AT-HOME IV IRON INFUSION IN BOULDER

No drive across town to an infusion suite, no morning lost to a waiting room. A licensed RN brings physician-supervised Venofer® right to your door in Boulder, from the hills above Chautauqua to the neighborhoods off Pearl Street and out toward Gunbarrel. You stay home, the visit runs 60 to 90 minutes, and we can often be there as soon as tomorrow.

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Iron Therapy Colorado

$400.00

Book your at-home Venofer® treatment · Same-week appointments available

Built for Boulder Women

You live in a town that runs on movement, trails before work, a ride up the canyon on the weekend, and lately you can't keep up with your own baseline. The climb that never fazed you leaves you flattened. Your hair is thinning, your head is foggy by afternoon, and when you brought up the exhaustion, your doctor skimmed your labs, called your iron "a bit low," and suggested a supplement. Weeks later, you feel no different.

Standard bloodwork misses this more often than you'd think. Ferritin, your iron reserve, can sit in the 15 to 30 ng/mL gray zone, low enough to drain you, while the rest of the panel looks fine, and it's frequently left off the order entirely. Add Boulder's altitude, where thinner air already leans on your blood, and depleted iron hits harder here than the same number would at sea level. Most of the Boulder women we treat are a few months postpartum or have spent years losing iron to heavy cycles.

Plenty of local OBs will notice the low number at a checkup. Far fewer are set up to put you on an IV and actually correct it. Oral iron is a months-long grind that plenty of stomachs simply refuse. And an infusion suite means surrendering a big piece of your day, the drive, the parking, the check-in, the wait, usually with a newborn or a packed schedule fighting you the whole way.

Standard bloodwork misses this more often than you'd think. Ferritin, your iron reserve, can sit in the 15 to 30 ng/mL gray zone, low enough to drain you, while the rest of the panel looks fine, and it's frequently left off the order entirely. Add Boulder's altitude, where thinner air already leans on your blood, and depleted iron hits harder here than the same number would at sea level. Most of the Boulder women we treat are a few months postpartum or have spent years losing iron to heavy cycles.

Built for Boulder Women

YOUR AT-HOME IRON INFUSION, STEP BY STEP

01
Pre-Visit Consult & Labs (24–72 hours prior)
We begin with your CBC and ferritin from the past 90 days. If they're out of date or ferritin was never run, we'll help you get the order placed so nothing stalls your appointment.
Pre-Visit Consult & Labs (24–72 hours prior)
02
Confirmed Booking
You lock in a 90-minute window that suits your day. Book before 11:00 AM, and a same-day afternoon slot around Boulder is often available; later than that, expect the next day.
Confirmed Booking
03
RN Arrival
Your nurse shows up with the Venofer®, a sealed clinical IV kit, monitoring gear, and everything it takes to build a sterile station; a house near Chautauqua or an apartment off Pearl works. You prep nothing.
RN Arrival
04
Clinical Setup (10 minutes)
She runs your vitals, screens for allergies, takes a baseline, and then explains the whole sequence so nothing in the next hour surprises you.
Clinical Setup (10 minutes)
05
The Infusion (30–60 minutes)
The drip goes slow and controlled while she keeps watch, and you carry on, work, rest, nurse the baby, scroll. Most women hardly register it's underway.
The Infusion (30–60 minutes)
06
Post-Infusion Watch (15 minutes)
One more vitals check, a reminder to hydrate, and a brief window to confirm there's no delayed reaction before heading out.
Post-Infusion Watch (15 minutes)
07
Clean Up & Plan
She takes all the clinical waste with her and leaves you a written plan, when to recheck your ferritin and what follow-up looks like from here.
Clean Up & Plan

ABOUT VENOFER® AND HOW WE KEEP YOU SAFE

® and How We Keep You Safe

Venofer® (Iron Therapy IV) is iron sucrose, a prescription iron given intravenously. It's the same formulation the maternity and infusion teams at Boulder's Foothills Hospital use, and it's trusted far beyond Colorado. Going in through the vein is the whole point: the full dose reaches your bloodstream instead of leaving your gut to absorb a fraction of a pill, and without the cramping that comes with it.

  • Active infection or fever at time of visit = immediate rescheduling
  • Known iron overload conditions (hemochromatosis) = not a candidate
  • Certain pregnancy stages are screened out for safety
  • Real-time physician backup available during every home visit
  • RNs trained in adverse-reaction protocols and carry emergency supplies
ABOUT VENOFER® AND HOW WE KEEP YOU SAFE

At-Home vs Oral Pills vs Hospital Infusion Suite

Oral Iron Pills Hospital Infusion Suite Drip Gym At-Home
Best For Mild deficiency, long-term maintenance Acute clinical emergencies Rapid recovery & busy schedules
What to Expect GI upset, constipation, slow results Waiting rooms, sterile hospital vibes Boutique care on your own sofa
Logistics Daily adherence required Commute, parking, check-in delays We come to you. Zero travel.
Timeline 3–6 months to see change 2–4 weeks scheduling wait Results in days, next-day booking
Best For
Oral Iron Pills
Mild deficiency, long-term maintenance
Hospital Infusion Suite
Acute clinical emergencies
Drip Gym At-Home
Rapid recovery & busy schedules
What to Expect
Oral Iron Pills
GI upset, constipation, slow results
Hospital Infusion Suite
Waiting rooms, sterile hospital vibes
Drip Gym At-Home
Boutique care on your own sofa
Logistics
Oral Iron Pills
Daily adherence required
Hospital Infusion Suite
Commute, parking, check-in delays
Drip Gym At-Home
We come to you. Zero travel.
Timeline
Oral Iron Pills
3–6 months to see change
Hospital Infusion Suite
2–4 weeks scheduling wait
Drip Gym At-Home
Results in days, next-day booking

Pricing and What's Included

What's Included
  • Prescribed Venofer® (iron sucrose) medication
  • Licensed RN visit to your home
  • IV supplies and safety monitoring equipment
  • Pre-visit lab review by a supervising physician
  • Post-infusion follow-up and recheck guidance

One session is $400, and the buy-5-get-1-free package brings the per-visit cost down if you need a course. It includes the Venofer®, your RN's visit, every supply, the physician's lab review, and follow-up afterward. HSA and FSA cards work. Most plans won't cover mobile IV iron unless you have documented anemia that clears their medical-necessity bar, so plan on paying out of pocket unless you've checked.

Single At-Home Iron Infusion

$400

HSA/FSA eligible

Buy 5 Infusions, Get 1 Free

$2,000

HSA/FSA eligible

Real Stories From Boulder

★★★★★

Couldn't finish a canyon ride I've done for years.
Kept blaming my training. It was ferritin on the floor. A couple weeks after the infusion my legs came back.

-Maya, North Boulder
★★★★★

Newborn at home, and a clinic trip felt impossible.
My ferritin was in the teens after delivering at Foothills, and the pills just turned my stomach. The RN came to us instead, set up while the baby napped, and stayed the whole hour. Two weeks later I could actually function again.

-Jenna, Boulder
★★★★★

Told my labs were normal while I ran on empty.
Low 20s ferritin, brushed off more than once. DripGym's physician took it seriously and treated it at my kitchen table. Felt the shift within days.

-Sofia, Table Mesa
★★★★★

Between two jobs, a weekday clinic visit was never happening.
They came on a morning that actually worked and were done before my afternoon shift. Easiest medical appointment I've booked in ages.

-Nadia, Gunbarrel

Questions Boulder Patients Ask

One session is $400, and the buy-5-get-1-free package brings the per-visit cost down if you need a course. It includes the Venofer®, your RN's visit, every supply, the physician's lab review, and follow-up afterward. HSA and FSA cards work. Most plans won't cover mobile IV iron unless you have documented anemia that clears their medical-necessity bar, so plan on paying out of pocket unless you've checked.

It is prescription iron (iron sucrose) delivered by IV, so it goes straight into your bloodstream instead of fighting through your digestive tract. That's why it skips the cramping and nausea pills cause, and why it works faster. Most people feel a difference in two to four weeks instead of months.

For most people, it's uneventful. If anything comes up, it's usually minor and temporary: a metallic taste mid-drip, a mild headache, or a bit of nausea. Genuinely serious reactions are uncommon, which is exactly why a nurse stays with you from start to finish and carries what's needed to respond.

If your ferritin is confirmed low, generally beneath 30 ng/mL, and the symptoms are real, wiped out, foggy, hair thinning, you're probably a fit. It's an especially good route when pills have upset your stomach or barely moved your levels. We need recent CBC and ferritin results, and a supervising physician must clear each case first.

Submit your request before 11:00 AM, and you have a solid chance of a same-afternoon visit; later than that usually means a day or two out. You pick a 90-minute arrival window and set it wherever the day allows. We cover Boulder and nearby spots like Gunbarrel and Table Mesa.

Yes. Steep driveways and canyon roads west of Broadway are part of the territory here, and our nurses handle them routinely. As long as you have a spot inside where you can sit and be monitored during the visit, the drive to reach you isn't your concern.

Absolutely. New moms are a big part of who we see, but iron deficiency is common in younger women too, especially with heavy cycles or a plant-forward diet. If recent labs confirm low ferritin and our physician signs off, students and university staff around Boulder are welcome to book.

You don't have to take the day. The infusion itself takes 30 to 60 minutes, and you're free to stay on calls, work on your laptop, or clear your inbox throughout. Counting setup and the brief watch afterward, budget 60 to 90 minutes.