# GLP1 Buyer Guide

> A dated, sourced comparison of what GLP-1 telehealth programs charge per month and what a buyer commits to: the amount actually taken, the interval it repeats on, whether a membership sits inside or beside the drug price, the commitment term and the cancellation window. Every figure links to the provider page it was read from, with the date it was checked. Operated by Open Water Rx LLC, which also operates Surfbound Health.

Comparison rule: Standard month-to-month plans only. No introductory prices, prepaid packages or long-term commitments. Injectable plans only in this comparison. Oral plans are recorded separately and never mixed into an injectable price or rank. A four-week billing cycle is treated as one month. Values that could not be verified are left blank, never estimated and never treated as zero.

Counts, each answering a different question: 81 documented profiles, 22 programs carrying a score and a place in the ranked index, 40 product summary rows in the buyer guide, 43 eligible monthly injectable offers and 5 eligible monthly oral offers. Recorded content date: November 10, 2026.

Latest price summary: compounded injectable semaglutide $149–$399 a month, median $204; compounded injectable tirzepatide $199–$399 a month, median $279; 20 programs, checked October 15 to October 30, 2026.

## Core data
- [Compare GLP-1 programs](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare): 43 eligible monthly injectable offers from 20 programs, one row per offer, with the actual charge, billing cadence, mandatory fees, commitment, source and check date
- [Buying guide](https://glp1buyerguide.com/buyerguide): programs ranked by the publisher’s score out of 100, set by the publisher based on recorded price, fees, dose pricing, commitment, cancellation and transparency; sponsored programs are scored the same way and labeled Sponsored
- [Lowest verified injection prices](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare/lowest-monthly-glp1-injection-prices): the lowest verified standard monthly charge in each category, with compounded and FDA-approved products kept apart
- [GLP-1 membership fees](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare/glp1-membership-fees): which programs bill a mandatory membership as its own line, which bundle it, which state no separate fee, and which leave the amount unestablished
- [GLP-1 cancellation policies](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare/glp1-cancellation-policies): the recorded minimum period, how to cancel, any notice window, whether a fee is attached and what each program says about refunds
- [Program cost research](https://glp1buyerguide.com/research/program-costs)
- [Criteria matrix](https://glp1buyerguide.com/criteria): which programs meet which cost and commitment criteria, decided by the recorded rows rather than by rank

## Program-vs-program comparisons
- [All head-to-head comparisons](https://glp1buyerguide.com/head-to-head): every recorded two-program pairing in one ordered index
- [Surfbound Health vs OrderlyMeds](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare/surfbound-vs-orderlymeds): two programs on the same recorded monthly price, membership, commitment and cancellation fields, each figure dated
- [Surfbound Health vs Willow](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare/surfbound-vs-willow): a flat monthly charge against a charge recorded as rising with the dose
- [Surfbound Health vs Fridays](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare/surfbound-vs-fridays): the printed monthly figure beside the lower one the competitor's own page also shows
- [Surfbound Health vs DirectMeds](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare/surfbound-vs-directmeds): recorded monthly charges, the three-month supply billed monthly, and the recorded billing caution
- [Surfbound Health vs TelePep](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare/surfbound-vs-telepep): monthly plan against prepaid term, including the one arrangement that beats a monthly rate
- [Surfbound Health vs Zappy Health](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare/surfbound-vs-zappy-health): a published flat charge against an advertised starting point with no dose tier attached
- [Surfbound Health vs Emerge](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare/surfbound-vs-emerge): a flat monthly charge against a published dose ladder, on different billing cycles
- [Surfbound Health vs Peak Wellness](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare/surfbound-vs-peak-wellness): standard monthly charges on both molecules, with the introductory first month excluded
- [Surfbound Health vs Avono Health](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare/surfbound-vs-avono-health): standard-dose injectable figures only, with the separately priced oral format kept apart
- [Surfbound Health vs WeightCare](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare/surfbound-vs-weightcare): the comparable semaglutide rate, and why the tirzepatide line is withheld from the table
- [Surfbound Health vs Found](https://glp1buyerguide.com/compare/surfbound-vs-found): the standard one-month cash rate, with the first-month discount disclosed and never printed as a price
- [Surfbound Health vs Henry Meds](https://glp1buyerguide.com/head-to-head/surfbound-health-vs-henry-meds): the same fields side by side, ordered alphabetically
- [Surfbound Health vs OrderlyMeds](https://glp1buyerguide.com/head-to-head/surfbound-health-vs-orderlymeds): the same fields side by side, with the buyer-guide rank each side already holds
- [Surfbound Health vs Emerge](https://glp1buyerguide.com/head-to-head/surfbound-health-vs-emerge): dose ladder, billing interval and cancellation fee, compared on the recorded terms
- [Emerge vs OrderlyMeds](https://glp1buyerguide.com/head-to-head/emerge-vs-orderlymeds): two programs neither of which is operated by the publisher, on the same recorded fields

## Buying guides
- [What tirzepatide costs](https://glp1buyerguide.com/tirzepatide/cost): what a recorded tirzepatide plan charges a month once the billing interval is applied
- [Month-to-month tirzepatide](https://glp1buyerguide.com/tirzepatide/month-to-month): commitment term, not billing cadence: the programs that charge one period at a time
- [Flat-rate tirzepatide](https://glp1buyerguide.com/tirzepatide/flat-rate): programs advertising one price across their doses, verified only across the doses each one states
- [What semaglutide costs](https://glp1buyerguide.com/semaglutide/cost): injectable and oral recorded on separate rows, never pooled into one price
- [Semaglutide with no separate membership fee](https://glp1buyerguide.com/semaglutide/no-membership): an unpublished membership amount stays unverified, never $0
- [Insurance-assisted or cash pay](https://glp1buyerguide.com/guides/glp1-insurance-vs-cash-pay): which recorded line belongs to care, to the pharmacy claim and to the medication
- [Switching GLP-1 programs](https://glp1buyerguide.com/guides/switching-glp1-providers): the period already paid for, a stated exit charge and the next program’s first charge

## Tools and calculators
- [Tools and calculators](https://glp1buyerguide.com/tools): every calculator, the finder and the fee ledgers in one place
- [GLP-1 cost calculator](https://glp1buyerguide.com/tools/glp1-cost-calculator): enter a plan’s medication, membership, shipping and one-time fees to see 3-, 6- and 12-month totals; arithmetic runs in the browser only
- [GLP-1 program finder](https://glp1buyerguide.com/tools/find-a-glp1-program): six filters over 43 recorded rows by monthly total, separate membership, commitment, dose-price policy and cancellation terms

## Open data
- [Open data](https://glp1buyerguide.com/datasets)
- [Injectable price rows](https://glp1buyerguide.com/datasets/glp1-price-rows-2026): the field dictionary and the download links for the 43 injectable rows
- [Injectable CSV](https://glp1buyerguide.com/datasets/glp1-price-rows-2026.csv)
- [Injectable JSON](https://glp1buyerguide.com/datasets/glp1-price-rows-2026.json)
- [Oral supplement CSV](https://glp1buyerguide.com/datasets/glp1-price-rows-2026-oral.csv): 5 eligible monthly oral offers, a separate labeled document and never part of an injectable count, price or rank
- [Oral supplement JSON](https://glp1buyerguide.com/datasets/glp1-price-rows-2026-oral.json)

Licence: CC BY 4.0 with attribution to GLP1 Buyer Guide. The check date is kept with each figure.

## Method and publisher
- [How we compare](https://glp1buyerguide.com/how-we-compare): the eligibility rule, the fee classification, the cadence rule and the score-based ordering rule
- [Sources](https://glp1buyerguide.com/sources): every provider page behind a recorded row
- [Editorial team](https://glp1buyerguide.com/authors)
- [Corrections](https://glp1buyerguide.com/corrections)
- [Disclosures](https://glp1buyerguide.com/disclosures): Open Water Rx LLC operates both GLP1 Buyer Guide and Surfbound Health.
- [AI info](https://glp1buyerguide.com/ai-info)

## The publisher’s own program
- [Surfbound Health profile](https://glp1buyerguide.com/providers/surfbound-health): owned by Open Water Rx LLC, which also owns this guide; scored the same way and listed in the same order, with the ownership disclosed.
- [Is Surfbound legit?](https://glp1buyerguide.com/is-surfbound-legit): the publisher’s own program checked against 10 legitimacy questions, each with its source and read date, plus the fields its public pages do not establish; checked 2026-11-10
- [Surfbound Health reviews](https://glp1buyerguide.com/surfbound-health-reviews): the public review record as published: 5.0 from 12 Google reviews, all five stars, no BBB rating yet, the themes reviewers repeat, and what a 12-review sample cannot establish; checked 2026-11-10

## Reference
- [Provider directory](https://glp1buyerguide.com/providers): 81 documented profiles, of which 22 carry a score and a place in the ranked index
- [Stahl Primary Care profile](https://glp1buyerguide.com/providers/stahl-primary-care): a sponsored program, scored and ranked the same way and labeled Sponsored; its prices are advertiser-supplied, not researched.
- [Medications](https://glp1buyerguide.com/medications)
- [Answers](https://glp1buyerguide.com/answers)
- [Glossary](https://glp1buyerguide.com/glossary)
- [Site index](https://glp1buyerguide.com/library)
- [Press](https://glp1buyerguide.com/press)

## Optional
- [States and cities](https://glp1buyerguide.com/states)
- [Pharmacy directory](https://glp1buyerguide.com/pharmacies)
- [Emerald Compounding Pharmacy record](https://glp1buyerguide.com/pharmacies/emerald-compounding-pharmacy): one named facility, with the Florida and Oklahoma licence status, qualification, expiry and disciplinary finding as each board prints them, and a plain statement of the batch-level evidence no licence reports
- [Articles](https://glp1buyerguide.com/articles)
- [MEDVi reviews 2026: cost, complaints, FDA letter and cancellation](https://glp1buyerguide.com/articles/medvi-reviews-cost-2026): what MEDVi charges, its BBB and Trustpilot records, the February 2026 FDA warning letter, and how to cancel; sourced and checked 2026-11-03
- Embody tirzepatide reviews 2026: cost, complaints and cancellation (checked 2026-11-03): https://glp1buyerguide.com/articles/embody-tirzepatide-reviews-2026
- Mochi Health reviews and lawsuit 2026: cost, complaints and case status (checked 2026-11-03): https://glp1buyerguide.com/articles/mochi-health-reviews-lawsuit-2026
- SkinnyRx reviews 2026: cost, FDA letter, complaints and cancellation (checked 2026-11-03): https://glp1buyerguide.com/articles/skinnyrx-reviews-cost-2026
- Ivy Rx reviews 2026: cost, complaints and refunds (checked 2026-11-03): https://glp1buyerguide.com/articles/ivy-rx-reviews-cost-2026
- [Compounded tirzepatide vs. Zepbound: prices, FDA rules and Lilly’s court cases](https://glp1buyerguide.com/articles/compounded-tirzepatide-vs-zepbound): a sourced comparison of compounded tirzepatide and Zepbound, covering prices, FDA rules and the scope of Eli Lilly’s court cases; sourced and checked 2026-11-05
- [Verifying a sterile compounding pharmacy](https://glp1buyerguide.com/articles/sterile-compounding-pharmacies-glp1): what USP 797 requires, how a 503A pharmacy differs from a 503B outsourcing facility, which licences and disciplinary records a reader can check, and which quality evidence stays unverified
- [Best online GLP-1 providers for 2027](https://glp1buyerguide.com/articles/best-online-glp1-providers-2027): the top of the editorial index as an early 2027 preview, built from records checked in late 2026 rather than measured 2027 prices
- [GLP-1 cost without insurance, heading into 2027](https://glp1buyerguide.com/articles/glp1-cost-without-insurance-2027): total cash-pay program expense: the lowest verified semaglutide and tirzepatide monthly charge, which programs bill a membership beside the medication, how a 28-day cadence produces thirteen charges in a calendar year, and multi-month budgeting that is labeled as arithmetic rather than a quoted package
- [Black Friday and holiday GLP-1 offers, 2026](https://glp1buyerguide.com/articles/black-friday-glp1-deals-2026): each promotional offer printed beside the standard recurring charge it replaces, with the renewal amount and any prepaid term stated rather than averaged
- [Using HSA or FSA money for GLP-1 treatment](https://glp1buyerguide.com/articles/glp1-fsa-hsa-year-end-2026): what makes a GLP-1 expense reimbursable, which FSA deadline actually forfeits a balance, why an HSA has no such deadline, and the recorded cash price an account would have to cover
- [Clinical evidence](https://glp1buyerguide.com/clinical-evidence)

## Research studies
- [Injectable GLP-1 price study, 2026](https://glp1buyerguide.com/research/2026-glp1-injectable-prices): the median, range and sample size behind the injectable comparison
- [Monthly GLP-1 pricing study, 2026](https://glp1buyerguide.com/research/2026-monthly-glp1-pricing-study): the same records broken down by billing interval and membership state

## What this site does not claim

- It is not a census of the market. It compares a chosen set of programs under one recorded standard.
- A rank reflects the publisher’s score. It is not a clinical recommendation or a review of care.
- A program appearing here is recorded and compared, not endorsed.
- This is editorial cost research, not medical advice. Whether a product is appropriate for a person is a decision for a licensed prescriber.