Cash-pay functional medicine in Lakewood built around 90-minute visits and deep lab work, with gut, thyroid, hormone and autoimmune problems as the core of the practice
PrimeHealth is a single clinic in Lakewood, on the western edge of the Denver metro, run by the two people who founded it in 2018: Soyona Rafatjah, a board-certified family medicine physician who came from Parsley Health in New York, and Luke Schmidt, who handles the business side. The care team is small, ten people, and mixes an MD with physician associates, nurse practitioners, a registered dietitian and a health coach. The model is membership rather than per-visit. You start with a free 20-minute call, then a 90-minute first appointment, then a wide panel of functional lab testing that they deliberately take up to three weeks to process. Their reasoning, stated on their own FAQ, is that ordering fewer tests would be faster but would tell them less. From there you sit on one of two care plans, Foundations or Optimize and Thrive, both of which bundle provider visits, a written plan, messaging access and unlimited use of the infrared sauna at the clinic. What they actually work on is gut, thyroid, hormones and autoimmunity. The digestive side is the biggest piece and leans toward IBS and SIBO rather than the more severe inflammatory bowel diagnoses, though Crohn's and ulcerative colitis are on their list. The autoimmune page covers Hashimoto's, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, MS and celiac. Hormonal work spans perimenopause, PCOS, low testosterone and prostate health, and bioidentical hormone therapy and peptide therapy are used where indicated. There is a separate Women's Health Group Program that runs as eight group sessions. Two practical things to know. Insurance is not accepted at all, by choice, and they say so bluntly. And only three days a week are in person: Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday in Lakewood, with Monday and Friday run virtually for Colorado patients. PrimeHealth does no stem cell, exosome or PRP work, and does not offer vitamin IV drips despite what some third-party directory listings claim.
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The two care plans, Foundations and Optimize and Thrive, have no published price, so you get the number on the free 20-minute intake call. The one figure they publish is the Women's Health Group Program at $1,200, or two payments of $650, covering eight group sessions, about 30 blood markers, adrenal testing, two months of supplements, a cooking class, three sauna sessions and a loaner HeartMath device. Insurance is not accepted for anything. Supplements are discounted through Fullscript.
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Experience
PrimeHealth has been one of the best healthcare experiences I've had. The team was attentive, responsive, and easy to communicate with from day one. They explained everything clearly and made sure my wellness plan actually made sense for me. Savannah and Nicole were especially helpful in identifying and addressing health and lifestyle issues that had been affecting me for years.
Experience
I would recommend Prime Health and my experience with Abby to anyone! I had such a positive experience getting my health back on track. Everyone in the office is so welcoming and the office is really set up to feel like a comforting place. I can definitely attribute so much of my current wellbeing to the work put in here.
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4.9out of 5 on Google from 205 ratings
PrimeHealth Denver holds 4.9 across 205 Google reviews, and Birdeye lists the same 4.9 across 223. Google's own tally shows reviewers most often mentioning an attentive team, supplements and root cause analysis. Birdeye write ups centre on in depth testing and personalized protocols, with one reviewer noting that testing, supplement and membership costs felt significant.
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Reddit discussion of PrimeHealth is very thin. One commenter in an r/Denver thread about finding a functional medicine doctor for SIBO recommended the practice, saying they and several friends have used it over roughly five years and that a friend reported good results there. No critical threads surfaced.
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Soyona Rafatjah
Medical Director and Co-Founder
MD, board-certified in family medicine
Board-certified family medicine physician, Colorado licence DR.0061686. She did a biomedical engineering degree at Michigan summa cum laude, medical school at the University of Miami, and residency at Jackson Memorial in Miami. Before starting PrimeHealth she practised at Parsley Health in New York during its growth years, and trained under Frank Lipman at Eleven Eleven Wellness, at Mount Sinai Beth Israel's Center for Health and Healing, and with Robert Rountree at Boulder Wellcare. She was principal investigator on three IRB-approved trials looking at herbal supplements for tension headaches, upset stomach and the common cold.
Luke Schmidt
Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder
Runs the business side; he is not a clinician. Before PrimeHealth he worked on technology-led medical startups in New York, as VP of business development at FriendHealth and operations manager at Parsley Health. Studied at the Wisconsin School of Business and Columbia.
Abby McPherson
Physician Associate
MPH, PA-C, IFMCP
Board-certified physician associate with years in primary care, allergy and immunology behind her. She trained through the Institute for Functional Medicine with extra work in gut dysfunction and environmental health, is a certified integrative nutrition health coach, and holds an undergraduate degree in nutritional sciences. Her focus is metabolic dysfunction and long-term health.
Savannah Young
Nurse Practitioner
MSN, FNP-C
Came to functional medicine from the neonatal ICU. Public health degree from the University of Georgia, nursing degree from Emory, then training through the Institute for Functional Medicine. She moved to Denver from Atlanta in 2023 and is also a yoga teacher and triathlete. Patients name her often in the practice's digestive health testimonials.
Lexi Johnson
Nurse Practitioner
FNP
Board-certified family nurse practitioner. She worked in adult acute care at the University of Rochester Medical Center, took her MSN at Vanderbilt in 2018, then practised at a rural health clinic outside Nashville and taught as a clinical instructor in Vanderbilt's nursing programme before moving to Denver.
Katlyn Higley
Nurse Practitioner
FNP
Board-certified family nurse practitioner and NASM certified personal trainer, the newest clinician on the team. Nursing degree from Loyola University Chicago, MSN from Chamberlain University. She folds the training background into the exercise side of patients' plans.
Nicole Stamatakos
Health Coach
RD
Registered dietitian trained in integrative and functional nutrition. Nutrition science degree from the University of Illinois at Chicago and a dual MBA coordinated in dietetics at Dominican University.
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