diff --git a/src/lib/utils/llmChat.js b/src/lib/utils/llmChat.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..364f54b9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/utils/llmChat.js
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
+let fhirResources = null;
+let messages = [];
+
+function initLLMChat(resources) {
+    fhirResources = resources;
+    const llmChatContent = document.getElementById('llm-chat-content');
+    const chatInput = document.getElementById('chat-input');
+    const sendMessageButton = document.getElementById('send-message');
+
+    sendMessageButton.addEventListener('click', sendMessage);
+    chatInput.addEventListener('keypress', (e) => {
+        if (e.key === 'Enter') sendMessage();
+    });
+}
+
+function insertMessageIntoUi(role, userMessage) {
+    const chatMessages = document.getElementById('chat-messages');
+    
+    // Create a new table row for the user message
+    const row = document.createElement('tr');
+
+    // Create cells for the request
+    const requestCell = document.createElement('td');
+    requestCell.textContent = userMessage;
+
+    // Create empty cells for response and tokens
+    const responseCell = document.createElement('td');
+    const promptTokensCell = document.createElement('td');
+    const completionTokensCell = document.createElement('td');
+    const costCell = document.createElement('td');
+
+    // Append cells to the row
+    row.appendChild(requestCell);
+    row.appendChild(responseCell);
+    row.appendChild(promptTokensCell);
+    row.appendChild(completionTokensCell);
+    row.appendChild(costCell);
+
+    // Append the row to the chat messages table
+    chatMessages.appendChild(row);
+
+    // Return the row for later updates
+    return row;
+}
+
+// Update the sendMessage function to use the new insertMessageIntoUi
+async function sendMessage() {
+    const chatInput = document.getElementById('chat-input');
+    const userMessage = chatInput.value.trim();
+    if (userMessage.length === 0) return;
+
+    // Append the FHIR resources as the first message
+    if (messages.length === 0) {
+        messages.push({
+            role: "user",
+            content: [{ type: "text", text: JSON.stringify(fhirResources) }]
+        });
+    }
+
+    // Append the user message
+    messages.push({
+        role: "user",
+        content: [{ type: "text", text: userMessage }]
+    });
+
+    // Insert the user message into the UI and get the row reference
+    const row = insertMessageIntoUi('user', userMessage);
+
+    chatInput.value = '';
+
+    try {
+		// FIXME config for this url...
+        const response = await fetch('https://llm-service.fl.mcjustin.dev.cirg.uw.edu/api/chat', {
+            method: 'POST',
+            headers: {
+                'Content-Type': 'application/json',
+            },
+            body: JSON.stringify({ messages: messages }), // Send the messages array
+        });
+
+        if (!response.ok) {
+            throw new Error('Failed to get LLM response');
+        }
+
+        const data = await response.json();
+        // Append the assistant's response
+        messages.push({
+            role: "assistant",
+            content: [{ type: "text", text: data.content }]
+        });
+
+        const promptTokens = data.prompt_tokens;
+        const completionTokens = data.completion_tokens;
+        const costInput = parseInt(promptTokens) * 0.15 / 1000000;
+        const costOutput = parseInt(completionTokens) * 0.6 / 1000000;
+        const cost = costInput + costOutput;
+
+        // Update the existing row with the response and token counts
+        row.cells[1].textContent = data.content; // Response
+        row.cells[2].textContent = promptTokens; // Prompt Tokens
+        row.cells[3].textContent = completionTokens; // Completion Tokens
+        row.cells[4].textContent = costInput.toString().substring(0,7) + " + " + costOutput.toString().substring(0,7) + " = " + cost.toString().substring(0,7);
+    } catch (error) {
+        console.error('Error sending message to LLM:', error);
+        row.cells[1].textContent = 'Failed to get a response. Please try again.'; // Update response cell with error message
+    }
+}
+
+export { initLLMChat };
diff --git a/src/routes/(viewer)/ips/+page.svelte b/src/routes/(viewer)/ips/+page.svelte
index dcfed60e..5fda9100 100644
--- a/src/routes/(viewer)/ips/+page.svelte
+++ b/src/routes/(viewer)/ips/+page.svelte
@@ -51,9 +51,15 @@
     text: {
       buttonText: "Generated Text",
       dropdownText: "Display text generated by IPS source"
+    },
+    llmchat: {
+      buttonText: "LLM Chat (experimental)",
+      dropdownText: "Chat with a large language model (LLM) about your health"
     }
   }
 
+  let showLlmChat = false;
+
   let displayModeText:string;
   $: {
     if ($displayMode) {
@@ -63,6 +69,7 @@
 
   function setMode(mode:string) {
     $displayMode = mode;
+    showLlmChat = mode === "llmchat";
   }
   // End display mode logic
 
@@ -245,6 +252,27 @@
   <IPSContent content={shlContents[0]} mode={$displayMode} />
 {/if}
 
+{#if showLlmChat} <!-- Conditional rendering for LLM chat content -->
+  <div id="llm-chat-content" style="display: block; margin: 30px;"> <!-- Changed display to block -->
+    <table id="chat-messages" style="width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse;">
+      <thead>
+        <tr>
+          <th>Your request</th>
+          <th>LLM Chat Response</th>
+          <th>Prompt Tokens</th>
+          <th>Response Tokens</th>
+          <th>Cost in US$ (prompt + response = total)</th>
+        </tr>
+      </thead>
+      <tbody>
+          <!-- Messages will be appended here -->
+      </tbody>
+    </table>
+    <input type="text" id="chat-input" placeholder="Ask a large language model about your health...">
+    <button id="send-message">Send to LLM</button>
+  </div>
+{/if}
+
 <style lang="css">
   :global(.loader) {
     width: 100%;
@@ -289,4 +317,4 @@
       background-position: 150% 0, 0 0, 70px 5px, 70px 38px, 0px 66px;
     }
   }
-</style>
\ No newline at end of file
+</style>