MDLive Review
GLP-1 weight-loss telehealth · Independently scored 4.6/10
Best for: insured patients whose plan includes MDLIVE primary care and covers brand-name GLP-1s
MDLive falls below our bar on disclosure. Read the breakdown below before you give it money.
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Covered by the plan
Medication
Charged on top
Clinician visits
Not stated
Shipping
Not stated
Lab work
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Coaching
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Prices checked October 2026
MDLIVE, an Evernorth company, is an insurance-billed telehealth service with no published cash price for weight-loss care. Brand-name anti-obesity drugs such as Wegovy and Zepbound are prescribed only at a Primary Care routine visit, at the doctor's discretion, and Primary Care is open only through select health insurance plans. They are not prescribed in Florida, Louisiana, Mississippi or New Jersey. It says more than 50 million people have it as an insurance benefit.
Is MDLive legit?
Yes. MDLive is a real, operating US company, and we found no FDA warning letters issued to it. We rate it 4.6/10 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 MDLive promo or coupon code?
We know of no promo or coupon code for MDLive. Coupon sites advertising "MDLive discount codes" are not a source we can vouch for, and any genuine offer shows at checkout without a code.
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MDLive at a glance
- Type
- GLP-1 telehealth provider
- Medications
- Wegovy, Zepbound
- Availability
- 46 states
- FDA status
- No FDA warning letters found
How MDLive scores
Six columns, each one computed from something MDLive 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%
3.0/10No price appears until the medical intake is finished.
Trust & Safety15%
5.0/10No pharmacy is named for its prescriptions. Its price appears only after the medical intake. It lists the states it serves.
Accessibility10%
9.4/10Serves 46 of 50 states.
Support10%
5.0/10No published price, so what a price would include cannot be assessed. Held at the midpoint.
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 MDLive
Last checked October 2026- Checked state coverage: 46 states
- Checked what the monthly price covers, and what it leaves out
- Checked FDA warning letters for MDLive
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 MDLive 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.
- 1MDLive shows a price only after you finish its medical questionnaire, so you cannot compare costs until you have shared health information.
- 2Ask MDLive which pharmacy fills the prescription before you pay. The pharmacy's name is what lets you check its license.
- 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.
- MDLive serves 46 of 50 states, so check that yours is one of them.
Contacting MDLive
- Phone
- 1.800.400.6354
- Hours
- 24/7/365
Medications MDLive lists
MDLive lists Wegovy, Zepbound, Saxenda and Contrave. 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.
In its favor
- Serves 46 states
- We found no FDA warning letters issued to MDLive
Against it
- You only see a price after finishing the medical intake, so you cannot compare costs before sharing health information
- Not included in the monthly price: medication
- Ask which pharmacy fills the prescription before you pay, so you can check its license
What MDLive charges
There is no standard monthly price to quote for MDLive, 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. MDLive is not alone in this: about a fifth of GLP-1 sellers publish no price at all.
What MDLive dispenses
MDLive prescribes semaglutide (approved as Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (approved as Zepbound and Mounjaro). Between them these are the pair carrying the strongest published outcome data.
Safety and disclosure
MDLive tells you the 46 states it serves. We found no FDA warning letters issued to MDLive. 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 MDLive bills your plan before you start.
Our read
Whether MDLive 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
MDLive falls below our bar on disclosure. Read the breakdown below before you give it money.
Before you pay MDLive
Check today's price, then start the intake.
If you are weighing other sellers, our guide to alternatives to MDLive sets more sellers in the same category beside MDLive on price, states and what the price includes.
Frequently Asked Questions
How to check MDLive yourself
- Buying Tirzepatide as a Research Chemical: What "Research Use Only" Really Means
- How to Get a GLP-1 Prescription
- FDA Warning Letters to Peptide Sellers: What FDA Has Cited, 2023 to 2026
Every seller that ships to your state, side by side: Arizona, Kentucky, Nevada, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Washington, Wyoming and every other state.
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 MDLive 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.
See MDLive's current pricing
Whether you qualify is a clinician's decision, made after your intake.