Compounded semaglutide
Optimized Health review
Compounded semaglutide at Optimized Health costs $200 a month at the starting dose and reaches $265 at the highest price step. It's a Joplin, Missouri practice, not an online platform. You keep one clinician throughout, in person or by video in five states.
Is it right for you?
Worth a look if
- You want every price step published before your first visit.
- You're in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Utah or Washington and prefer a local practice's follow-up to an app.
- You'd like body composition scans and free weigh-ins alongside the medication.
Skip it if
- You live outside the five states the practice covers by telehealth.
- You want one flat price however high your dose climbs.
What's included
There are three price steps, from $200 at the start to $265 at the top, set by your prescribed dose. Each one includes compounded semaglutide from a state-licensed U.S. compounding pharmacy, clinical supervision and shipping. Billing is month to month.
Clinicians run the practice, and Mathew Hammons, PA-C, is the one who prescribes. Care includes dose adjustments at each check-in, nutrition guidance and an InBody scan at every visit. Labs are ordered when clinically indicated and billed on their own.
Brand-name Wegovy is available too, including the pill. In that case the pharmacy bills you for the medication, and the practice charges a first-visit fee and a fee per follow-up.
From sign-up to refills
- Schedule a weight-loss visit on the practice's booking page, or ask for a callback.
- At the first consultation, your clinician reviews your history and goals and decides whether semaglutide suits you.
- Labs are ordered if needed. Your starting dose and monthly rate follow from there.
- Semaglutide ships to your door, and follow-ups happen by video or at the Joplin clinic.
- When your dose goes up, your monthly rate moves to the matching step.
What's good, what isn't
What's good
- Optimized Health publishes all three semaglutide prices, from $200 up to $265.
- Free weigh-ins are offered any time during clinic hours at the Joplin location.
- Month-to-month billing with no long-term contract, per Optimized Health's semaglutide page.
What isn't
- Telehealth reaches only patients in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Utah and Washington.
- A higher dose can take the bill to $265 a month.
- Optimized Health charges for labs separately whenever the clinician orders them.
Read these terms first
- Which price step you start on
- Your prescribed dose sets your monthly rate. Ask where you'll start and when a dose change would move you up a step.
- Lab charges
- Lab panels aren't in the monthly price. Ask the cost before you agree to one.
Price
Optimized Health costs $200 a month for compounded semaglutide. That is the starting dose; it rises to $265 at the top of its range.
How we got $200
The arithmeticOne month = 30.4375 days
Optimized Health advertises
Read on Optimized Health's own site
$200.00
The card is charged $200.00 — exactly what it advertises
+ $0.00
And it is charged once a calendar month
+ $0.00
A real month$200.00
Reconciles exactly — the advertised figure is a real month.
The price above is the starting dose, and it rises as your dose does. At the top of the range this seller publishes, a month costs $265.
Where it sits, and what costs less
$54median $199$325+
220 cheaper · 58%156 dearer · 41%
The most expensive 10 sellers charge between $325 and $540 a month.
- Fidelity Medical Clinicstarting dose$54
- Collective$76
- NextMeds$79
- Lean Meds$79
- RxPepsDirectstarting dose$80
- Optimized Health$200
Another 215 sellers are cheaper than Optimized Health. The whole cheapest list →
Where it says it operates
Listed in 5 states.
State pages this seller appears on: Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Utah, Washington
What else this seller sells
The same seller appears in our data for one other medication.
- tirzepatide — $250 a month
Each figure is a real month for that medication, and none of it is part of the compounded semaglutide price above. How the two molecules compare at every seller that sells both: compounded semaglutide vs compounded tirzepatide.
Common questions about Optimized Health
- Is Optimized Health legit?
- It's a medical practice in Joplin, Missouri, with telehealth in four more states. The practice says its team has treated more than 6,000 patients. Its semaglutide is compounded by a state-licensed pharmacy, which the site says is not an FDA-approved product.
- How much is semaglutide at Optimized Health?
- $200 a month to start, with a middle step and a top rate of $265. Your dose decides which one you pay. Medication, supervision and shipping are included.
- Does Optimized Health take insurance?
- It doesn't bill insurance for the compounded program. HSA and FSA cards are accepted. For brand-name Wegovy, the clinic can seek a prior authorization and your pharmacy bills your plan.
- Does Optimized Health offer a semaglutide pill?
- Yes, as brand-name Wegovy tablets. The pharmacy charges for the tablets, and the practice charges separately for supervision.