Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center

The wait was ridiculous and we even showed up early for the appointment to fill paper work and it was almost an hour before being seen.

I was looking for comprehensive and compassionate reproductive healthcare– and I found it at Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center! I went in for an IUD insertion and was delighted at how friendly and knowledgeable the staff was. I was treated so well and had a seamless insertion. The clinician was great. The assistant was great. My new IUD is great. Thank you, Women’s Health!

This place changed my life! I identify as a FTM Trans* person, and I started my hormone therapy at Boulder Valley Women’s Health. The process was simple, the environment was affirming, and most of the information you’ll need to become a trans* patient is all laid out on a specific page on their website. I recommend this place to any trans* identified person seeking a positive and safe environment to either start or continue there transition experience. This isn’t exclusively a women’s health care center only… this place includes and affirms all aspects of reproductive health care for all people, and I highly recommend it!

I’ve been going to Women’s Health for almost 10 years now and have always had an amazing experience. They really know their stuff and take the time to listen to your unique experiences. I chose to go here despite my insurance not covering it because of the high quality of care. I recommend this place to people all the time!

I’ve been coming here for 3 years now for all of my GYN services and I’d never switch. Women’s Health is the best you can find in women’s healthcare.
They’re a low-​income clinic, but this is NOT second-​rate care by any means. The offices in both Boulder and Longmont are really nice — modern, clean, comfortable, and certain nurses put cute personal touches in their exam rooms.
The skill of the practitioners is also extraordinary-​they know their stuff. I had an IUD put in at Women’s Health and have experienced ZERO complications. I was nervous because a lot of the risks with IUDs come from botched insertion jobs, but the nurse who did mine told me not to worry, she does them every week. I’d trust an NP who’s practiced hundreds of times over a physician in a luxury medicine office who’s only done it twice in med school!
They do regularly prescribe drugs to treat infections, but they’ll also recommend natural remedies and vitamin supplements alongside the antibiotics. And they’re a gynecology-​only practice, but they do a quick check of all your organs at your exam and they can order blood work for you if anything they feel or anything you tell them about is abnormal. One of the nurses at Women’s Health tested and diagnosed me with anemia at a visit awhile ago, even though the symptoms I was experiencing had nothing to do with my reproductive health.
I’ve never been to an office where the staff work so hard to make sure you have a good experience. It seems like the people who work there like their jobs, too — several of the nurse practitioners have been working here for 10+ years, and I see a lot of the same medical assistants each year when I come back for my annual exam.
And, despite the name and the all-​female staff, they see men too! My uninsured boyfriend went to Women’s Health to get the Gardasil HPV vaccine last year, and they helped him apply for a fund that completely covered the cost of the 3 shots.
They’re one of the best practices in town, OH AND they take Medicaid (which no one else does). 5 stars!

Terrible experience. Having lost my regular health insurance I was no longer able to see my gynecologist and ended up at this clinic.
Pap smear was done by someone who didn’t seem to know what they were doing. I’ve never had a simple pap hurt so much. Felt like I’d been raped/​violated, really, when it was all done.
I was never told I wouldn’t see an actual doctor or not even a physicians assistant. I’m not sure the person who examined me was even a nurse. They should inform about this up front.
Lots of miscommunication. My original reason for the visit, and I had inquired about this before my appointment, was to get a referral for a breast ultrasound to monitor a lump.
My previous doctor ordered an ultrasound a couple of years ago and I was told to keep monitoring it, but lost my insurance. I was told at this clinic during the exam that they would have to discuss it with the medical director, but if I hadn’t heard back in a month to call them… a fucking month!!!
Ultimately they refused, after originally saying they would give me a referral when making the appointment. It was as if I was asking for a gold bar… you want adequate health care? Crazy! They didn’t even offer a mammogram, even though I have had a suspicious lump for a couple of years. The clinic would not be the ones paying for this ultrasound, by the way, they just needed to request it, like a perscription.
It’s been over a month and haven’t even received the results of the pap smear.
Also, and this is my favorite part, The person examining me asked me when my last period was, right after the pelvic exam… I don’t have a uterus. If you can’t tell there’s no uterus then you shouldn’t be doing this kind of thing. And then there’s that big scar.
To top it off it may have been where I contracted the flu. Of course I can’t say for sure, but several people in the waiting room obviously had upper respiratory issues, coughing and such. No alcohol hand cleaner around. About 5 – 6 days later I was sick with what turned out to be influenza.
I hope they know how to adequately sterilize instruments and hope I didn’t contract anything else while there.
They also request a lot of invasive and unnecessary «demographic» information from patients that has nothing to do with the issues of the patients health. They didn’t tell me I didn’t have to answer any of it until I question it. Hoping, no doubt, that people will just go along. i know this is how they get grant money, but again should be up front.
Was a very upsetting, negative experience I wish had never happened. Should have gone to a real doctor.

This place is terrible. They are rude, disrespectful and uncaring. You will feel even worse than you did walking in. Steer clear.

Top notch professional service. I got a vasectomy there and they had grant money so I didn’t even have to pay for it. It was excellently performed and a breeze as a result.

I went to boulder Valley Women’s Health and was so completely disappointed. Worst experience ever. From the moment i walked in they weren’t friendly at all. I got brought back into the room about 30 min after my appointment and got asked all the questions i had all ready filled out on my forms. after about 20 min in the room i finally got to see the doctor. Right when she walked into the room she said «We have a problem» Why in earth would you said that. a Hello would be nice. She said because of my past history of my high risk cells on my cervix that she wouldn’t do my exam. Said they do too many unnecessary exams on young women and went into all this nonsense politics that had nothing to do with me and said No. I go to get a pap done every 6 months to make sure it hasn’t gotten worse and a lot of the times it goes away on its own. I went to this place because they are cheap. But i guess you get what you pay for. After she said no she then started to explain that all i have is an STD! Completely offended me because i have been with my significant other for two years and have all ready been tested. and i told them that all ready. She didn’t even examine me she just came out and said you have an STD! seriously! I told her i was very uncomfortable and i didn’t want anything done. and she just told me i was mad that i wasn’t getting examined. I left so upset. they made me pay $ 45 still and i left. After processing this for a min the in the car. i went back in and demanded to get my money back. The advisor still didn’t understand why, and had no idea what she was talking about, just like everyone else that works there. She gave me my money back and then her advise to me as i was walking out was «make sure you get checked out its a serious things having high risk cells.» REALL!!! WHY DO YOU THINK I WAS THERE! this place is so completely unprofessional i wouldn’t recommend it to anyone. AWFUL!

The center offers everything that a women needs for her reproductive health. I’m younger and wanted a long term birth control method. The doctor listened and didn’t give me a lecture about my age & gave me the perfect option. I felt very comfortable.
Also, I will defiantly say this is a great non profit organization.

I wasn’t sure what to expect when I made an appointment here. I have health insurance, but appreciated their day prior appointment scheduling system and their ‘empower the individual’ attitude. I was still completing my final form when they took me into the waiting room. Their forms (and staff) were very thorough and non-​judgmental about gender and sexual orientation/​preferences. The nurse practitioner mentioned that they have recently started supporting transgendered patients, something I would not have expected in Boulder.
They took the time to discuss the newer birth control options and compare/​contrast them to my present method. We discussed the epidemiology/​pathology/​diagnostics for various STIs and breast cancer, and changes in testing recommendations before I was given the option of which tests I received. I didn’t get the lecture about how I should consider breeding soon, a major pet peeve given that I have never wanted kids.
Overall, this was a very positive experience in contrast to places like Planned Parenthood or providers targeting higher income patients.

After going to Planned Parenthood and paying $ 61 for Chlamydia/​Gonorrhea testing, I have to say Boulder Valley Women’s Health Center is your best option for getting tested. They offer a sliding scale that meant, since I was paying out of pocket, I got tested for $ 21. And that included an exam.
They just seemed like they cared.
Planned Parenthood just took my money.

Fantastic.
So here’s the short of it: if you make about $ 12,000 a year, you can get your annual physical exam, pap, and birth control pills here for absolutely nothing. As in zero dollars. There is a sliding scale fee for their services, so even if you make a decent salary, I’m sure the price is still very reasonable.
If the free factor isn’t enough, the office itself is beautiful, warm, and welcoming. The receptionist was friendly, and the nurse practitioner who did my exam was both extremely sweet and very informative. I always find it funny that when you pay to see a doctor (the guys who make the big bucks) they try to rush you out the door asap so they can get on to their next client. However when you go to a free clinic, the people there actually care about their patients, and take the time to go over all your questions.
So instead of going to the health department or Planned Parenthood for your reproductive needs (the latter doesn’t offer a sliding scale fee for exams or birth control pills in Denver), come here. I can’t recommend this place enough.