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Golden Primary Care Rachel Hills, MD · Family Medicine

Golden Primary Care · Direct primary care

Time to listen. Expertise to guide.

One flat monthly membership covers unhurried family medicine for every age.

Opening January 2027 Golden, Colorado Rachel Hills, MD · Family Medicine

Rachel Hills, MD, family physician in Golden, Colorado.
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Direct primary care

A simpler way to have a family doctor

With direct primary care, you pay a flat monthly membership straight to the practice. In return you get unhurried time with your own physician, without bills for each visit.

One flat membership

Each person chooses the plan for their age and pays one monthly fee.

No copays or visit fees

Office visits are unlimited and included in your membership.

The same physician every time

Members see Dr. Hills at every visit, so she knows you and your history.

Not insurance

Membership covers primary care at the practice. Keep health insurance for specialists, hospital care and emergencies.

Memberships

Memberships and pricing

Each person chooses the plan for their age. Pay monthly, or prepay a full year for a lower total.

Membership plans, who each is for, monthly price, prepaid-year price and one-time enrollment fee
Plan Who it's for Monthly Prepaid year One-time enrollment
Kids & Teens Ages 0–17 $75 $855 $75
Young Adult Ages 18–29 $145 $1,653 $145
Adult Ages 30–64 $195 $2,223 $195
Senior Ages 65+, including Medicare patients $225 $2,565 $225
Family Up to 4 in one household, all under 65 $475+$50 each additional child $5,415+$570 each additional child $475 per household
Hormone Optimization Membership Adults $195 $2,223 $195
Weight Management Membership Adults $195 $2,223 $195

The Hormone Optimization and Weight Management memberships are for adults who want focused care while keeping their own primary care doctor. Full primary care memberships already include hormone and weight care. Compare the options.

Enrollment fee

One month of the chosen plan, paid once when you join. It covers your first comprehensive visit and the work of bringing your records together.

Founding members

The first 30 members who join before we open in January 2027 pay no enrollment fee. Request founding membership.

Medicare

Medicare patients are welcome to join. Dr. Hills does not bill Medicare for her services. Instead, Medicare patients pay the membership fee directly to the practice, just like every other member. Your Medicare coverage still applies to care outside the practice, such as specialists and hospital care.

Not a health insurance plan

Membership is a service agreement covering primary care at the practice. Patients should carry health insurance for specialists, hospital care, imaging, surgery and emergencies.

Included with every membership

What's included

Your membership is intended to cover your broad-spectrum primary care needs.

No copays No visit fees The same physician every time

Access to Dr. Hills

  • Unlimited office visits, with same-day or next-day appointments for urgent needs
  • Unhurried visits: generally 30 to 60 minutes for annual exams and follow-up visits
  • Efficient acute care visits
  • Reach Dr. Hills by phone or direct messaging through the patient portal
  • Virtual and telephone visits when you're traveling or can't come in
  • Coordination of health care needs

Care for every age

  • Well-child visits, school and sports physicals, and childhood illness
  • Adult and senior annual physicals, screenings, preventive care, preoperative exams and hospital follow-up visits
  • Women's health and well-woman care
  • Birth control management: counseling, prescriptions and follow-up for pills, rings and shots
  • IUD and Nexplanon insertion and removal (procedure fees listed below)
  • Chronic conditions: diabetes, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, thyroid disease, asthma and COPD, heart and kidney disease
  • Mental health: depression, anxiety, sleep and stress
  • Acute illness and minor injuries: infections, rashes, sprains, strains

Whole-person care that is part of the membership

  • Hormone and menopause care (details below)
  • Medical weight care, including GLP-1 medication management (details below)
  • Nutrition, exercise and sleep planning built into regular visits

In the office

  • Point-of-care tests: strep, flu, COVID, urinalysis, pregnancy, glucose, A1c and INR (a blood-thinner check)
  • EKG (a quick heart-rhythm tracing)
  • Minor procedures: stitches and wound care, skin biopsies, freezing warts and skin tags, mole and cyst removal, ear wax removal, joint and trigger-point injections
  • Evaluating lab draws and processing options
Hormone and weight care

Focused hormone and weight care

Dr. Hills offers dedicated hormone and medical weight care for adults who are looking for it. You don't have to leave a primary care doctor you like to get it.

Dr. Hills is working on credentialing with The Menopause Society.

Hormone Optimization or Weight Management Membership

Many primary care doctors don't manage menopause, hormone therapy or GLP-1 weight medications. If you're happy with your doctor but need this care, you can join a membership just for hormone or weight care.

$195a month for adults · $2,223 prepaid for a year

  • For some patients, a focused membership can be a more affordable way to get this care
  • Dr. Hills coordinates with your primary care doctor when appropriate, so your care stays connected
  • The same unhurried visits and follow-up described below
Make Dr. Hills your doctor

Included in full primary care membership

Hormones and weight affect overall health. For full primary care members, Dr. Hills treats hormone and weight concerns alongside everything else in your health. There is no add-on fee: the visits, follow-up and adjustments are part of the membership.

The same physician who manages your blood pressure, cholesterol or thyroid also manages your hormones and weight, and sees how each affects the others.

See membership pricing

What the care looks like

Hormone and menopause care

For women in perimenopause and menopause, and for adults with other hormone concerns.

  1. A comprehensive first visit to talk through symptoms such as hot flashes, sleep, mood, memory, libido, joint aches and bladder health, and your personal and family history.
  2. Labs as appropriate.
  3. A plan made together: hormone therapy (patches, gels, pills, pellets, vaginal options), non-hormonal medications, and changes to sleep, activity and nutrition, weighed against your risks for heart disease, breast cancer, blood clots and bone loss.
  4. Follow-up as often as you need to adjust doses and side effects, then a regular check-in at least once a year, alongside your screenings.

Medical weight care

For adults whose weight affects their health, energy or other conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure, sleep apnea or joint pain.

  1. A full assessment: history, medications that affect weight, labs, and the goals that matter to you.
  2. The foundations: a practical plan for food, activity, sleep and stress, revisited at each visit.
  3. Medication when it fits, including GLP-1 medications such as semaglutide and tirzepatide. Dr. Hills prescribes them, finds the most affordable route (insurance or the manufacturers' self-pay programs) and manages doses and side effects.
  4. A long-term plan: regular check-ins on progress, muscle and bone health, and how to keep results if a medication is reduced or stopped.

Medications are prescribed by Dr. Hills, and patients obtain their prescriptions. Medications and labs are separate from membership; see Additional costs.

Outside the membership

Additional costs

These are billed separately, at affordable pricing.

Some of these costs, including lab pricing, are still being finalized. We'll share final pricing before we open.

Lab tests
To be drawn in the office. You can also use insurance at an outside lab.
Pathology
Biopsy and Pap processing at the lab's cash price.
Medications
Filled at your pharmacy with insurance or a discount price; some common medications dispensed at cost. GLP-1s through insurance or manufacturer self-pay programs.
Vaccines
Coordinated with pharmacy.
IUD insertion or removal
$50 procedure fee for each insertion or removal, plus the IUD device at cost.
Nexplanon insertion or removal
Procedure fee of $50 for each insertion or removal, plus the implant at cost.
Supplies for procedures
Braces and splints at cost.
Imaging
Ordered by Dr. Hills; use insurance or a recommended cash-price imaging center.
Not included
Specialist visits, hospital and emergency care, urgent care, surgery and outside facilities. Keep health insurance for these.
Your physician

Meet Dr. Hills

Rachel Hills, MD, is a family physician in Golden, Colorado. She is opening Golden Primary Care to give patients of every age the time to listen and the expertise to guide.

Read Dr. Hills' profile and why she's starting a direct primary care practice.drrachelhills.com

Golden, Colorado — exact location to be announced.

Founding members

Founding membership is limited to the first 30 members who join before we open, and founding members pay no enrollment fee.

  • Once the founding spots are filled, new requests join the waitlist.
  • Either way, we'll reach out to let you know the status of your membership request.
  • Separately, we'll reach out with enrollment and payment details.
  • No payment is taken on this site.

Tell us who would like to join and how to reach you.

This is a request, not an enrollment or a payment. Please don't include any medical information in this form.

One name per line, with each person's plan if you know it.
Which plan(s) are you interested in?

We'll only use your details to contact you about joining Golden Primary Care.

FAQ

Common questions

Is this insurance?

No. Membership is a service agreement covering primary care at the practice. It is not a health insurance plan.

Do I still need insurance?

Yes. Please keep health insurance for specialists, hospital care, imaging, surgery and emergencies. Specialist visits, hospital and emergency care, urgent care, surgery and outside facilities are not included in membership.

Can Medicare patients join?

Yes, Medicare patients are welcome to join. Dr. Hills does not bill Medicare for her services. Instead, Medicare patients pay the membership fee directly to the practice, just like every other member. Your Medicare coverage still applies to care outside the practice, such as specialists and hospital care.

What does the enrollment fee cover?

The enrollment fee is one month of the chosen plan, paid once when you join. It covers your first comprehensive visit and the work of bringing your records together.

What is a founding member?

The first 30 members who join before we open in January 2027 are founding members, and they pay no enrollment fee. Once the founding spots are filled, new requests join the waitlist.

I like my current doctor. Can I see Dr. Hills just for hormone or weight care?

Yes. The Hormone Optimization Membership and the Weight Management Membership are for adults who want focused hormone or weight care and plan to keep their own primary care doctor. Each is $195 a month. Dr. Hills coordinates with your primary care doctor when appropriate. Learn more.

Are hormone care and weight care extra?

No. Hormone and menopause care and medical weight care, including GLP-1 medication management, are part of every full primary care membership. There is no add-on fee for the visits, follow-up and adjustments. Medications, labs and other items in Additional costs are separate.

Can I save by paying for a year?

Yes. Every plan has a prepaid-year price, shown in the pricing table, that costs less than 12 monthly payments.

When can I pay or sign up?

Online enrollment, the membership agreement, the patient portal and payment are being set up now. No payment is taken on this site. For now, send a request, and we'll contact everyone on the founding member list and the waitlist personally once these systems are ready.

Where will the office be?

Golden, Colorado — exact location to be announced.

What's still being finalized?

The care and memberships are set. A few practical details are still in the works:

  • The exact clinic location in Golden.
  • Lab pricing and other additional costs. Final pricing will be shared before opening.
  • Online enrollment, the membership agreement, the patient portal and payment.

We'll reach out to everyone who has sent a request as soon as these are ready.