Best Semaglutide Providers in 2026 — Ranked & Reviewed

Every major telehealth clinic selling compounded or brand-name semaglutide in 2026 has been scored here independently. The measures are pricing transparency, clinical oversight, shipping and user experience. The point of that work is to let you choose a legitimate, affordable provider without taking an advertiser's word for anything.

Lowest verified price: $59/mo480 providers compared

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By Ruth Calder · Enforcement Editor
Editorially reviewed (not clinically reviewed). Not medical advice · How we verify contentLast reviewed

480 semaglutide providers compared · independently scored against our six-factor methodology.

Quick Picks: Top 5

#ProviderScore
1Trimi HealthVisit
2EmbodyVisit
3CoreAge RxVisit
4bmiMDVisit
5Live VitalVisit

Compare the top providers at a glance

Every row carries a logo, our editorial rating, price, the medications prescribed, and where the seller ships. Scan down a column and the list shortens fast.

  • ★ Editor's Pick
    Trimi Health

    knowing which pharmacy fills the vial: it names VialsRx

    From /mo
    $99
    Flat at every dose
    Coverage
    50 states
    Medications
    SemaglutideTirzepatide
  • Nationwide Coverage
    Embody

    knowing which pharmacy fills the vial: it names RedRock Pharmacy

    From /mo
    $79
    Coverage
    50 states
    Medications
    SemaglutideTirzepatide
  • CoreAge Rx

    semaglutide at $99/month, 48% below the typical price

    From /mo
    $99
    Flat at every dose
    Coverage
    50 states
    Medications
    SemaglutideTirzepatide
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  • bmiMD

    starting below a standard dose, with microdose tiers

    From /mo
    $99
    Flat at every dose
    Coverage
    50 states
    Medications
    SemaglutideTirzepatide
  • Live Vital

    semaglutide at $99/month, 48% below the typical price

    From /mo
    $99
    Coverage
    50 states
    Medications
    SemaglutideTirzepatide
  • Gala

    moving between compounded and brand without changing seller

    From /mo
    $129
    Flat at every dose
    Coverage
    50 states
    Medications
    SemaglutideTirzepatide
  • Found

    tirzepatide at $169/month, 37% below the typical price

    From /mo
    $99
    Coverage
    50 states
    Medications
    SemaglutideTirzepatide
  • Best Budget
    Collective

    flat any-dose pricing, if you can absorb a $199 annual membership on top

    From /mo
    $59
    Flat at every dose
    Coverage
    Check intake
    Medications
    SemaglutideTirzepatide
6weighted dimensions
480semaglutide providers compared
Everychecked against the seller's own site
Value 25%Effectiveness 25%User Experience 15%Trust & Safety 15%Accessibility 10%Support 10%

A seller that shows no price until after the medical intake loses points on User Experience and Trust & Safety, and its review says so. How we score →

Detailed Reviews

1

Trimi Health

Verified partner

Best for: knowing which pharmacy fills the vial: it names VialsRx

9.4

Trimi Health is a telehealth seller whose compounded GLP-1 pricing is among the lowest available.

Score Breakdown

Value25%
10
Effectiveness25%
10
User Experience15%
8
Trust & Safety15%
10
Accessibility10%
10
Support10%
7

Pros

  • ✓Semaglutide costs $99 a month, 46% below the $185 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare
  • ✓Tirzepatide costs $125 a month, 50% below the $250 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare
  • ✓Shows its price before the medical questionnaire, so you can compare it without handing over health information
  • ✓The monthly price stays the same as your dose goes up
  • ✓The monthly price includes the medication, clinician visits and shipping
  • ✓Serves all 50 states
  • ✓Names 2 pharmacies that fill its prescriptions, which most sellers do not
  • ✓We found no FDA warning letters issued to Trimi Health

Cons

  • ✗Its semaglutide and tirzepatide are compounded rather than FDA-approved, so they have not been reviewed by the agency for safety, effectiveness or manufacturing quality
2

Embody

Verified partner

Best for: knowing which pharmacy fills the vial: it names RedRock Pharmacy

9.3

Embody sells compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide by injection, plus a compounded oral tirzepatide gum that is unique in the category. Flat-rate pricing is aggressive, coverage runs to all 50 states, and clinician messaging is available 24/7 under a board-certified internal medicine CMO.

Score Breakdown

Value25%
10
Effectiveness25%
10
User Experience15%
8
Trust & Safety15%
9
Accessibility10%
10
Support10%
7

Pros

  • ✓Semaglutide costs $79 a month, 57% below the $185 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare
  • ✓Tirzepatide costs $129 a month, 48% below the $250 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare
  • ✓Shows its price before the medical questionnaire, so you can compare it without handing over health information
  • ✓The monthly price includes the medication, clinician visits and shipping
  • ✓Serves all 50 states
  • ✓Names 4 pharmacies that fill its prescriptions, which most sellers do not
  • ✓We found no FDA warning letters issued to Embody
  • ✓Offers both oral and injectable options, so the format is your choice

Cons

  • ✗Its semaglutide and tirzepatide are compounded rather than FDA-approved, so they have not been reviewed by the agency for safety, effectiveness or manufacturing quality
3

CoreAge Rx

Verified partner

Best for: semaglutide at $99/month, 48% below the typical price

9.0
Score breakdown, pros and cons

Shipping is free, 2-day, and reaches all 50 states. CoreAge Rx sells LegitScript-verified compounded semaglutide plus tirzepatide, with licensed physicians behind it and 24/7 support. Its own claim: nobody in the compounded GLP-1 space prices more competitively.

Score Breakdown

Value25%
9.5
Effectiveness25%
10
User Experience15%
8
Trust & Safety15%
8.5
Accessibility10%
10
Support10%
7

Pros

  • ✓Semaglutide costs $99 a month, 46% below the $185 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare
  • ✓Tirzepatide costs $149 a month, 40% below the $250 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare
  • ✓Shows its price before the medical questionnaire, so you can compare it without handing over health information
  • ✓The monthly price stays the same as your dose goes up
  • ✓The monthly price includes the medication, clinician visits and shipping
  • ✓Serves all 50 states
  • ✓We found no FDA warning letters issued to CoreAge Rx

Cons

  • ✗Ask which pharmacy fills the prescription before you pay, so you can check its license
  • ✗Its semaglutide and tirzepatide are compounded rather than FDA-approved, so they have not been reviewed by the agency for safety, effectiveness or manufacturing quality
4

bmiMD

Verified partner

Best for: starting below a standard dose, with microdose tiers

9.0
Score breakdown, pros and cons

bmiMD is a medical weight loss clinic that prescribes GLP-1 medications through telehealth.

Score Breakdown

Value25%
9.5
Effectiveness25%
10
User Experience15%
8
Trust & Safety15%
8.5
Accessibility10%
10
Support10%
7

Pros

  • ✓Semaglutide costs $99 a month, 46% below the $185 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare
  • ✓Tirzepatide costs $139 a month, 44% below the $250 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare
  • ✓Shows its price before the medical questionnaire, so you can compare it without handing over health information
  • ✓The monthly price stays the same as your dose goes up
  • ✓The monthly price includes the medication, clinician visits and shipping
  • ✓Serves all 50 states
  • ✓We found no FDA warning letters issued to bmiMD

Cons

  • ✗Ask which pharmacy fills the prescription before you pay, so you can check its license
  • ✗Its semaglutide and tirzepatide are compounded rather than FDA-approved, so they have not been reviewed by the agency for safety, effectiveness or manufacturing quality
5

Live Vital

Verified partner

Best for: semaglutide at $99/month, 48% below the typical price

9.0
Score breakdown, pros and cons

Billed in 3-month blocks, the compounded GLP-1 semaglutide starts at $99/mo and compounded tirzepatide at $183/mo. Dr. Patrick Taylor, MD founded the practice and every plan is written by a doctor, filled at a licensed US pharmacy and delivered to the door. Messaging the care team has no cap and nothing locks you in. Peptide and hormone therapy round out the menu. Telehealth reaches all 50 states.

Score Breakdown

Value25%
9.5
Effectiveness25%
10
User Experience15%
8
Trust & Safety15%
8.5
Accessibility10%
10
Support10%
7

Pros

  • ✓Semaglutide costs $99 a month, 46% below the $185 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare
  • ✓Tirzepatide costs $183 a month, 27% below the $250 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare
  • ✓Shows its price before the medical questionnaire, so you can compare it without handing over health information
  • ✓The monthly price includes the medication, clinician visits and shipping
  • ✓Serves all 50 states
  • ✓We found no FDA warning letters issued to Live Vital

Cons

  • ✗Ask which pharmacy fills the prescription before you pay, so you can check its license
  • ✗Its retatrutide, semaglutide and tirzepatide are compounded rather than FDA-approved, so they have not been reviewed by the agency for safety, effectiveness or manufacturing quality
  • ✗Its menu lists retatrutide, which FDA says cannot be used in compounding under federal law and has not been found safe and effective for any condition

What to check before buying semaglutide online

Semaglutide is the most-prescribed GLP-1, sold as Wegovy, as Ozempic, and as compounded vials. Every seller dispenses the same molecule. What changes is which pharmacy fills it, who supervises the dose, and what the standing monthly price is.

What to check

  • Brand or compounded. Wegovy and Ozempic hold FDA approval, cost more, and come in fixed increments. Compounded semaglutide from a licensed pharmacy costs less and carries no such approval. A seller stocking both leaves a route between them open. A seller stocking one does not.
  • Who controls the titration. The dose climbs across months rather than starting where it ends. Some sellers run one fixed ladder whatever the patient reports. Others let a clinician hold or slow a step when side effects arrive.
  • The price after month one. An advertised figure is frequently an introductory month, and a membership charge often sits beside the drug cost. Only the standing all-in total decides anything.

Red flags

  • Pharmacy unnamed and no LegitScript listing. Two disclosures are checkable on any compounded-GLP-1 seller: the 503A or 503B pharmacy filling the vial, and a LegitScript certification. When a site publishes neither, nothing about the contents of that vial can be confirmed from outside.
  • Instant approval with no clinician you can reach. A prescriber is supposed to read the intake and stay available once dose questions start. Approval issued automatically, with nobody reachable afterward, means the medical layer was removed rather than streamlined.
  • The advertised number is a first month. Headline figures here are usually qualified somewhere. Common forms are an opening rate that steps up with each dose increase, and a membership fee billed separately from the drug itself. Either one can double what leaves your account in month two.
  • B12, MIC, or HCG sold for weight loss. Trial evidence for weight loss sits with the GLP-1 injections and nowhere else on this aisle. A clinic that lists lipotropic, B12, or HCG shots under weight loss is selling past the record, whatever its own site says.

Every seller listed above is scored on these criteria under our six-dimension methodology, with prices re-checked against the seller’s own live site.

How we rank, and what counts as “legit”

Scoring for every provider on this page runs against our published six-factor rubric[1]: value, effectiveness, user experience, trust & safety, accessibility and support. Federal compounding law permits compounded GLP-1s where a licensed 503A or 503B pharmacy prepares them[2], and further tolerances applied historically during the period when semaglutide and tirzepatide sat on the FDA Drug Shortage List[3].

Each of Wegovy, Zepbound, Ozempic and Mounjaro holds its own separate FDA approval under its own NDA number[4][5]. Published Phase 3 efficacy for semaglutide at 2.4 mg (~14.9% mean weight loss across 68 weeks) comes from STEP 1[6]; those for tirzepatide (~20.9% at the 15 mg dose over 72 weeks) come from SURMOUNT-1[7]. In 2025 the SURMOUNT-5 head-to-head set the two against each other[8].

How much of an anti-obesity medication is covered varies widely between state Medicaid programs and between commercial plans[9][10]. Under IRS Publication 502, compounded GLP-1s and brand-name ones alike are generally FSA/HSA eligible where a prescription exists[11].

Price and states served both move. Read them off the seller's own site before you enroll.How our reviews work →

Frequently Asked Questions

Yes, in the US, and that covers both the brand-name products (Wegovy, Ozempic) and the compounded ones. An online medical consultation is part of what the providers above offer: a clinician reads your intake and decides whether the drug is appropriate for you. A site selling semaglutide with no prescription at all is operating illegally, and it is a safety risk.
One molecule, semaglutide, sits inside both. Wegovy holds the FDA approval for weight loss and titrates up to 2.4 mg; Ozempic, approved for type 2 diabetes, stops at 2 mg, though it is often prescribed off-label for weight. On-label, Wegovy is the weight-loss choice. Compounded semaglutide delivers that same active ingredient for less cash.
Two routes bring the cost down. An eligible insured patient can put the manufacturer savings card against brand-name Wegovy or Ozempic. Alternatively, compounded semaglutide through a telehealth provider often runs $79–$199/month in cash where the brand runs $1,000+. Real monthly totals order the list above, so the lowest legitimate price is findable there.
Six weighted dimensions produce the score. Value (25%) and Effectiveness (25%) carry the most, then User Experience (15%) and Trust & Safety (15%), then Accessibility (10%) and Support (10%). Behind them sits our research into pricing data, clinical evidence, user reviews and publicly available information. Those weights then combine into one overall score out of 10.
The six-dimension methodology computes each score on its own, and no commercial relationship ever moves a provider's underlying number. Every provider's full score sits on its card for you to check. Some providers do hold affiliate agreements with us, which means a commission reaches us if you click through and buy. On the lists carrying the highest commercial intent — the weight-loss injection and shot lists, the semaglutide and tirzepatide lists, the compounded and cheapest molecule lists, and the fitness-app list — affiliate partners take the top positions. Every other list runs in score order, or in price order on the cheapest lists. That placement is disclosed here, on our methodology page, and on our affiliate-disclosure page.

Glossary

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Sources & methodology — as of September 2026
  1. 1.GLP Watchdog — GLP-1 Pricing Index 2026 (our independent dataset)— GLP Watchdog.
  2. 2.FDA — Compounding and the 503A Pharmacy Framework— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
  3. 3.FDA — Drug Shortages Database (current shortage listings)— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
  4. 4.FDA — Wegovy (semaglutide) Approval History via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
  5. 5.FDA — Zepbound (tirzepatide) Approval History via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
  6. 6.STEP 1 Trial — Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity (Wilding JPH et al.)— New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 33567185.
  7. 7.SURMOUNT-1 Trial — Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity (Jastreboff AM et al.)— New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 35658024.
  8. 8.SURMOUNT-5 Trial — Tirzepatide vs. Semaglutide Head-to-Head in Obesity (Garvey WT et al.)— New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 40334173.
  9. 9.KFF — Medicaid coverage research (anti-obesity & GLP-1 drug policy)— Kaiser Family Foundation.
  10. 10.CMS — Medicaid prescription drug coverage policy (state-by-state)— Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services.
  11. 11.IRS Publication 502 — Medical and Dental Expenses (HSA/FSA eligibility)— Internal Revenue Service.

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