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Transparent Meds Review
Semaglutide & tirzepatide GLP-1 weight-loss telehealth · Independently scored 7.8/10
Best for: compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide at one all-in monthly fee, with the pharmacy and prescribers named
7.8
★★★★☆7.8/10
Transparent Meds scores highest on the clinical side (which drugs it prescribes and how it doses) and lowest on price. Its compounded semaglutide costs $229 a month, 15% above the $199 median among the sellers we compare.
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$99promotional price
regular price $229/mo
Covered by the monthly price
Medication
In the price
Clinician visits
In the price
Shipping
In the price
Lab work
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Coaching
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Transparent Meds sells compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide injections at a flat monthly program fee, with medication, follow-ups and shipping included. Semaglutide lists at $229 a month and tirzepatide at $349, currently marked down to $99 and $199. Transparent Meds LLC of Delaware runs the platform; LocumTele clinicians prescribe and Rush Pharmacy compounds. It serves 45 states.
By Ruth Calder · Enforcement Editor
Editorially reviewed. Not medical advice · How we verify contentLast reviewed
GLP-1 from $229/moPrice shown up frontIncludes medication + consult45 statesPharmacy namedNo FDA warning letters found
Is Transparent Meds legit?
Yes. Transparent Meds is a real, operating US company, and we found no FDA warning letters issued to it. We rate it 7.8/10 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 Transparent Meds promo or coupon code?
Transparent Meds has no coupon code to enter. It currently shows a promotional price of $99 against a regular $229 a month, applied on its own. Coupon sites advertising a "Transparent Meds promo code" are not a source we can vouch for.
See how Transparent Meds compares on our rankings of the best semaglutide providers and the best tirzepatide providers.
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- Type
- GLP-1 telehealth provider
- Medications
- Semaglutide, Tirzepatide
- Starting price
- $229/mo
- What's included
- Medication · Consult · Shipping
- Availability
- 45 states
- FDA status
- No FDA warning letters found
How Transparent Meds scores
Six columns, each one computed from something Transparent Meds 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%
4.0/10$229/month is 15% above the $199 median for compounded semaglutide 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%
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%
9.2/10Serves 45 of 50 states.
Support10%
7.0/10The price covers the medication, clinician visits and shipping.
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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 Transparent Meds
Last checked October 2026- Checked the listed price across 2 dose or plan tiers
- Checked state coverage: 45 states
- 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 Transparent Meds
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 Transparent Meds 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.
- 1Transparent Meds 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.
- 2Rush Pharmacy fills the prescriptions, and Transparent Meds names it publicly, which most sellers do not.
- 3The monthly price includes the medication, clinician visits and shipping.
Price shown before you start
- Lowest ongoing monthly price: semaglutide $229, tirzepatide $349. That leaves out membership fees, first-month rates and insurance copays.
- Transparent Meds serves 45 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.
Cancelling Transparent Meds
Taken from the terms Transparent Meds publishes. Terms change, so check the current policy before you subscribe.
- Cancel any time
- Yes
- Minimum commitment
- None (monthly subscription)
- Refund policy
- Medication fees may be refunded if the provider declines to prescribe; no prorated refunds; shipped or prepared medication is non-refundable
- Early-termination fee
- None
Medications Transparent Meds lists
Transparent Meds 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.
Peptides Transparent Meds offers
Transparent Meds sells peptides beyond the GLP-1s. Tap one to read what the evidence says about it.
Pricing
Prices re-verified
All doses, billed monthlyCompounded
$229$99/mo
Save 57% right nowsemaglutide
Compounded semaglutide weekly injection with syringes and cold-pack shipping. $229 shown struck through at $99/mo; the site does not say how long the $99 lasts.
All doses, billed monthlyCompounded
$349$199/mo
Save 43% right nowtirzepatide
Compounded tirzepatide weekly injection with syringes and cold-pack shipping. $349 shown struck through at $199/mo; the site does not say how long the $199 lasts.
Check the price yourself before you pay
Every figure here comes from Transparent Meds'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.
Transparent Meds compounding-pharmacy partners
Transparent Meds 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 the medication, clinician visits and shipping
- Serves 45 states
- Names Rush Pharmacy as the pharmacy that fills its prescriptions, which most sellers do not
- We found no FDA warning letters issued to Transparent Meds
Against it
- Semaglutide costs $229 a month, 15% above the $199 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare
- Tirzepatide costs $349 a month, 30% above the $269 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare
- 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 Transparent Meds charges
$99 is a promotional price at Transparent Meds; the regular price is $229/month. Budget with the regular one unless the offer's terms say the lower price stays.
- Compounded semaglutide: $99 promotional price, regular $229/month
- Compounded tirzepatide: $199 promotional price, regular $349/month
For compounded semaglutide, the median across the sellers we compare is $199/month, so Transparent Meds' $229 is a premium, and a premium has to buy something. Plan the year on the regular price, not the promotional one. Before you pay, compare Transparent Meds' cancellation terms with other sellers' cancellation and refund policies. For scale, the dearest tenth of compounded sellers charges about three times the cheapest tenth.
Belle Health dispenses semaglutide and tirzepatide from $199/month, which makes it the fair comparison to run before you commit here.
What Transparent Meds dispenses
Transparent Meds prescribes semaglutide (approved as Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (approved as Zepbound and Mounjaro). Between them these are the two best-evidenced weight-loss molecules currently on the market. The medication is compounded rather than dispensed as an approved pen. Compounding serves real clinical needs and is entirely lawful; what it is not is reviewed, and the cost difference reflects that. For what differs besides the price, see compounded semaglutide vs Ozempic and Wegovy.
Safety and disclosure
Transparent Meds tells you its price before you start the medical questionnaire, the 45 states it serves, and the pharmacy that fills its prescriptions. We found no FDA warning letters issued to Transparent Meds. Because the medication is compounded, the named pharmacy is the detail that matters most: its license is the one you can look up. The FDA publishes seven warning signs for telehealth medicine sellers, and they take a minute to run against Transparent Meds. How we weigh oversight, disclosure and price is set out in our scoring methodology.
Transparent Meds also sells NAD+, and a 2026 systematic review found no outcomes trials of injected NAD+ for anti-aging or wellness.
Who should look elsewhere
- You care most about the twelve-month total, not the first bill. A flat-rate seller such as Collective will usually win that math.
- You would be choosing on the advertised figure. The promotional price is real, but it is not the regular price.
- You want the FDA-approved pen specifically. Everything listed here is compounded.
- You need insurance to cover the cost. Check whether Transparent Meds bills your plan before you start.
It fits if
- you want a cheap way to find out whether the medication suits you before committing
Our read
Transparent Meds is cheaper on its $99 promotional price than at its regular $229/month. Compare sellers at the regular price, and count the promotion as a bonus for as long as it holds. Wellorithm is the nearest comparison we review, and worth reading alongside this.
The Bottom Line
Transparent Meds scores highest on the clinical side (which drugs it prescribes and how it doses) and lowest on price. Its compounded semaglutide costs $229 a month, 15% above the $199 median among the sellers we compare.
Score: 7.8/10Best for: compounded semaglutide or tirzepatide at one all-in monthly fee, with the pharmacy and prescribers namedFrom: $229/mo
Before you pay Transparent Meds
Starting at $229 a month. Check today's price, then start the intake.
Where Transparent Meds 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 Transparent Meds sets more sellers in the same category beside Transparent Meds on price, states and what the price includes.
Frequently Asked Questions
Transparent Meds sells compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide injections at a flat monthly program fee, with medication, follow-ups and shipping included. Semaglutide lists at $229 a month and tirzepatide at $349, currently marked down to $99 and $199. Transparent Meds LLC of Delaware runs the platform; LocumTele clinicians prescribe and Rush Pharmacy compounds. It serves 45 states. We rate it 7.8/10 overall.
The standing rate at Transparent Meds is $229 a month. The $99 figure is a promotional price, not the regular price. Cost also moves with the medication and the dose, so read the row in the pricing table above that matches yours.
Transparent Meds names 45 states. Check that yours is on the list before you go any further.
Transparent Meds lists compounded semaglutide and compounded tirzepatide.
Transparent Meds lists compounded GLP-1s only. A licensed compounding pharmacy prepares them: same active ingredient as the brand drug, lower cash price, and no FDA approval of the finished product. That last part is the one readers underestimate, and the review above says why.
Check whether Transparent Meds bills your insurance before you sign up. Compounded GLP-1s are rarely covered by insurance, so plan on paying the listed cash price.
Transparent Meds says the price covers medication, the clinician visit and shipping. 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. There is currently a promotional price of $99. Transparent Meds runs that whole sequence on its own site.
We found no FDA warning letters issued to Transparent Meds. Before you buy, weigh these: Semaglutide costs $229 a month, 15% above the $199 median for compounded semaglutide across the sellers we compare. Tirzepatide costs $349 a month, 30% above the $269 median for compounded tirzepatide across the sellers we compare. 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. None of them rules Transparent Meds out, but each is worth settling before you pay.
Other sellers we cover include Wellorithm, RxSpan MD, and Direct Meds. 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 Transparent Meds yourself
- How to Verify an Online GLP-1 Pharmacy: Six Public Checks
- We Read FDA's Register of Compounding Facilities. 43 of 100 Have Never Been Inspected.
- Buying Tirzepatide as a Research Chemical: What "Research Use Only" Really Means
Every seller that ships to your state, side by side: Connecticut, Montana, Nevada, South Carolina, Texas, Utah, Wisconsin, 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 Transparent Meds 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.
- 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.
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