Hormonally Balanced Review: Price, Pros & Cons

Hormonally Balanced doesn't publish a price for its weight loss shot program. It's a private-pay concierge practice that doesn't accept insurance, and the program is quoted at the initial consultation. Call or book that consultation and ask for the total for the 12-week program, what happens to the price after week 12, and whether the medication cost changes as your dose goes up.

The practice does say tirzepatide carries a higher monthly prescription cost than semaglutide, and that its team will help you choose between them based on your health, preferences and budget.

The program is built around a once-weekly injection and is aimed at women in perimenopause and menopause.

1. You start with a consultation with a Hormonally Balanced practitioner, who decides whether you fit the program's medical criteria.
2. If you do, the practice sends your prescription along with a program journal.
3. You give yourself the weekly injection and have a check-in call with the staff. Patients describe those check-ins as weekly.

For hormone care, the practice coordinates a blood draw at a lab near you before your virtual visit, and its pages describe the same lab-led approach for weight patients. It also pairs weight treatment with bioidentical hormone therapy for women who need both, which is billed as a separate service. People with a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer aren't eligible for semaglutide.

The practice is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, and treats patients by telehealth with medication shipped to their door. Its chief medical officer is Dr. Andrew Lenhardt, who describes more than 25 years in medicine and who sets the standard of care. Day-to-day care comes from an all-female team led by two board-certified physician assistants, Rachel Venable and Mary Stratos.

The practice says its medication comes from compounding pharmacies that follow federal rules, but it doesn't name them.

• Your state. The practice treats patients only in the states listed on its "States we serve" page, so check yours before booking, even though some of its pages describe care as nationwide.
• The full cost, including the consultation, labs and medication.
• Which pharmacy fills your prescription.
• The cancellation and refund terms, which aren't spelled out on its program pages.

Compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide are not FDA-approved.