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Restless leg syndrome care online in Texas

An urge to move your legs at night that keeps you awake? A Texas clinician reviews your symptoms and checks your iron.

Insurance or a flat cash priceYour pharmacy, your choiceIn-person care if needed: our DFW clinics, or near you
Online evaluation + labs if needed
Same-day review24/7 weekdays · 7 AM–9 PM CT weekends
Short answer

Can I get online care for restless legs in Texas?

Yes, for adults 18 and older in Texas. An urge to move your legs at night that keeps you awake? A Texas clinician reviews your symptoms and checks your iron. Review is by a Texas-licensed Passion Health clinician, 24/7 on weekdays and 7 AM–9 PM CT on weekends. The flat price is $89, or use insurance. If labs are needed, your clinician usually orders Ferritin, Iron and binding capacity and Complete blood count, $75 including the $29 draw-and-review fee, through Passion Health Blood Work, drawn at a Passion Health clinic or any CPL patient service center in Texas; with insurance, the lab bills your plan directly. A prescription goes to the pharmacy you choose only if it's appropriate; controlled medicines are never prescribed online. If you have leg pain or cramping when you walk that goes away when you rest, you need an in-person visit within a few days instead, and you don't pay the online fee.

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

Price
$89 flat cash rate or insurance
Visit type
Online evaluation + labs if needed
Labs if ordered
Ferritin + Iron and binding capacity + Complete blood count · $75 self-pay, or the lab bills your plan
Turnaround
Same day · 24/7 weekdays, 7 AM–9 PM CT weekends
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 restless legs

Restless leg syndrome is a nervous system condition that causes an uncomfortable urge to move the legs, often with creeping, crawling or aching feelings. Symptoms start or get worse when resting, especially in the evening, and ease with movement, so sleep suffers. Low iron, pregnancy, kidney disease, some medicines and family history are common causes.

Before you start

Is online care right for you?

A good fit for online care

  • An urge to move your legs that's worse in the evening and better when you walk
  • Leg symptoms that make it hard to fall or stay asleep
  • Known restless legs that's getting worse
  • Wanting your iron checked as a possible cause

Book an in-person visit instead if

  • Leg pain or cramping when you walk that goes away when you rest Within days
  • You've fallen asleep, or nearly, while driving Same day
  • You're on dialysis or have advanced kidney disease Within days
  • You take an opioid or another controlled medicine for restless legs and need a refill Within days
  • A new kind of headache after age 50 Same day

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

  • A sudden, explosive "worst ever" headache
  • New weakness, numbness, trouble speaking or vision loss

Emergency room now

  • One leg is swollen, warm, red or painful
  • Headache with fever and a stiff neck
  • A head injury while you take a blood thinner
  • Weakness that is getting worse
  • Numbness in the groin or buttocks, or losing control of your bladder or bowels

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 it works

How your restless legs visit works

  1. 1
    Answer the restless legs intake

    Upload prior results or home readings if you have them.

  2. 2
    A clinician reviews it the same day

    If labs would help, the order goes to a Passion Health clinic, or to any CPL patient service center in Texas.

  3. 3
    Results go to your clinician

    Your clinician reviews them and contacts you with your plan.

  4. 4
    Follow-up on a schedule

    Check-ins and repeat labs timed to your condition; 30 days of messaging.

Your care

What to expect from your clinician

What your clinician may consider

  • A review of your symptoms, sleep and family history to confirm restless legs
  • Iron blood tests — ferritin plus iron and transferrin saturation, best drawn in the morning without taking iron pills for 24 hours. For restless legs, iron is often recommended when ferritin is 75 or below, which is higher than the usual normal cut-off, or when transferrin saturation is low, even without anemia
  • A review of medicines that can worsen restless legs, such as some antihistamines, anti-nausea medicines and antidepressants
  • Changes to sleep habits, caffeine, alcohol and exercise that can ease symptoms
  • If a medicine is needed, your clinician explains the options. Guidelines now advise against routine long-term use of dopamine-agonist medicines such as pramipexole and ropinirole, because over time they can make restless legs worse — symptoms start earlier, get stronger or spread to the arms — and can cause impulse-control problems such as compulsive gambling or shopping. Some medicines for severe restless legs are controlled; those are never prescribed online and start only after an in-person evaluation with a Passion Health physician

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.

Labs, tests and Passion Health services

  • If your clinician recommends ferritin and iron tests, you can have them drawn at a Passion Health clinic or at any CPL patient service center in Texas.
Price & insurance

How much does an online restless legs visit cost?

Standard evaluation
$89
  • Everything in Quick
  • Lab orders when needed (labs billed separately)
  • 30 days of secure messaging

Using insurance: we're in network with BCBS of Texas, Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Cigna, Humana and Healthcare Highways, and we verify eligibility for every plan before review — you see your estimated cost-share first. New patients have a short video visit, because plans pay for a visit, not a form. Same-day review applies to self-pay visits; insurance visits begin once we've verified your plan, which is the next business morning if you submit overnight or on a weekend. Medicare, Medicaid, CHIP and TRICARE are billed to the program, and the cash rate isn't offered for covered services.

Full refund if your case isn't accepted: if the clinician doesn't accept your case for online care, for any reason, the full fee is refunded to your card within 10 business days, and we help you get the care you need: a same-day visit at one of our Dallas–Fort Worth clinics or, if you're not near one, clear advice on where to be seen and a written summary of your visit. With insurance, no claim is submitted for the online review. Paying the flat price yourself? You can ask for a written Good Faith Estimate before your visit.

Labs your clinician orders are priced through Passion Health Blood Work if you self-pay, or billed to your plan directly by the lab (CPL) if you use insurance; imaging is billed by the imaging center 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.

Labs your clinician may order

Priced through Passion Health Blood Work

Ferritin plus iron and transferrin saturation, drawn in the morning without iron pills for 24 hours: low iron stores are the most treatable cause. Ordered only if your clinician decides it's needed — the visit price never includes a test you don't need.

All Blood Work tests
FerritinIron stores$18
Iron and binding capacitySerum iron and UIBC$18
Complete blood countRed cells, white cells, platelets (14 results)$10
Draw and clinician-review fee One per order of single tests; not charged when the order includes a Blood Work bundle$29

Typical self-pay total: $89 visit + $75 labs = $164

Self-pay prices are billed by Passion Health. If you use insurance — including Medicare and Medicaid — the lab (CPL) bills your plan directly for the tests under your plan's lab benefits, and the prices above don't apply. Blood is drawn at a Passion Health clinic in North Texas or at any CPL patient service center in Texas; your clinician reviews your results and contacts you.

Questions

Questions about restless legs care

How much does an online restless legs visit cost?

The flat cash rate is $89 for a standard evaluation, or use your insurance and pay your plan's cost-share — we show you an estimate before review starts. Labs and imaging are billed separately. Medication is paid at your pharmacy. If the clinician doesn't accept your case for online care, for any reason, the full fee is refunded to your card.

Will I talk to someone, or is it just a form?

A Texas-licensed Passion Health clinician reviews every intake and decides your plan — not software. For restless legs, Texas law lets the clinician evaluate you from a condition-specific intake plus your photos and records, and they'll call or video you whenever something needs a conversation. New patients using insurance have a short video visit, because plans pay for a visit, not a form.

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.

Where do I get labs drawn, and what do they cost?

If your clinician orders labs, they're priced through Passion Health Blood Work: for restless legs that's usually Ferritin, Iron and binding capacity and Complete blood count, $75 including the $29 draw-and-review fee, through Passion Health Blood Work (self-pay prices, billed by Passion Health). If you use insurance, including Medicare or Medicaid, the lab (CPL) bills your plan directly and those prices don't apply. You can have blood drawn at a Passion Health clinic in Dallas–Fort Worth or walk into any CPL patient service center in Texas with a photo ID; your clinician reviews your results and contacts you.

Why does my clinician want to check my iron?

Low iron in the brain is linked to restless legs, and many people with symptoms have low iron stores even when their blood count is normal. A ferritin test measures stored iron, and iron and transferrin saturation tests show how much iron is available in your blood. For restless legs, iron is often recommended when ferritin is 75 or below — higher than the usual normal cut-off — or when transferrin saturation is low, but taking iron without testing isn't recommended, because too much iron can cause harm.

Can I get medicine for restless legs online?

Your clinician may suggest iron if tests show low stores, changes to medicines that make symptoms worse, and, if appropriate, a non-controlled prescription. Some medicines used for severe or hard-to-treat restless legs are controlled substances. Those are never prescribed online: a Passion Health physician evaluates you first and starts any controlled medicine at an in-person visit.

What if I'm pregnant?

Restless legs is common in pregnancy, especially in the last 3 months, and often eases after the birth. Checking and treating low iron is usually the first step, and most restless-legs medicines are avoided during pregnancy. Tell us if you're pregnant or breastfeeding so your clinician can plan safely.

The Texas law behind this visit

A clinician may form a valid patient relationship online using store-and-forward technology — your condition-specific intake, photos and records — paired with a call or video when needed, as long as the in-person standard of care is met (Tex. Occ. Code §111.005(a)(3), §111.007). Your clinician gives you guidance on follow-up care and, with your consent, sends new patients' visit notes to their primary care physician within 72 hours (§111.005(b)).

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.

Sources: AASM · NINDS

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