Austin Fertility and Reproductive Medicine

I've been calling for two days to get my test results. They pick up and tell me they're going to do it, then don't.

Similar to other reviews, I get the vibe they're main goal is to get you into a $300+ consultation.

I needed to write this review to help potential male patients considering this clinic for TRT. I came in to receive treatment to cut the costs of my current regimen, and overall raise my T levels. Once I finally was able to attend my months long wait appointment, I was greeted by a very friendly and knowledgeable doctor, Dr. Parvis. I explained my needs - save money / raise T levels - and he showed me several videos of different types of TRT methods. One of the methods was NATESTO, a nasal gel applied thorought the day, that can preserve semen count. Of all the videos shown, this one was deceptively filmed and edited to be more elusive than the other method. I agreed to the NATESTO method, and went home excited to keep my sperm count high and also raise my T levels. After agreeing to this method, I did research on this method, only to find, several negative reviews and SEVERAL YOUTUBE VIDEOS of this doctor, Dr Parvis, pushing this product across social media (even with dummy reddit accounts based out of Austin, TX). I personally work full time in social media on YouTube, and he was the only person I could find pushing this product online. Which should have raised SEVERAL red flags. Unfortunately, I was in actual need of medical assistance and I had already waited months for this appointment and left my clinic, as Dr.parvis provided me NATESTO trial pack to start ASAP until the pharmacy could fulfill my order. By the way, the 'trial' vials were expired, and the receptionist assured me that Dr.parvis said it would be fine.

Let's cut to the chase- after 1 month of administering this horrible gel into my nose 3x daily, I had to pay out of pocket to get a blood test to check my levels. My levels came back LOWER THAN MY ORIGINAL CLINIC TEST OVER 7 MONTHS AGO. I came in at 700+ and lowered to 340. So within 1 month, I had paid more, and lowered my T to to unfathomably low levels by listening to his advice. The complete opposite of why I went here in the first place. I get things aren't immediate, and not all protocols are for everyone, but this was such a dramatic failure of meeting my needs, and it couldn't have happened at a worse time and nearly messed up an entire month of my life.
When I let the receptionist know that my tests came back incredibly low, she advised me to take NATESTO 3X daily. Which I was already doing! I told them to cancel whatever prescription they had for me and to sever ties with me as a patient. (Btw NATESTO costs nearly 1k monthly without insurance).

Now we are 1 month back at my original clinic, T levels at 950, and feeling back to normal and amazing.

I wrote this review to hopefully save anyone else from going through such a huge financial, physical, and time consuming loss as I did.

What a joke of a business. Number one they hit you with a consulting fee just to speak for 5 minutes about are you sure you want to reverse the procedure etc.and its over $100 for that. Then once you are done with your procedure and its time for you to give a sample, where YOU HAVE TO PAY $300 for its and not included in the $10,000 invoice that you already paid, if there is a higher than normal blood count in your analysis they send it off to another place WITHOUT discussing this with you FIRST and you receive a random invoice for another $120. This doctors office will sneak in as many fees as they can to paid their pockets. Find a better alternative than Austin Fertility. Also their front desk help are the worst to deal with.

If you care about the safety and privacy of your medical data, I would not recommend this place. I was given the wrong embryology report and then called the next day and told the complete opposite information, which was devastating. I totally lost trust in this clinic and it made me question what else is going on behind the scenes to put patients, their health and their data at risk.

I made a consultation appointment in January 2023. They told me on the phone it would be $100 out of pocket. Then they kept sending me bills and emails asking me to pay another $95 and saying that the $95 is not covered by my insurance. Well, why didn't they tell me when I made the appointment. If I had known the consultation cost $195 I would not have accepted the appointment. $195 out of pocket for a 30-minute consultation is outrageous. This is an unfair, deceptive and fraudulent business practice. I am going to file a complaint to FTC for consumer protection.

I usually don’t like to write reviews, especially on a topic that’s very sensitive. Two years ago my husband and I started to investigate the reason why we were having a hard time conceiving. I previously went to another fertility clinic, at the first clinic I didn’t feel comfortable at all. The doctor showed no emotions, was not caring and the office was very snooty. I felt very discouraged and thought I would never find someone that understood me. After doing research I found Austin Fertility Clinic Dr Barsky, from our very first meeting I felt at home. I am so thankful I met her, my experience has been phenomenal. The whole staff at Dr Barky’s office is so caring and nice. I know everyone is different and have different opinions, but personally I don’t have anything negative to say about the office. Thank you Dr. Barsky and staff for taking care of me!