ChiroMed Wellness Centers

One address, different kinds of bills

ChiroMed Wellness Centers occupies Suite 13 at 6595 South Florida Avenue, south of the main shopping corridor. The Lakeland office was previously called New City Chiropractic; older public comments may therefore use that name while referring to the same address. The practice also operates in Lady Lake, but this listing concerns the Lakeland office and its local number, (863) 940-3444. Justin Bergin is identified as its lead chiropractor, and the practice says he conducts the examination and reads imaging. The $47 new-patient offer covers consultation, exam, X-rays if needed and a report of findings. It is an assessment price, not a promise that every listed therapy will be delivered in one visit.

Where insurance stops

ChiroMed says it verifies benefits before billing chiropractic services to insurance. Its own payment table gives a different answer for other lines: coverage for disc and nerve rehabilitation varies by policy; joint and “regenerative,” metabolic, weight and sexual-wellness programs are self-pay. The practice says it provides written costs before starting those programs and offers payment plans for self-pay care. The distinction is more important than the broad word “wellness” on the sign. A chiropractic evaluation may be eligible under a policy while a later proposal involving equipment or a different program may not be. The website's descriptions of traction, shockwave and other methods are services advertised by the clinic, not independent evidence that they suit a reader's condition.

What happens in this office

The site depicts private treatment bays, a rehabilitation area and a room for examinations. It explains a sequence of consultation, examination, a plan with stated length and cost, and subsequent visits. Published Lakeland hours are 8:30 a.m.–1 p.m. and 2:30–6:30 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Thursday. Tuesday and Friday are by appointment; the office is closed Saturday and Sunday. The building has several tenants, making Suite 13 an important part of the address. A visitor deciding between ChiroMed and a walk-in service on the same avenue should factor in both the appointment pattern and which service will actually be billed.

Recent public comments name Bergin and describe an attentive staff. Those accounts cannot establish clinical effectiveness; they do help identify the local clinician and the experience of arriving at the practice. ChiroMed's useful distinction is a defined $47 entry examination and an explicit separation of insurance-billed chiropractic work from cash-pay programs. The written cost of any proposed course matters more than the advertised entry price. Request a Lakeland appointment.