AT-HOME IV IRON INFUSION IN CHAPEL HILL

You shouldn't have to park at a hospital deck and sit in a waiting room to fix low iron. A licensed RN brings physician-supervised Venofer® to your door in Chapel Hill, near Franklin Street, over in Southern Village or Meadowmont, or across the line in Carrboro. The visit takes 60 to 90 minutes, and you never leave home. Next-day appointments are often open.

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Iron Therapy North Carolina

$400.00

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

Built for Chapel Hill Women

Most people expect low iron to look like anemia on a lab report. It often doesn't. Your ferritin, the number that tracks your iron reserve, can fall into the 15 to 30 ng/mL gray zone and drag down your energy, focus, and hair while the rest of your bloodwork reads normal. Often, ferritin isn't even measured, so the cause of how you feel never shows up on the page.

The women who come to us in Chapel Hill are usually in one of two spots. Some are a few months past giving birth at NC Women's Hospital and never bounced back the way they expected. Others have lost iron slowly over years of heavy periods and only noticed once the fatigue became constant. A humid Carolina summer makes it all feel heavier.

Your OB may spot the low number, but spotting it and treating it are different. Most offices around Chapel Hill and Carrboro simply aren't set up to run an IV on site. Oral iron takes three to six months of tablets and, for many people, the stomach trouble that comes with them. The alternative is a hospital infusion suite, which means a drive, a parking deck, a check-in line, and a waiting room, most of a day gone. Neither fits a full schedule.

The women who come to us in Chapel Hill are usually in one of two spots. Some are a few months past giving birth at NC Women's Hospital and never bounced back the way they expected. Others have lost iron slowly over years of heavy periods and only noticed once the fatigue became constant. A humid Carolina summer makes it all feel heavier.

Built for Chapel Hill Women

YOUR AT-HOME IRON INFUSION, STEP BY STEP

01
Pre-Visit Consult & Labs (24–72 hours prior)
We review a recent CBC and ferritin, drawn within the last 90 days, before booking you. If you don't have current results, we'll help you get them ordered first.
Pre-Visit Consult & Labs (24–72 hours prior)
02
Confirmed Booking
Choose a 90-minute window that works for you. Book before 11 a.m. and we can often come the same afternoon. Book later and it's usually the next day.
Confirmed Booking
03
RN Arrival
Your nurse brings the Venofer®, a sealed IV kit, monitoring equipment, and everything needed for a sterile setup. It works the same in a Southern Village house or a place near campus. You don't prepare anything.
RN Arrival
04
Clinical Setup (10 minutes)
She checks your vitals, screens for allergies, takes a baseline, and explains what's about to happen so the next hour holds no surprises.
Clinical Setup (10 minutes)
05
The Infusion (30–60 minutes)
The iron drips in slowly while your nurse monitors you. You can work, rest, feed the baby, or read. Most people barely notice it running.
The Infusion (30–60 minutes)
06
Post-Infusion Watch (15 minutes)
A final vitals check, a reminder to hydrate, and a short wait to be sure there's no late reaction before she leaves.
Post-Infusion Watch (15 minutes)
07
Clean Up & Plan
She takes all the clinical waste with her and leaves you a written plan for when to recheck your ferritin and what follow-up to consider.
Clean Up & Plan

ABOUT VENOFER® AND HOW WE KEEP YOU SAFE

® and How We Keep You Safe

Venofer® (Iron Therapy IV) is a prescription iron, iron sucrose, given through an IV instead of as a pill. It's the same iron used by UNC Medical Center's NC Women's Hospital and by health systems across the country. Delivered through the vein, the whole dose reaches your blood at once, rather than passing through a digestive system that absorbs only part of a tablet and often causes cramping.

  • 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

A single visit is $400 and includes the Venofer®, the nurse's visit, the supplies, the physician's lab review, and follow-up. If you need several, the buy-5-get-1-free package lowers the per-visit cost. You can pay with an HSA or FSA card. Most insurance plans won't cover mobile IV iron unless you have a documented anemia diagnosis.

Single At-Home Iron Infusion

$400

HSA/FSA eligible

Buy 5 Infusions, Get 1 Free

$2,000

HSA/FSA eligible

Real Stories From Chapel Hill

★★★★★

I work long shifts at UNC Hospitals and couldn't be a patient too.
Caring for people all day, then too wiped to do anything else. My own ferritin was the problem. The nurse came to me on a day off and it was the easiest care I've received.

-Nadia, Chapel Hill
★★★★★

Grad school deadlines and a body that had quit on me.
I was finishing my dissertation at UNC on almost no energy, and I'd chalked it up to stress and bad sleep. It was iron. One infusion at home near Carrboro and within a couple of weeks my focus and stamina came back enough to actually finish. I wish I'd tested sooner instead of pushing through for months.

-Priya, Carrboro
★★★★★

Vegetarian for fifteen years, and it finally caught up.
Turns out my iron had been quietly running down the whole time. One home infusion and the tiredness I thought was just me lifted.

-Grace, Meadowmont
★★★★★

Two under three and no way to sit in a clinic.
Getting both kids anywhere is a project, let alone an infusion appointment. The nurse came to Southern Village, the kids stayed in their routine, and I finally had energy again.

-Alison, Southern Village

Questions Chapel Hill Patients Ask

A single visit is $400 and includes the Venofer®, the nurse's visit, the supplies, the physician's lab review, and follow-up. If you need several, the buy-5-get-1-free package lowers the per-visit cost. You can pay with an HSA or FSA card. Most insurance plans won't cover mobile IV iron unless you have a documented anemia diagnosis.

With tablets, only a fraction of each dose is absorbed, and the rest can leave you cramping or nauseous. An infusion delivers the full dose directly into your blood, with no absorption losses or stomach upset, and it works faster. Most people notice a change in two to four weeks rather than after months of pills.

Done with proper screening and monitoring, it has a strong safety record, and physically it's just an IV. Side effects are typically minor: a metallic taste, a mild headache, and a little nausea. The rare serious reaction is why a nurse stays with you throughout.

A recent ferritin level under about 30 ng/mL and symptoms you're actually feeling, tiredness, fog, hair loss. If pills haven't helped or your stomach can't handle them, it's worth a look. We read your CBC and ferritin first, and a physician approves each case.

Yes. A lot of our patients are new moms, but younger women run low on iron too, often from heavy periods or a plant-based diet. As long as recent labs show low ferritin and our physician agrees, students, grad students, and UNC staff are all welcome.

Yes. If you've had a CBC and ferritin drawn in the past 90 days, whether at NC Women's Hospital, a UNC clinic, or anywhere else, that's usually enough for us to work from. If a piece is missing, we'll help you arrange it beforehand.

Chapel Hill and Carrboro at the core, from downtown and the campus out to Southern Village, Meadowmont, and East 54, plus Hillsborough and the western side of Durham. Unsure about your spot? Ask when you call.

Yes. Carrboro is right in our core area, and we regularly reach Hillsborough, Pittsboro, and the Research Triangle Park side toward Durham. If you're anywhere in the western Triangle, ask when you book, and we'll confirm.

We can. The roads and longer driveways outside Chapel Hill and toward Hillsborough are part of our normal range. As long as there's a comfortable spot inside to sit and be monitored, getting to you is on us. Done.