Live Vital vs Luma Health Co
Live Vital costs $21 less a month, and both sell semaglutide, tirzepatide and retatrutide.
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Live Vital
Best for: semaglutide at $99/month, 48% below the typical price
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Luma Health Co
Best for: semaglutide at $120/month, 37% below the typical price
Visit Luma Health Co →If you are choosing between Live Vital and Luma Health Co, the first difference is cost: Live Vital is $21 a month cheaper at the entry price. Both prescribe semaglutide, tirzepatide and retatrutide, so moving from one to the other would not change your drug. Live Vital leads our six-part score, 9.0 to 7.9.
Live Vital vs Luma Health Co price
Live Vital is the cheaper way in: $99 a month against $120 a month at Luma Health Co. That is $21 less each month (18% lower), or about $252 over a year of treatment.
Drug by drug: Semaglutide is cheaper at Live Vital ($99 a month vs $120 a month); tirzepatide is cheaper at Luma Health Co ($180 a month vs $183 a month); retatrutide is cheaper at Luma Health Co ($170 a month vs $299 a month).
Medications and formats
Both sell semaglutide, tirzepatide and retatrutide.
On format they match: each offers compounded injections.
Where each one treats patients
Live Vital lists 50 states, and Luma Health Co lists 30 states.
They overlap in 29 states. Live Vital alone covers 21 states, including Alaska, Alabama, Arkansas and California. Luma Health Co alone covers District of Columbia.
Pricing
Live Vital
3 month program ($299 total); page live at direct URL but DE-LISTED from the public /treatments catalog, nav, footer, and sitemap
3 month program ($549 total); page live at direct URL but DE-LISTED from the public /treatments catalog, nav, footer, and sitemap
NEW since our last check; 'Exclusive', prescribed off-label; 'not FDA-approved for weight management and remains in Phase 3 clinical trials'; listed on robots-disallowed /partner-treatments and direct URL only
Luma Health Co
Starting price; dose-dependent. Billed separately from a one-time initial consult fee, with no monthly subscription or membership.
Starting price; dose-dependent.
Marketed on-site as "RTT (GLP-3)"; retatrutide is an investigational triple agonist that is not FDA-approved.
What each price covers
Both prices cover the medication itself.
Live Vital's price also covers the clinician visit and shipping, which Luma Health Co does not claim.
Live Vital is silent on lab work and coaching.
Luma Health Co is silent on the clinician visit, shipping, lab work and coaching.
Live Vital
Covered by the monthly price
Medication
In the price
Clinician visits
In the price
Shipping
In the price
Lab work
Not stated
Coaching
Not stated
Luma Health Co
Covered by the monthly price
Medication
In the price
Clinician visits
Not stated
Shipping
Not stated
Lab work
Not stated
Coaching
Not stated
Where each one scores higher
Overall, Live Vital scores 9.0 and Luma Health Co 7.9 out of 10.
Live Vital is stronger on value (9.5 vs 8.1), user experience (8.0 vs 7.0), trust & safety (8.5 vs 7.5), accessibility (10.0 vs 6.8) and support (7.0 vs 5.0).
Effectiveness is within half a point.
Live Vital
9.0/10
Luma Health Co
7.9/10
Value25%
Effectiveness25%
User Experience15%
Trust & Safety15%
Accessibility10%
Support10%
FDA warning letters
Neither Live Vital nor Luma Health Co has an FDA warning letter on record with us.
Features & Coverage
| Feature | Live Vital | Luma Health Co |
|---|---|---|
| Starting Price | ✓$99/mo | $120/mo |
| Features | 7 features | ✓8 features |
| States Available | ✓50 | 30 |
| Compounded | ✓ Yes | ✓ Yes |
| Brand Name | — | — |
| FSA/HSA Accepted | — | — |
| FDA Warning Letters | None | None |
About Live Vital
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.
Read our full Live Vital review →About Luma Health Co
Retatrutide, which the site markets as RTT (GLP-3), starts at $170/mo, with compounded semaglutide from $120/mo and tirzepatide from $180/mo. Membership and subscriptions do not exist here; a one-time consult fee, waived for nurses, teachers and first responders, is billed apart from the drug, and follow-ups cost nothing. Tiffani McKnight, FNP-C founded this virtual clinic, where a nurse practitioner leads care by video with labs reviewed. Financing and HSA/FSA are taken, insurance is not, and the reach is DC and 30 states.
Read our full Luma Health Co review →Pros & Cons
Live Vital
What we like
- 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
Watch-outs
- 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
Luma Health Co
What we like
- Semaglutide costs $120 a month, 35% below the $185 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare
- Tirzepatide costs $180 a month, 28% 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
- We found no FDA warning letters issued to Luma Health Co
- A live video visit with a clinician is required before a prescription, which is slower than a form and is the more careful intake
- Baseline bloodwork is required before a prescription
Watch-outs
- Serves only 30 states, so check that yours is one of them
- 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
Our Verdict
Live Vital wins this one, 9.0 to 7.9, above all for semaglutide at $99/month, 48% below the typical price. It also costs $21 less each month than Luma Health Co. Luma Health Co fits better if semaglutide at $120/month, 37% below the typical price is your priority.
Choose Live Vital if…
You want semaglutide at $99/month, 48% below the typical price and an opening price near $99 a month.
Choose Luma Health Co if…
You want semaglutide at $120/month, 37% below the typical price and an opening price near $120 a month.
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