Where Adults Get HRT in Austin

Adults in Texas can get gender-affirming hormone therapy, and several Austin clinics say so on their own sites. Two of them, Kind Clinic and Planned Parenthood, use informed consent, which means you don’t need a letter from a therapist to start. Both also see patients by video anywhere in Texas. Texas law limits this care for anyone under 18; our gender-affirming care guide covers what the law says.

We looked up every clinician we name in Texas Medical Board or Texas Board of Nursing records on October 15, 2026. We aren’t clinicians, and this page isn’t medical advice. Questions about doses, labs and side effects are for your prescriber.

The Short List

Where	Why it’s here
Kind Clinic	Informed consent; two Austin clinics and video visits statewide; patient advocates help with cost
Planned Parenthood South Austin	Informed consent, 18 and up; first visit $120 to $150 plus labs; takes most insurance
Texas Diabetes & Endocrinology	Endocrinology practice with three offices; needs a doctor’s referral
Pride Family Medicine	Cedar Park primary care practice whose site lists affirming medical care

Informed-Consent Clinics

Kind Clinic

Kind Clinic, a program of the nonprofit Texas Health Action, lists “HRT for trans and gender non-conforming adults” among its core services, alongside PrEP and HIV care. “Yes, we do practice an informed consent model. So, no mental health letter is required,” its FAQ says. At a first visit you meet a patient advocate, then a clinician, and do lab work before you leave. Kind says you’ll most likely get a prescription that day unless the provider has a medical concern.

Kind doesn’t post a price for HRT. Its FAQ says patient advocates “can work with you to get HRT costs as low as possible.” New patients wait for the same first appointment even if they’re already on hormones, so book early if a prescription is running out. Video visits are open to anyone who lives in Texas.

• License check: Kind’s chief medical officer, Matthew Bauer, DO, holds physician license W8290, active, no disciplinary action on record, with the Koenig clinic as his practice address (Texas Medical Board, October 15, 2026). Kind doesn’t name its other clinicians online
• Where: Koenig, 101 W Koenig Lane, Suite 100, Austin 78751; South, 2800 S IH 35 Frontage Rd #103, Austin 78704. Monday, Tuesday and Friday 9 to 5; Wednesday and Thursday 9 to 8; some Saturdays 9 to 2
• Phone: 833-937-5463
• More: Kind’s FAQ and locations

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Planned Parenthood South Austin

Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas prescribes estrogen and testosterone for patients 18 and up, in person or by telehealth. It “follows an informed consent treatment model,” and you may be able to start at the first visit. Patients give their name and pronouns at check-in along with their legal name.

The network says a first visit costs $120 to $150, plus labs. It takes most major insurance and checks your coverage for hormone therapy before the visit, and it still suggests calling your insurer yourself. Payment is due when you’re seen.

• License check: Planned Parenthood’s pages don’t name its clinicians, so we couldn’t check one by name
• Where: 201 E. Ben White Blvd., Building B, Austin 78704. Monday 11 to 7, Tuesday to Friday 9 to 5
• Phone: 512-351-4660, or 1-800-230-7526 to book with any Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas center
• More: Planned Parenthood of Greater Texas gender-affirming care and the South Austin center

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Specialist and Primary Care Practices

Texas Diabetes & Endocrinology

Texas Diabetes & Endocrinology is a large endocrinology practice, the kind of specialist that treats hormone conditions. Its gender-affirming hormone therapy page says it serves “transgender, non-binary, gender-diverse, and gender-expansive adults,” with baseline labs, ongoing monitoring, and referrals to reproductive endocrinology if you want to talk about fertility. Dr. Valerie Espinosa wrote the practice’s 2023 article about the service.

This isn’t informed consent. “Prior to starting therapy, we require a physician referral,” the article says. It may suit you if you already have a primary care doctor, or if another health condition makes a specialist a good idea.

• License check: Valerie Espinosa, MD, physician license K4417, active, no disciplinary action on record, practicing at the Central Austin office (Texas Medical Board, October 15, 2026)
• Where: Central Austin, 6500 N. MoPac, Building 3, Suite 200, 78731; South Austin, 5000 Davis Lane, Suite 200, 78749; Round Rock, 110 Deer Ridge Drive, 78681. Monday to Friday 8 to 5
• Phone: (512) 458-8400
• More: the practice’s gender-affirming hormone therapy page and Dr. Espinosa’s article

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Pride Family Medicine

Pride Family Medicine is a primary care practice in Cedar Park that describes “LGBTQ+ Judgement Free, Affirming Care.” Its Affirming Medical Care page lists hormone therapy among the common forms of that care and says the practice doesn’t do surgery. Two of its nurse practitioners name affirming health care in their bios, and it offers telemedicine visits. The page doesn’t spell out how it starts hormones, so ask about that when you call.

• License check: Raissa Behm, FNP-C (license AP137903), and Hattie Hazen, FNP-C (license 1207719), both current nurse practitioners with active prescriptive authority (Texas Board of Nursing, October 15, 2026)
• Where: 1201 N. Lakeline Blvd, Suite 400, Cedar Park 78613. Monday to Friday 9 to 6
• Phone: (512) 379-7272
• More: Pride’s affirming care page and providers

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For UT Students

UT Austin’s University Health Services stopped offering hormone therapy on January 1, 2026, The Daily Texan reported. Students now go off campus. Kind Clinic and Planned Parenthood are open to any adult who lives in Texas, and both take video visits.

Before You Go

• Ask how they start hormones. Informed consent means no therapist letter. Ask whether you need a referral, a letter or lab work first
• Ask what it costs in total. The visit, the labs and the prescription are often billed separately. Ask whether the clinic helps with prescription costs
• Ask about the wait. If you’re already on hormones and your refills are running low, say so when you book
• Ask how your name appears. Ask which name goes on your chart, your prescription labels and your insurance claims
• Ask about letters. Some surgeons ask for a letter from your hormone prescriber. Ask whether the clinic writes them
• If you use an online service, ask for your clinician’s name and confirm they’re licensed in Texas
• Check a license yourself. The Texas Medical Board and the Texas Board of Nursing both have free lookups

For PrEP, HIV care and other clinics, see our LGBTQ+ healthcare guide.

What We Couldn’t Check

• Wait times for a first appointment at each clinic
• What HRT costs at Kind Clinic, which works it out with each patient
• Licenses for clinicians the clinics don’t name online, including everyone at Planned Parenthood
• Disciplinary history for the nurse practitioners. The Board of Nursing data we used shows license status only
• Whether Pride Family Medicine uses informed consent. Ask when you call

Last checked: October 2026. Each clinic’s pages read on October 15, 2026, and each named clinician looked up in Texas Medical Board and Texas Board of Nursing records the same day. See how we choose what goes on a list.