the same two clinicians every visit. There is no call center, no nurse line in another state, and no monthly subscription. Patients come from Lady Lake, The Villages, Oxford, Summerfield, Leesburg and Ocala, and same-week appointments are usually available.
Common Questions
What do Lady Lake patients ask about functional medicine?
Patient Reviews
What patients say on Google.
Dr. Cheshire is rated 4.6 of 5 on Healthgrades from 11 patient ratings as of October 2026 (Healthgrades profile). The quotes above are from Google.
Getting Here From Lady Lake
8–12 min door to door.
Head south on US 441 toward The Villages, then take County Road 466 west to Old Camp Road. Free parking right at the door.
Address910 Old Camp Road, Suite 162
The Villages, FL 32162
Phone352-430-2720
HoursMonday to Thursday, 7 AM to 3 PM
Friday, 7 AM to 12 PM
From Lady Lake8–12 min. Ground floor, step-free entry, free parking. Directions
Lady Lake is one of our closest neighbors, and many of our patients live just minutes away. Early morning appointments make it easy to fit a visit in before your day gets going.
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Clinical Review
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Written and clinically reviewed by Dr. Christopher Cheshire, MS, AP, LAc, DOM (NCCAOM board certified). Last reviewed September 2026. Content updated October 26, 2026. Serving Lady Lake patients from The Villages.
Educational content only. Not medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment. Results vary between patients and nothing here is a guarantee of outcome.
Further reading: NIH NCCIH: complementary, alternative or integrative health, what is in a name · MedlinePlus: fatigue.
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