Specialist input through your Passion Health clinician

Cardiology input (eConsult) in Texas — coming soon

Coming soon. With your consent, your Passion Health clinician will be able to get a cardiologist's written advice on your heart question. Not for chest pain — call 911.

Online specialist input for cardiology input is coming soon. Until then, a Passion Health clinician can see you in person in Dallas–Fort Worth, usually the same day; elsewhere in Texas, ask your own clinician about a specialist referral.

Insurance or a flat cash priceYour pharmacy, your choiceIn-person care if needed: our DFW clinics, or near you
Specialist input (eConsult)Coming soon
Specialist inputComing soon · not bookable yet
Short answer

Can I get cardiology specialist advice online in Texas?

Not yet. When it launches, this will be an eConsult: your Passion Health clinician asks a cardiologist for written advice. You won't have a visit with the cardiologist, and they won't take over your care. Until then, a Passion Health clinician can see you in person in Dallas–Fort Worth, usually the same day; elsewhere in Texas, ask your own clinician about a specialist referral. If you have blood pressure of 180/120 or higher on repeat readings, even without symptoms, you need to be seen in person today instead (at our Dallas–Fort Worth clinics, or urgent care near you).

Medically reviewed by Dr. Anantha Chentha, MD, Chief Quality Medical Officer, Passion Health · October 22, 2026

Price
Coming soon — shown before it opens
Visit type
Specialist input (eConsult)
Reviewed by
A Texas-licensed Passion Health physician, nurse practitioner or physician assistant
Turnaround
Coming soon — not bookable yet
Insurance
BCBS of Texas, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, Humana, Healthcare Highways
Prescriptions
Only if appropriate, sent to your pharmacy · never controlled medicines online
About the condition

What to know about cardiology input

Cardiology is the medical specialty that cares for the heart and blood vessels. Many heart questions — an abnormal ECG report, a heart murmur, cholesterol that won't come down, or blood pressure that stays high on several medicines — don't need a new specialist appointment right away. A cardiologist's written advice to your primary care clinician can often answer them.

Before you start

Is online care right for you?

What this service will cover

  • An abnormal ECG, echocardiogram or heart monitor report you want explained and acted on
  • Blood pressure that stays high even though you take two or more medicines
  • High cholesterol that hasn't come down, or questions about your heart risk because of family history
  • A heart murmur or valve question, or a heart check before a planned, non-urgent surgery

Book an in-person visit instead if

  • New trouble breathing when lying flat, waking up short of breath, or swelling in both legs with quick weight gain Same day
  • Blood pressure of 180/120 or higher on repeat readings, even without symptoms Same day
  • You left the hospital after a heart attack, heart failure or a heart procedure in the last 30 days Within days

Not near one of our clinics? Online Care is open to adults anywhere in Texas; our clinics are in Dallas–Fort Worth. If the safety questions or your clinician show you need to be examined, we tell you what kind of care you need and how soon — an emergency room, an urgent care center, or a clinician near you. If you've already paid, the full fee is refunded and you get a written summary of your visit to take with you.

Call 911 or go to the ER now if you have

Call 911

  • Any chest pain, pressure, squeezing or tightness — even if it comes and goes. This page is never for chest pain.
  • You fainted or nearly fainted during or right after exercise
  • Racing or pounding heartbeat with fainting, chest pain or shortness of breath
  • Leg swelling with shortness of breath
  • An arm or leg that is suddenly cold, pale and painful
  • Blood pressure 180/120 or higher with headache, chest pain, vision change or confusion

Emergency room now

  • Resting heart rate over 120, or under 45 with dizziness
  • One leg suddenly swollen, red, warm or painful

Also call 911 for chest pain, trouble breathing, stroke signs, a sudden severe headache, fainting, a seizure, severe bleeding, new confusion, throat swelling, an overdose or thoughts of harming someone else — and call or text 988 for thoughts of harming yourself. If screening routes you before you pay, nothing is charged. If a clinician routes you after you've paid, the full fee is refunded.

How specialist input works

A Passion Health clinician evaluates you — online or by video — and stays responsible for your care. With your written consent, they send your history, results and your question to a specialist, who replies with written advice, usually within a few days. The specialist advises your clinician; they don't see you or take over your care. If they think you need to be seen in person, your clinician arranges a referral. How it will be billed is shown here before it opens.

How it works

How your visit works

  1. 1
    Answer the intake and ask your question

    Upload labs, imaging and letters.

  2. 2
    A Passion Health clinician evaluates you

    Online or by video — they're responsible for your care.

  3. 3
    Specialist input, with your consent

    Your clinician asks a specialist for written advice. The specialist does not see you.

  4. 4
    Your plan, in days

    Your clinician walks you through the advice and next steps.

Your care

What to expect from your clinician

What your clinician may consider

  • Your Passion Health clinician first reviews your history, home readings and reports — online or by video — and decides whether a cardiologist's input will help.
  • With your consent, your clinician sends a written question and the relevant records to a cardiologist through a secure eConsult. The cardiologist advises your clinician and does not see you.
  • Tests that may help answer the question, such as an ECG in clinic, cholesterol labs or an echocardiogram, if appropriate.
  • Your clinician explains the advice and your plan, and refers you for an in-person cardiology visit if that is what the cardiologist recommends.

Shown so you know what to expect. The reviewing clinician decides what, if anything, is appropriate for you — a prescription is never guaranteed, and controlled medicines are never prescribed online.

Price & insurance

How much does specialist input cost?

Standard evaluation
Coming soon
  • Not bookable yet
  • The price will be shown here before it opens

Specialist input isn't bookable yet. How it will be billed, including with insurance, is shown here before it opens. Until then, you can be seen in person at a Passion Health clinic in Dallas–Fort Worth, billed like any clinic visit, or, elsewhere in Texas, ask your own clinician about a specialist referral.

Labs and imaging, if needed, are billed separately, and medication is paid at your pharmacy. Passion Health doesn't sell, ship or mark up medication.

Follow-up

A 48-hour check-in, 30 days of secure messaging, and lab follow-up when labs were ordered.

Your clinician messages you when the cardiologist's advice comes back and explains the next steps. If the advice is to see a cardiologist in person, we help with the referral.

Questions

Questions about specialist input

How much does specialist input cost?

Specialist input isn't bookable yet. Its price, and whether the specialist's written advice is included, will be shown here before it opens. Until then, a Passion Health clinician can see you in person in Dallas–Fort Worth, billed like any clinic visit; elsewhere in Texas, ask your own clinician about a specialist referral.

Does the specialist see me?

No. A Passion Health clinician evaluates you and stays responsible for your care. With your consent, they send your history, results and question to a specialist, who replies with written advice — usually within a few days. If the specialist thinks you need to be seen in person, your clinician arranges a referral.

Is a prescription guaranteed?

No. You're paying for a licensed clinician's evaluation and plan. Many visits end with a prescription; some end with a different plan, a test, or a referral. Controlled medicines — stimulants, benzodiazepines, opioids, testosterone, sleep aids like zolpidem — are never prescribed at an online visit.

Can I use this page for chest pain?

No. This page is never for chest pain, pressure or tightness — even if it comes and goes. Call 911 instead. Chest pain can be a heart attack, and it needs an ECG and blood tests right away. A written eConsult takes days, which is far too slow. If your chest pain has already been checked and you have a follow-up question, your clinician can help with that.

Will the cardiologist see me or become my doctor?

No. Your Passion Health clinician evaluates you and stays in charge of your care. With your consent, they send your question and records to a cardiologist, who writes back with advice for your clinician. The cardiologist doesn't meet or examine you. With insurance, your plan may apply a copay or deductible. If you need an in-person cardiology visit, we'll refer you.

The Texas law behind this visit

Your Passion Health clinician forms the patient relationship and stays responsible for your care (Tex. Occ. Code §111.005, §111.007). The specialist gives written advice to that clinician with your documented consent and does not see you.

Full Texas-law summary →

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Medical reviewer

Dr. Anantha Chentha, MD, FACP, CHCQM-PHY ADV

Chief Quality Medical Officer, Passion Health · Texas-licensed internal medicine physician

Reviewed October 22, 2026

Reviewed for medical accuracy by Dr. Anantha Chentha, MD, Chief Quality Medical Officer, Passion Health, on October 22, 2026. Pages are reviewed again when clinical guidance or our visit rules change, and the date shown here is updated each time.

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Not sure online care is right for you?

Book a same-day visit at a Passion Health clinic in Dallas–Fort Worth, or call and we'll point you to the right visit — or, elsewhere in Texas, to the right kind of care near you.