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I'm starting to get things in order so my partner and I can start testosterone, and the biggest worry right now is the cost.

What I want to know is if anybody has the rough estimates on how much the labs cost - all the preliminary lab work necessary to start HRT - both with and without insurance. My partner is insured, but we don't know what it covers. I may or may not be fully insured because my mother (whose insurance plan I am/was on) isn't really talking to me so I don't know if she actually lost her job or not. If I'm not on her insurance, I'm on the UNH student insurance. And again, I don't know what all either of those would cover. So I'm basically looking for best case/worst case scenarios - hope for the best, plan for the worst.

EDIT: what I mean to say is, how much did it cost you? The more information I have, the better I can plan for this. I'm in the dark and it's making me anxious.

If it makes any difference, we're in New Hampshire, both UNH students, and going through Fenway Health in Boston. Any tips, tricks, or options we should be considering to lower the cost would be tremendously helpful as well.

Thanks!

PS, if anybody can give me a rough estimate of how long this process usually takes (from getting the labs done to having a T prescription), that would also be helpful!