Northern Colorado Medical Review
Semaglutide & tirzepatide GLP-1 weight-loss telehealth · Independently scored 7.2/10
Best for: Colorado adults who want a named local physician and a published per-fill price for compounded GLP-1s
Northern Colorado Medical scores highest on the clinical side (which drugs it prescribes and how it doses) and lowest on availability, and it serves one state. It charges from $185 a month; its compounded tirzepatide, at $219.99, is 18% below the $269 median among the sellers we compare.
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Prices checked November 2026
Northern Colorado Medical is a Fort Collins telehealth practice that treats adults in Colorado only, with a named Colorado-licensed family physician prescribing compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide. It publishes its full price list. A $180 first month covers the physician visit and starting semaglutide; after that semaglutide runs $185 to $280 and tirzepatide $219.99 to $359.99 per fill, with no membership and no automatic charges.
Is Northern Colorado Medical legit?
Yes. Northern Colorado Medical is a real, operating US company, and we found no FDA warning letters issued to it. We rate it 7.2/10 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 Northern Colorado Medical promo or coupon code?
Northern Colorado Medical has no coupon code to enter. New patients are currently quoted $180 for the first month, then $185 a month, and the discount applies on its own. Coupon sites advertising a "Northern Colorado Medical promo code" are not a source we can vouch for.
See how Northern Colorado Medical compares on our rankings of the best semaglutide providers and the best tirzepatide providers.
Vetted alternatives to Northern Colorado Medical
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Collective
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Bodybuilding Health+
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Northern Colorado Medical at a glance
- Type
- GLP-1 telehealth provider
- Medications
- Semaglutide, Tirzepatide
- Starting price
- $185/mo
- Pricing model
- Rises with the dose: higher doses cost more
- What's included
- Medication · Consult
- Availability
- 1 state
- FDA status
- No FDA warning letters found
How Northern Colorado Medical scores
Six columns, each one computed from something Northern Colorado Medical 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%
6.5/10$219.99/month is 18% below the $269 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare.
Effectiveness25%
10.0/10Dispenses semaglutide and tirzepatide, compounded only. Anchored to SURMOUNT-1 (tirzepatide, -20.9%) and STEP 1 (semaglutide, -14.9%).
User Experience15%
8.0/10A price is shown before the questionnaire starts.
Trust & Safety15%
7.5/10No pharmacy is named for 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%
5.5/10The price covers the medication and clinician visits.
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 Northern Colorado Medical
Last checked November 2026- Checked the listed price across 13 dose or plan tiers
- Checked state coverage: 1 state
- Checked what the monthly price covers, and what it leaves out
- Checked FDA warning letters for Northern Colorado Medical
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 Northern Colorado Medical 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.
- 1Northern Colorado Medical 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.
- 2Ask Northern Colorado Medical which pharmacy fills the prescription before you pay. The pharmacy's name is what lets you check its license.
- 3The monthly price includes the medication and clinician visits.
- Lowest ongoing monthly price: semaglutide $185, tirzepatide $219.99. That leaves out membership fees, first-month rates and insurance copays.
- Northern Colorado Medical serves 1 of 50 states, so check that yours is one of them.
- The medication is compounded, so it is not an FDA-approved product and has not been reviewed by the agency for safety, effectiveness or manufacturing quality.
Contacting Northern Colorado Medical
- Phone
- 970-557-1269
- Hours
- Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm MT; weekends by appointment
Cancelling Northern Colorado Medical
Taken from the terms Northern Colorado Medical publishes. Terms change, so check the current policy before you subscribe.
- Cancel any time
- Yes
- Minimum commitment
- None; "no memberships, annual fees, access fees or automatic recurring charges"
- Refund policy
- Not published by the seller
- Early-termination fee
- None
Medications Northern Colorado Medical lists
Northern Colorado Medical lists compounded semaglutide and compounded tirzepatide. 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.
Pricing
Prices re-verified
Pricing page: "1 mg total · Introductory fill* $180.00", "1 mg total · Continuing fill $185.00". The $180 introductory care includes the physician evaluation, the first month of compounded semaglutide 1 mg/1 mL, dosing supplies and cold-packed shipping.
Pricing page semaglutide table: "2 mg total $200.00". How many weeks a fill lasts depends on the prescribed weekly dose.
Pricing page semaglutide table: "4 mg total $215.00". How many weeks a fill lasts depends on the prescribed weekly dose.
Pricing page semaglutide table: "8 mg total $235.00". How many weeks a fill lasts depends on the prescribed weekly dose.
Pricing page semaglutide table: "10 mg total $245.00". How many weeks a fill lasts depends on the prescribed weekly dose.
Pricing page semaglutide table: "12.5 mg total $280.00". How many weeks a fill lasts depends on the prescribed weekly dose.
Pricing page tirzepatide table: "2.1–2.5 mg/week · 8.5–10 mg total** $219.99". Footnote: "Tirzepatide pricing is based on the prescribed dose, formulation and amount dispensed ... The exact price is confirmed before payment."
Pricing page tirzepatide table: "4.25–5 mg/week · 17–20 mg total** $229.99". Footnote: "Tirzepatide pricing is based on the prescribed dose, formulation and amount dispensed ... The exact price is confirmed before payment."
Pricing page tirzepatide table: "7.5 mg/week · 30 mg total** $279.99". Footnote: "Tirzepatide pricing is based on the prescribed dose, formulation and amount dispensed ... The exact price is confirmed before payment."
Pricing page tirzepatide table: "8.5 mg/week · 34 mg total** $289.99". Footnote: "Tirzepatide pricing is based on the prescribed dose, formulation and amount dispensed ... The exact price is confirmed before payment."
Pricing page tirzepatide table: "10 mg/week · 40 mg total** $309.99". Footnote: "Tirzepatide pricing is based on the prescribed dose, formulation and amount dispensed ... The exact price is confirmed before payment."
Pricing page tirzepatide table: "12.5–12.75 mg/week · 50–51 mg total** $339.99". Footnote: "Tirzepatide pricing is based on the prescribed dose, formulation and amount dispensed ... The exact price is confirmed before payment."
Pricing page tirzepatide table: "15–17 mg/week · 60–68 mg total** $359.99". Footnote: "Tirzepatide pricing is based on the prescribed dose, formulation and amount dispensed ... The exact price is confirmed before payment."
Check the price yourself before you pay
Every figure here comes from Northern Colorado Medical's own website, as of the date shown. Sellers move prices without announcing it, and promotional rates lapse, so confirm the standing cost on their site before committing.
In its favor
- Semaglutide costs $185 a month, close to the $199 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare
- Tirzepatide costs $219.99 a month, 18% below the $269 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 and clinician visits
- We found no FDA warning letters issued to Northern Colorado Medical
Against it
- Serves one state only, so check that it is yours
- 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
What Northern Colorado Medical charges
The figure Northern Colorado Medical leads with is $180, and it is a first-month rate. From month two the price is $185/month, which is the number to plan around. There is nothing wrong with an introductory offer; it just is not the price of staying on the medication.
- Compounded semaglutide (1 mg): $180 first month, then $185/month
- Compounded semaglutide (2 mg): $200/month
- Compounded semaglutide (4 mg): $215/month
- Compounded semaglutide (8 mg): $235/month
- Compounded semaglutide (10 mg): $245/month
- Compounded semaglutide (12.5 mg): $280/month
For compounded tirzepatide, the median across the sellers we compare is $269/month, so Northern Colorado Medical's $219.99 is genuinely below the middle, not just advertised that way. Before you pay, compare Northern Colorado Medical's cancellation terms with other sellers' cancellation and refund policies. For scale, the dearest tenth of compounded sellers charges about three times the cheapest tenth.
Bodybuilding Health+ dispenses semaglutide and tirzepatide from $179/month, which makes it the fair comparison to run before you commit here.
What Northern Colorado Medical dispenses
Northern Colorado Medical 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. What arrives is compounded at a licensed pharmacy, not an approved pen. That is the reason it costs less, and the reason the finished preparation carries no FDA review behind it. For what differs besides the price, see compounded semaglutide vs Ozempic and Wegovy.
Safety and disclosure
Northern Colorado Medical tells you its price before you start the medical questionnaire and the 1 states it serves. We found no FDA warning letters issued to Northern Colorado Medical. Because the medication is compounded, the most useful question to ask at intake is which licensed pharmacy fills the prescription. If Northern Colorado Medical will not tell you, treat that as a warning sign. Once you have the pharmacy's name, 503A vs 503B explains which regulator oversees it and how to check. How we weigh oversight, disclosure and price is set out in our scoring methodology.
Who should look elsewhere
- You would be choosing on the advertised figure. The introductory month is real, but it is not what you will pay in month three.
- You want the FDA-approved pen specifically. Everything listed here is compounded.
- You need insurance to cover the cost. Check whether Northern Colorado Medical bills your plan before you start.
It fits if
- the lowest standing monthly cost is what you are solving for
- you want a cheap way to find out whether the medication suits you before committing
Our read
Northern Colorado Medical is a cheap way to start and an ordinary way to continue. Use the $180 month for what it is good for, finding out whether the medication works for you, and re-run the numbers against $185/month before you let it renew twice.
The Bottom Line
Northern Colorado Medical scores highest on the clinical side (which drugs it prescribes and how it doses) and lowest on availability, and it serves one state. It charges from $185 a month; its compounded tirzepatide, at $219.99, is 18% below the $269 median among the sellers we compare.
Before you pay Northern Colorado Medical
Starting at $185 a month. Check today's price, then start the intake.
Where Northern Colorado Medical is the wrong choice
No seller suits every reader, and pretending otherwise is the easiest way to sell one. On these three counts, another seller does better.
- If you need the FDA-approved pen rather than a compounded vial, consider WellMedRx.
- If the standing monthly cost is what decides it, consider Collective (from $59/mo + membership).
- If you want a human checking in, not just a prescription, consider Eden.
If none of these fits, our guide to alternatives to Northern Colorado Medical sets more sellers in the same category beside Northern Colorado Medical on price, states and what the price includes.
Frequently Asked Questions
How to check Northern Colorado Medical yourself
- We Read FDA's Register of Compounding Facilities. 43 of 100 Have Never Been Inspected.
- 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: Colorado.
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 Northern Colorado Medical review: primary regulatory filings, and peer-reviewed studies.
Sources & methodology — as of November 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.
- 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.FDA — Wegovy (semaglutide) Approval History via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 8.FDA — Ozempic (semaglutide) Prescribing Information via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 9.SURMOUNT-1 Trial — Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity (Jastreboff AM et al.)— New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 35658024.
- 10.FDA — Zepbound (tirzepatide) Approval History via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 11.FDA — Mounjaro (tirzepatide) Prescribing Information via Drugs@FDA— U.S. Food & Drug Administration.
- 12.SURMOUNT-5 Trial — Tirzepatide vs. Semaglutide Head-to-Head in Obesity (Aronne LJ et al.)— New England Journal of Medicine.PMID: 40353578.
See Northern Colorado Medical's current pricing
Plans start at $180 a month. Whether you qualify is a clinician's decision, made after your intake.