Private-pay gynecology · Germantown, Nashville
An hour that's entirely yours.
Wellward Clinic & Club is a gynecology and lifestyle practice and educational community for women. Your first visit and your annual exam are each a full hour of evidence-based care that looks at your whole health, and every visit in between gives you the time your care actually needs — not ten minutes for your single most urgent concern.
Located in the heart of Nashville's Germantown neighborhood, with telehealth appointments available.
Our model of care
Your health doesn't fit into ten minutes. So we stopped trying to make it.
You pay Wellward directly for the visit, taking insurance out of the equation. That one change is what buys us the time to actually take care of you.
A typical insurance-based visit
About 10 minutes
- Time for your top priority, and little else
- Everything else waits for another appointment
- Care that reacts once a problem shows up
- Pieces of your health handled separately
A Wellward visit
A full hour
for new-patient visits and annual exams; follow-ups are 30 minutes
- Time for every item on your list
- Your hormones, sleep, mood, nutrition, sexual health, medical and family history, considered together
- A proactive, preventive wellness plan
- One clinician who knows your whole story
Why I built Wellward
I loved my patients. I was always fighting the clock.
For a decade working within the conventional medical system, I watched the same thing happen again and again. A woman would come in with a list — her cycle, her sleep, her mood, her libido, the family history that kept her up at night — and we had time for one item. The rest waited for another appointment, or never got asked at all.
I don't believe that's the best medicine we can offer. Your hormones affect your sleep. Your sleep affects your mood. Your mood affects how you eat, move and connect with the people you love. These things can't be separated, so I won't separate them.
Paying for my time directly is what makes the hour possible. No one outside the exam room decides how long we get, so we take the time your health actually needs.
Anne Ward Eshelman
WHNP-BC · Founder, Wellward Clinic & Club
Clear and simple
What you pay us for, and what your insurance still covers
You pay Wellward for
- Unhurried visit time: a full hour for new-patient visits and annual exams, 30 minutes for follow-ups
- A thorough review of your history and concerns
- Your personalized, written wellness plan
- Access to your clinician by secure messaging or phone
Your insurance still covers
- Imaging, such as ultrasound, mammograms and bone density scans
- Prescriptions at your pharmacy
Services
Care for every season of your life
Every visit starts with your full story. From there, we focus on what matters most to you right now and plan for what's ahead.
Comprehensive well-woman visit
Your annual exam and screenings, plus time to talk through everything else: energy, sleep, mood, weight, sexual health and family history.
Perimenopause & menopause care
Hot flashes, sleep changes, brain fog and mood shifts, taken seriously — with an evidence-based conversation about every option, including hormone therapy.
Cycle & hormone concerns
Irregular, heavy or painful periods, endometriosis, PMS and PMDD, PCOS/PMOS and other hormonal questions — looked at in the context of your whole health.
Contraception & family planning
Find the method that fits your body and your plans, with time to weigh the trade-offs together.
Sexual health & wellness
Low libido, pain with sex, dryness and other concerns that deserve more than a rushed answer — in a space where nothing is off limits.
Infection screening & prevention
Screening for sexually transmitted infections, vaginitis and UTIs. For infections that keep coming back, we look for the cause and build a long-term plan for prevention, not just another round of treatment.
Postpartum mental health support
Screening and care for postpartum depression, anxiety and mood changes. We talk through treatment options together, including medication when it's right for you, and connect you with trusted therapists and support.
Lifestyle visits
A proactive look at your long-term health: metabolic optimization, personalized risk calculations based on your family history, and medical weight loss, with a plan built around your goals.
Gynecologic procedures
Insertion and removal of Nexplanon. Insertion and removal of intrauterine devices including Kyleena, Mirena and Paragard. Endometrial biopsies and vulvar biopsies. Incision and drainage. Condyloma treatment. Skin tag removal.
New · Body composition scans
Your weight is just one number. See the whole picture.
Our medical-grade seca mBCA Alpha body composition analyzer goes far beyond the bathroom scale. In about 24 seconds, it shows what your body is actually made of, so you can track the changes that matter: building muscle, losing fat and supporting healthy aging.
This isn't a gym scale. The seca mBCA Alpha is clinically validated against gold-standard reference methods: whole-body MRI for muscle mass and the four-compartment model for fat mass, in studies published in peer-reviewed journals. seca reports 97% accuracy for skeletal muscle mass compared with MRI, so your results are reliable enough to guide real medical decisions.
Come in for a scan anytime — you don't need to be a patient or have a visit scheduled. Every scan includes Anne Ward's interpretation of your results, explained in plain language so you know what your numbers mean. Pair it with a Lifestyle visit to turn them into a plan.
$40 per scan
Muscle mass
See how much lean muscle you carry, and whether you're keeping it as you lose weight or age.
Body fat & visceral fat
Know your body fat, including the deeper belly fat linked to metabolic and heart health.
Body water
Understand your hydration and how fluid shifts can affect the number on a regular scale.
Phase angle
A window into your health at the cellular level. Phase angle reflects cell integrity and overall vitality, and few scales can measure it.
Progress over time
Repeat scans show real change, not just pounds, so you can see your plan working.
Scans aren't recommended during pregnancy or for anyone with a pacemaker or other implanted electronic device.
Pricing
Transparent pricing, no surprises
You'll always know what your visit costs before you book. Every service above falls into one of these visit types, and many visits can be done by telehealth.
Initial visit
Your first visit with Anne Ward for any concern, including lifestyle, menopause and hormone care. 60 minutes.
$400
Annual well-woman exam
Your yearly exam and screenings, with time to talk through everything else on your mind. 60 minutes.
$300
Follow-up visit
Review results, adjust your plan, or check in after a procedure. 30 minutes.
$200
Procedure visit
IUD or Nexplanon insertion or removal, biopsies and other in-office procedures.
$325
Body composition scan
A medical-grade seca scan of your muscle, fat and body water, with Anne Ward's interpretation and explanation of your results. No office visit needed. Learn more
$40
Prices cover your visit with Anne Ward.
How it works
Four steps to a plan that's truly yours
Book online
Choose a time that works for you. Pricing is clear before you ever arrive.
Share your story
A pre-visit questionnaire lets me review your history and goals before we meet.
Your hour
An unhurried visit covering everything on your list, with your exam and any testing you need.
Your wellness plan
Leave with a preventive plan you can start on right away.
The Club
More than a practice. A place to belong.
Women's health questions are easier to ask, and easier to live with, when you're not asking alone. The Club is Wellward's community: lovely evenings, small gatherings and honest conversation, all grounded in evidence rather than trends.
Come for the education. Stay for the women you meet.
Hormone Health Salons
Evening talks on cycles, fertility, perimenopause and more, followed by open Q&A.
Menopause Circles
Small, recurring groups for women navigating the transition together.
Ask-Anything Evenings
Bring the questions you've been too busy or too shy to ask. No question is off limits.
Guest Expert Series
Conversations with trusted experts in nutrition, movement, sleep and mental health.
Meet your clinician
Anne Ward Eshelman, WHNP-BC
Anne Ward is a women's health nurse practitioner who spent years in the traditional medical model. She loved her patients, but the pace wore her down. With only minutes per visit, she found herself triaging each woman's top concern and applying a bandaid to stay within the allotted time, knowing the rest of the story would have to wait. Over time, that left her burned out.
Wellward is what reinvigorated her. With real time together, she gets to know each patient as a whole person and work alongside them as a communicative care partner, building a plan to optimize their health for years to come.
Anne Ward is named for her maternal grandmother, who is 99 years old and the source of her inspiration in so many parts of life. Wellward honors that name. Her grandmother taught her two lessons the clinic is built on: live healthfully so you can live long and well, and always chase your dreams.
When Anne Ward isn't caring for her patients, she loves spending time with her husband and three young children, cooking, entertaining, and perusing the ever evolving food scene in Nashville.
Questions
Frequently asked
Do you take insurance?
Wellward doesn't bill insurance for the visit itself — you pay us directly for your time. Your imaging and prescriptions still go through your insurance, just as they would anywhere else.
We'll provide a superbill for your visit that you can submit to your insurance company for possible reimbursement. Coverage depends on your plan, so we can't guarantee you'll be reimbursed.
Why not bill insurance for visits?
Insurance-based visits are built around short appointments and one concern at a time. Paying for the visit directly lets us take real time together, starting with a full hour at your first visit and your annual exam, and build a preventive plan around your whole health.
Do you offer telehealth appointments?
Yes. Many visits, including follow-ups, lifestyle visits, and menopause and hormone care, can be done by secure video from the comfort of home. Annual exams and procedures happen in person at our Germantown clinic.
Ready for an hour that's all about you?
New patients are welcome. Book your first visit and we'll send your pre-visit questionnaire right away.
Book your first visit