Basal Health Review: Price, Pros & Cons

Basal Health sells one GLP-1: compounded tirzepatide, through a program it calls GLP-One. There's no semaglutide on its menu. If that's the drug you want, ask support before you start.

The pricing is simple in shape. Your first four weeks cost $149, then the standing rate is $299 every four weeks. Basal prints both numbers next to each other on its program page, so you can see the second charge before you sign up. It says the price is the same at every dose, there's no membership fee, and you're not charged until a licensed clinician approves you.

Billing every four weeks rather than monthly means 13 charges a year, not 12. Multiply the standing rate by 13 to see a year's cost. There's no insurance billing.

GLP-One comes as two plans. The Microdose plan uses lower doses and is pitched at metabolic health, things like inflammation, energy and blood sugar. The Weightloss plan is the standard dose ladder for losing weight. A clinician decides which fits and sets your starting dose and how fast it goes up.

Basal's approach leans on what it calls five metabolic markers: insulin sensitivity, muscle mass, hormonal response, VO2 max and body fat percentage. Expect education and counseling about your metabolism along with the prescription.

You fill out an intake form, and a clinician reviews it. Basal says approvals aren't automatic. If you're prescribed, the medication ships to your home from a partner compounding pharmacy, which Basal doesn't name. After that, there are regular check-ins, and your dose is adjusted as you go. You can reach the care team with questions between check-ins.

Basal is physician-founded and serves all 50 states and Washington, D.C. It has separate phone lines for billing support and for clinical support.

You can cancel the subscription at any time by emailing support, and you keep access to the end of the period you've paid for. Basal's terms say fees aren't refundable in whole or in part, except under any separate refund policy shown to you. Ask support what that policy covers before your first charge. If a clinician decides treatment isn't appropriate, you're not charged, and any hold on your card is released.

• Note the standing four-week price, not just the first one.
• Ask which pharmacy compounds your tirzepatide.
• Ask which plan, microdose or weight loss, the clinician recommends and why.

Compounded tirzepatide is not FDA-approved.