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Weight loss, online care

Starting at $149/month · free doctor consultation included

Hims calls it $39. Your GLP-1 is extra.

Ro and LifeMD do it too. The cheap first month covers the program, not the medication. BetterBuy Rx publishes the treatment price before you book.

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Provider approval required. A licensed provider reviews every request and prescribes only when clinically appropriate, we never sell prescription medication directly.

Compounded medications are not FDA-approved

Compounded medications, including compounded semaglutide and compounded tirzepatide, are not FDA-approved as compounded products. The FDA does not review compounded drugs for safety, effectiveness, or quality before they are marketed. A licensed provider will determine whether a compounded or brand-name medication is appropriate for you.

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Every price below is the whole monthly price: provider visit, medication, and shipping. Zero pricing games.

Wegovy and Ozempic semaglutide injection pens
Most popular

Semaglutide injection

From $149/mo

Compounded semaglutide

Weekly pen. $149 at 0.5 mg, $149 at 0.75 mg and 1 mg+.

What the price covers
You pay
$149/mo

Covers the provider visit and your medication for the period, prescribed only if a licensed provider decides it is appropriate for you.

The price you see here is the price at booking. No membership fee is required, and a free call with the care team is always available first if you want help choosing.

Free doctor consultation included · no membership required

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Mounjaro and Zepbound tirzepatide injection pens
Strongest results

Tirzepatide injection

From $299/mo

Compounded tirzepatide

Weekly dual-agonist pen, $299 to $299 by dose.

What the price covers
You pay
$299/mo

Covers the provider visit and your medication for the period, prescribed only if a licensed provider decides it is appropriate for you.

The price you see here is the price at booking. No membership fee is required, and a free call with the care team is always available first if you want help choosing.

Free doctor consultation included · no membership required

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Semaglutide tablet with the manufacturer imprint
No needles

Semaglutide tablet

From $149/mo

Compounded semaglutide, oral

Daily tablet, no needles anywhere in the plan.

What the price covers
You pay
$149/mo

Covers the provider visit and your medication for the period, prescribed only if a licensed provider decides it is appropriate for you.

The price you see here is the price at booking. No membership fee is required, and a free call with the care team is always available first if you want help choosing.

Free doctor consultation included · no membership required

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Zepbound tirzepatide single-dose vial

Tirzepatide tablet

From $299/mo

Compounded tirzepatide, oral

The dual agonist as a daily tablet instead of a weekly pen.

What the price covers
You pay
$299/mo

Covers the provider visit and your medication for the period, prescribed only if a licensed provider decides it is appropriate for you.

The price you see here is the price at booking. No membership fee is required, and a free call with the care team is always available first if you want help choosing.

Free doctor consultation included · no membership required

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Metformin prescription tablet bottle
Lowest cost

Metformin

$99/mo

Generic metformin

Generic starting point. Not a GLP-1, so expect more modest results.

What the price covers
You pay
$99/mo

Covers the provider visit and your medication for the period, prescribed only if a licensed provider decides it is appropriate for you.

The price you see here is the price at booking. No membership fee is required, and a free call with the care team is always available first if you want help choosing.

Free doctor consultation included · no membership required

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Wegovy semaglutide injection penZepbound tirzepatide KwikPenOzempic semaglutide injection pen
Brand-name

Brand-name GLP-1s

$75/mo membership

Wegovy®, Ozempic®, Zepbound®

FDA-approved brands through your insurance or a manufacturer program. Medication billed separately by your pharmacy or plan; we add nothing to it.

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A licensed provider reviews your health history and decides which medication, if any, is appropriate. Dose tiers for tirzepatide: $299 (5 mg) · $299 (7.5 mg) · $299 (10 mg+) · oral $299. Medication photos show FDA-approved brand-name products or generic pharmacy packaging for illustration, the same convention your care portal uses. Compounded plans are prepared by licensed U.S. partner pharmacies and are not the branded products shown. The FDA-approved badge applies only to the brand-name membership.

How would you like to lose weight?

Pick what matters most. The matching plan shows up with its whole price, nothing hidden.

Your match

Semaglutide tablet

From $149/mo

A daily tablet gets semaglutide into the plan without a single injection.

A licensed provider reviews your health history and makes the final call.

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How it works

Three steps. The price never moves between them.

  1. 01

    Start online, or talk first

    Begin the online visit, or book a free call with the care team if you have questions. Every price is published before anything is charged.

  2. 02

    A provider reviews

    A licensed provider in your state reviews your health history and medications, and prescribes only when clinically appropriate.

  3. 03

    Your plan ships

    Medication ships free from a licensed U.S. pharmacy at the published price, locked at booking. Refills and dose changes stay at the published price too.

One published price per plan. That is the whole deal.

$149
all-in monthly
3
dose tiers, each published
$0
added at checkout

The published price covers the provider visit, the medication for the month, and shipping. The booking link carries the price with it, so the number on this page is the number you are charged.

What the price covers
You pay
$149/mo

Covers the provider visit and your medication for the period, prescribed only if a licensed provider decides it is appropriate for you.

The price you see here is the price at booking. No membership fee is required, and a free call with the care team is always available first if you want help choosing.

The whole price list, every service, every price: lives here →

Sometimes packages save money. Sometimes they don't. We do the math either way.

Semaglutide

vs paying $149/mo (1 mg+ / week)

  • 3-month package

    costs $352 MORE than paying monthly, skip it

    $799

  • 6-month package

    costs $655 MORE than paying monthly, skip it

    $1,549

Tirzepatide

vs paying $299/mo (10 mg+ / week)

  • 3-month package

    costs $228 MORE than paying monthly, skip it

    $1,125

  • 6-month package

    costs $405 MORE than paying monthly, skip it

    $2,199

These package prices are set with our medical partner. Where a package costs more than paying month to month, we say so and recommend monthly. Savings shown are computed against the highest-tier monthly price; at lower semaglutide doses, monthly always wins.

Prefer brand-name?

Branded GLP-1 care, $75/mo not $149.

Want brand-name Wegovy®, Ozempic®, or Zepbound® through your insurance or a manufacturer program? We run the provider visits, prescriptions, and refill management for $75/mo. The medication itself is billed separately by your pharmacy or plan, we add nothing to it. Compare that to the $149/mo memberships elsewhere.

$75/mo
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The brand names, on the record

Know the FDA-approved medications behind the category.

These are the FDA-approved branded medications in this class. Each card links to the official FDA prescribing information, so you can read the source, not our summary of it.

Wegovy®

Novo Nordisk

Semaglutide injection, FDA-approved for chronic weight management in adults with obesity, or overweight with at least one weight-related condition, alongside diet and exercise.

FDA prescribing information

Zepbound®

Eli Lilly

Tirzepatide injection, FDA-approved for chronic weight management in adults with obesity, or overweight with a weight-related condition, alongside diet and exercise.

FDA prescribing information

Ozempic®

Novo Nordisk

Semaglutide injection, FDA-approved to improve blood sugar control in adults with type 2 diabetes. Use for weight loss alone is off-label.

FDA prescribing information

Rybelsus®

Novo Nordisk

Oral semaglutide tablet, FDA-approved to improve blood sugar control in adults with type 2 diabetes. Use for weight loss alone is off-label.

FDA prescribing information

Ozempic®, Wegovy®, and Rybelsus® are registered trademarks of Novo Nordisk A/S. Zepbound® and Mounjaro® are registered trademarks of Eli Lilly and Company. All brand names are trademarks of their respective owners, are used for informational and comparative purposes only, and their owners are not affiliated with, and do not endorse or sponsor, BetterBuy Rx.

Online care, compared

One published price. Not a membership plus a bill.

hims and Ro charge a monthly weight loss membership that does not include medication. With BetterBuy Rx there is no membership fee: one published price covers the visit and the medication, and the price you see is the price charged at booking.

Semaglutide $149/mo all-in · visit, medication and shipping included

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Monthly membership fee
$0 · membership is free
$39 first month, then $149/mo
$39 first month, then $149/mo
Medication included in the price you see
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The price you see is the price charged at booking
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Online visit with a licensed provider
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Medication shipped to your door
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At $149/mo, a year of membership is $1,788 before any medication. With BetterBuy Rx, membership is $0 and the price you see is the whole price: visit + medication in one published price, locked at booking.

Nobody can guarantee you a prescription, including us. A licensed provider reviews every visit and prescribes only when it is clinically appropriate.

hims and Ro figures are pricing published by the companies as of August 2026 and may change. On both memberships, medication is billed separately on top of the fee shown. A dash means the feature is not part of the company's published offer. A dot means the cited page does not state it either way. Sources: hims.com/weight-loss · ro.co/weight-loss/pricing.

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The science

Why GLP-1s work when willpower alone doesn't.

GLP-1 medications mimic a gut hormone that slows stomach emptying and signals fullness to your brain, turning down the biological noise of appetite rather than asking you to out-discipline it.

  • In the STEP 1 trial, adults on weekly semaglutide 2.4 mg lost a mean 14.9% of body weight over 68 weeks vs 2.4% on placebo, alongside lifestyle intervention (Wilding et al., NEJM 2021).¹
  • In SURMOUNT-1, adults on weekly tirzepatide 15 mg lost up to 20.9% of body weight over 72 weeks vs 3.1% on placebo (Jastreboff et al., NEJM 2022).²

¹ Wilding JPH et al. Once-Weekly Semaglutide in Adults with Overweight or Obesity. N Engl J Med 2021;384:989-1002.

² Jastreboff AM et al. Tirzepatide Once Weekly for the Treatment of Obesity. N Engl J Med 2022;387:205-216.

Trial results reflect brand-name medication at the doses studied, taken with diet and exercise support. Individual results vary, and compounded formulations have not been separately studied in these trials.

Results vary. Clinical trial results apply only to the FDA-approved branded medication specifically identified and do not apply to compounded medications. All medications must be prescribed by a licensed provider based on medical necessity.

Appetite signal, quieted

420 points of noise settling into a downward curve, the direction the trials point when the biology gets help.

The dose journey

Your dose moves. Your price doesn't.

  1. 0.5 mg / week

    Start low

    Most providers begin semaglutide at 0.5 mg weekly (after any initial micro-titration) so your body can adjust and side effects stay manageable.

  2. 0.75 mg / week

    Step up

    If you're tolerating it well, your provider steps the dose up. Appetite quiets further. At most competitors, this is where the bill jumps.

  3. 1 mg+ / week

    Reach your working dose

    The dose where results compound. Trials ran semaglutide to 2.4 mg weekly, your provider finds the level that's right for you.

  4. Maintenance

    Stay there · published price

    0.5 mg is $149/mo. 0.75 mg and 1 mg+ are $149/mo. The dose is a clinical decision; the price is published before you book.

Read this part

GLP-1s are serious medicine. Treat them that way.

Common side effects

Nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, constipation, and stomach discomfort, most often during dose increases, usually easing as your body adjusts. Your provider titrates slowly for exactly this reason.

Serious risks

Rare but real: pancreatitis, gallbladder disease, and severe hypoglycemia when combined with insulin or sulfonylureas. Semaglutide and tirzepatide carry a boxed warning for thyroid C-cell tumors seen in rodent studies, don't use them with a personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma or MEN 2.

Who shouldn't take them

People who are pregnant, planning pregnancy, or breastfeeding; anyone with the thyroid history above; and anyone already on another GLP-1. Tell your provider every medication you take, that's what the visit is for.

Full, treatment-by-treatment safety information: including FDA label sources, is here. If you experience severe abdominal pain, vision changes, or signs of an allergic reaction, seek medical care immediately.

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Doctor-reviewed, always

A provider decides. Never a sales page.

Board-certified providers licensed in your state review every request, your health history, your medications, your goals. If a GLP-1 isn't appropriate for you, they'll say so and talk through what is. Follow-ups and dose changes are part of the plan, not an upsell.

Provider approval required. A licensed provider reviews every request and prescribes only when clinically appropriate, we never sell prescription medication directly.

Do you qualify?

A quick, honest read before you book.

This may be a fit if

  • Adults with a BMI of 30 or higher
  • Adults with a BMI of 27 or higher plus a weight-related condition such as high blood pressure, type 2 diabetes, or sleep apnea
  • People who have tried diet and exercise changes and want medical support alongside them

This is not for you if

  • You are pregnant, planning pregnancy, or breastfeeding
  • You have a personal or family history of medullary thyroid carcinoma or MEN 2
  • You are already taking a GLP-1 medication from another source
  • You are under 18

A BMI number is a starting point, not a decision. A licensed provider reviews your full health history and prescribes only when treatment is clinically appropriate for you.

Fair questions

Asked and answered.

Is there a membership fee?
No. Included with your free Gold membership. You pay for the visit and the medication, nothing else. No monthly fee, ever. Treatments and medications are priced separately, at the prices published on this page, and signup and payment happen inside your BetterBuy Rx care portal.
How is each dose priced?
One published price per dose tier. Semaglutide is $149/mo at 0.5 mg and $149/mo at 0.75 mg and 1 mg+. Tirzepatide is $299 / $299 / $299 by tier. Visit, medication, and shipping are inside those numbers.
What happens at the first visit?
You complete a clinical intake online, health history, medications, goals. A licensed provider in your state reviews it, follows up with any questions, and decides whether treatment is appropriate. If it is, your prescription ships free from a licensed U.S. pharmacy. If it isn't, they'll tell you that instead.
Do you take insurance?
Compounded programs are cash-pay, that's how one flat number covers everything. If you want brand-name medication through insurance or a manufacturer program, the $75/mo branded membership handles the provider side while your plan covers the medication.
What's the catch with compounded semaglutide?
Compounded medications are prepared by licensed pharmacies but are not FDA-approved products, they aren't reviewed by the FDA for safety, effectiveness, or quality before dispensing. That's a real trade-off, and it's why this page says it plainly rather than in a footnote. Your provider will discuss whether compounded or branded is right for you.
Should I buy a multi-month package?
Run the numbers, we did, above. At today's prices both the semaglutide and tirzepatide packages cost more than paying monthly, so we recommend monthly. Whatever you choose, the comparison is on this page.
Can I switch from Hims, Ro, Mochi, or another provider?
Yes, the online visit covers your current treatment and dose so your provider can continue or adjust it appropriately. Bring your current dose information to the visit; there's no transfer fee, and every treatment price you'd pay is published on this page.

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Compounded medications are not FDA-approved

Compounded medications, including compounded semaglutide and compounded tirzepatide, are not FDA-approved as compounded products. The FDA does not review compounded drugs for safety, effectiveness, or quality before they are marketed. A licensed provider will determine whether a compounded or brand-name medication is appropriate for you.