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JumpstartMD Review
GLP-1 weight-loss telehealth · Independently scored 5.4/10
Best for: Californians who want in-person or online clinician visits with coaching built in
5.4
★★★☆☆5.4/10
JumpstartMD scores highest on disclosure and lowest on availability, and it serves one state.
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Covered by the plan
Medication
Charged on top
Clinician visits
Not stated
Shipping
Not stated
Lab work
Not stated
Coaching
In the price
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JumpstartMD is a California-only, physician-led weight-loss practice with 14 clinics from the Bay Area to Southern California and online visits statewide. It prescribes brand Wegovy, oral Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound and Mounjaro, or compounded options filled by PerfectRx. An assessment with labs is $79 (normally $379), then the membership is $99 a month online or $199 in clinic, with coaching included and medication billed separately.
By Ruth Calder · Enforcement Editor
Editorially reviewed. Not medical advice · How we verify contentLast reviewed
Price shown up front1 statePharmacy namedNo FDA warning letters found
Is JumpstartMD legit?
Yes. JumpstartMD is a real, operating US company, and we found no FDA warning letters issued to it. We rate it 5.4/10 overall, across six areas from price to trust and safety. Legitimate is not the same as right for you, though: that part is a decision for you and a licensed clinician.
Is there a JumpstartMD promo or coupon code?
JumpstartMD has no code to type in. The current offer: 'Get started for $99 ($379) for a limited time only!' — intro/first-visit offer discounted from the standard $379. It applies at checkout on its own. Coupon sites advertising a "JumpstartMD promo code" are not a source we can vouch for.
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- Type
- GLP-1 telehealth provider
- Medications
- Semaglutide, Tirzepatide
- What's included
- Coaching
- Availability
- 1 state
- FDA status
- No FDA warning letters found
How JumpstartMD scores
Six columns, each one computed from something JumpstartMD has published rather than from an opinion we formed: what it charges, which molecules it will dispense, what its record shows, and what the monthly figure actually buys. Where a seller keeps something back, such as its price or its pharmacy, the score reflects it. Every seller we review goes through the same six columns.
Value25%
3.0/10There is no monthly price to compare, so Value is capped rather than scored against other sellers.
Effectiveness25%
5.0/10No medication list or price is available to score, so this is held at the midpoint. It is not a judgment on the drugs themselves.
User Experience15%
8.0/10A price is shown before the questionnaire starts.
Trust & Safety15%
10.0/10It names the pharmacy that fills its prescriptions. It shows a price before asking for health information. It lists the states it serves.
Accessibility10%
2.2/10Serves 1 of 50 states.
Support10%
5.0/10No published price, so what a price would include cannot be assessed. Held at the midpoint.
6weighted dimensions
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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 →
What we checked on JumpstartMD
Last checked October 2026- Checked state coverage: 1 state
- Checked what the monthly price covers, and what it leaves out
- Recorded which pharmacies the seller names as filling its prescriptions, with the page and date
- Checked FDA warning letters for JumpstartMD
Price, availability, and compliance here are read off the seller's own pages and off primary regulatory records, named in the sources below.
What signing up with JumpstartMD involves
What to expect on the way to a prescription: where the price appears, who fills the medication, and what the monthly price covers. It is not medical advice, and a clinician makes the prescribing decision.
- 1JumpstartMD shows a price on its own site before asking anything about you, so you can compare it with other sellers before you start a questionnaire.
- 2PerfectRx fills the prescriptions, and JumpstartMD names it publicly, which most sellers do not.
- 3The monthly price includes coaching.
Price shown before you start
- Before you commit, get the ongoing monthly price of the medication itself, not a first-month rate, a membership fee or a per-vial price.
- JumpstartMD serves 1 of 50 states, so check that yours is one of them.
Contacting JumpstartMD
- Phone
- 408.478.3496
Medications JumpstartMD lists
JumpstartMD lists Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound, Mounjaro, Rybelsus, Foundayo, Saxenda, Trulicity and GLP-1 medication it does not name publicly. Each one has its own guide: how it works, the dosing schedule, the side effects that show up in practice, and what the trials measured.
JumpstartMD compounding-pharmacy partners
JumpstartMD names each pharmacy below as one that compounds or fills its prescriptions, in its own site, terms or filings. The quote under each one is the seller’s own wording.
In its favor
- Shows its price before the medical questionnaire, so you can compare it without handing over health information
- The monthly price includes coaching
- Names PerfectRx as the pharmacy that fills its prescriptions, which most sellers do not
- We found no FDA warning letters issued to JumpstartMD
Against it
- Not included in the monthly price: medication
- Serves one state only, so check that it is yours
What JumpstartMD charges
There is no standard monthly price to quote for JumpstartMD, so you cannot compare it with other sellers until you have been through an intake and received a quote. When you get one, ask for the ongoing monthly figure and what it includes, not the first-month rate and not a program total divided by its length. JumpstartMD is not alone in this: about a fifth of GLP-1 sellers publish no price at all.
What JumpstartMD dispenses
JumpstartMD prescribes semaglutide (approved as Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (approved as Zepbound and Mounjaro). Between them these are the two molecules with the largest published weight-loss trial programs behind them.
Safety and disclosure
JumpstartMD tells you its price before you start the medical questionnaire, the 1 states it serves, and the pharmacy that fills its prescriptions. It also offers coaching as part of the plan. We found no FDA warning letters issued to JumpstartMD. The FDA's warning signs for online medicine sellers are a quick check to run on any seller before you pay. How we weigh oversight, disclosure and price is set out in our scoring methodology.
Who should look elsewhere
- You want to compare prices before spending time on an intake. There is no standard monthly price to compare.
- You need insurance to cover the cost. Check whether JumpstartMD bills your plan before you start.
It fits if
- you want coaching bundled in rather than billed on top
Our read
Whether JumpstartMD is priced well is impossible to judge before an intake, because there is no standard price to compare. That does not rule it out, and plenty of legitimate sellers quote after intake, but it puts the comparison after you have spent the time, which is the wrong order for you as the buyer. WellMedRx is the nearest comparison we review, and worth reading alongside this.
The Bottom Line
JumpstartMD scores highest on disclosure and lowest on availability, and it serves one state.
Score: 5.4/10Best for: Californians who want in-person or online clinician visits with coaching built in
Before you pay JumpstartMD
Check today's price, then start the intake.
If you are weighing other sellers, our guide to alternatives to JumpstartMD sets more sellers in the same category beside JumpstartMD on price, states and what the price includes.
Frequently Asked Questions
JumpstartMD is a California-only, physician-led weight-loss practice with 14 clinics from the Bay Area to Southern California and online visits statewide. It prescribes brand Wegovy, oral Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound and Mounjaro, or compounded options filled by PerfectRx. An assessment with labs is $79 (normally $379), then the membership is $99 a month online or $199 in clinic, with coaching included and medication billed separately. We rate it 5.4/10 overall.
There is no standard monthly cash price to quote for JumpstartMD, so you cannot compare it with other sellers until you have been through its intake. If you go ahead, ask for the ongoing monthly rate, not just the first month.
JumpstartMD names 1 state. Check that yours is on the list before you go any further.
JumpstartMD lists Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound, Mounjaro, Rybelsus, Foundayo, Saxenda, Trulicity and GLP-1 medication it does not name publicly.
Check whether JumpstartMD bills your insurance before you sign up.
JumpstartMD says the price covers coaching. The strip near the top of this review shows what is included and what is not.
You fill in an online intake, a licensed clinician decides whether a GLP-1 is appropriate, and if the answer is yes the medication ships to you. JumpstartMD runs that whole sequence on its own site.
We found no FDA warning letters issued to JumpstartMD. Before you buy, weigh these: Not included in the monthly price: medication. Serves one state only, so check that it is yours. None of them rules JumpstartMD out, but each is worth settling before you pay.
Other sellers we cover include Embody, SnagRx, and Collective. Which one fits depends on the medication, the monthly price you can sustain and whether it ships to your state, so compare those three facts before you switch.
How to check JumpstartMD yourself
- How to Read a Peptide Certificate of Analysis (and What It Cannot Prove)
- Is Ozempic Available Over the Counter? No GLP-1 Is, and What Is Sold Instead
- FDA Warning Letters to Peptide Sellers: What FDA Has Cited, 2023 to 2026
Every seller that ships to your state, side by side: California.
Glossary
The words sellers use, defined. Tap any term.
- Semaglutide · Drugs and brands
- Tirzepatide · Drugs and brands
- Compounded GLP-1 · Pharmacy and drug forms
- 503A pharmacy · Pharmacy and drug forms
- PCAB accreditation · Pharmacy and drug forms
- Prior authorization (PA) · Insurance and regulatory
- Off-label use · Insurance and regulatory
- FDA Drug Shortage List · Insurance and regulatory
Sources
Cited across this JumpstartMD review: primary regulatory filings, and peer-reviewed studies.
Sources & methodology — as of October 2026
- 1.GLP Watchdog — GLP-1 Pricing Index 2026 (our independent dataset)— GLP Watchdog.
- 2.FDA — Compounding and the 503A Pharmacy Framework— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 3.FDA — Drug Shortages Database (current shortage listings)— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 4.PCAB — Pharmacy Compounding Accreditation Board Standards— Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) / PCAB.
- 5.KFF — Medicaid coverage research (anti-obesity & GLP-1 drug policy)— Kaiser Family Foundation.
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