Options Medical Weight Loss Review: Price, Pros & Cons
Options Medical Weight Loss combines clinic visits and telehealth with medication, nutrition guidance and coaching; its location list currently shows 11 clinics in four states.
In this review
Compounded drugs are not FDA-approved. Treatment requires a clinician's assessment. Understand compounded GLP-1 treatment.
Prices at a glance
- Semaglutide
- $199/moStarting dose, 3-month minimum, compounded
- Tirzepatide
- $399/moStarting dose, 3-month minimum, compounded
- Coverage
- Coverage not published
- Brand-name
- Yes
Semaglutide · estimated annual cost
$2,388
Tirzepatide · estimated annual cost
$4,788
Who Options Medical Weight Loss may suit
Patients near its listed clinics who want in-person care or a telehealth plan with coaching.
Where the value is
- Names Roscoe Nelson, MD, as chief medical officer and lists its clinical team
- Publishes 11 clinic locations across Arizona, Illinois, Ohio and Florida
- Names OptioRx in Columbus as its pharmacy
- Advertised compounded plan prices include medication
- Brand-name prescription plans are also available
The tradeoffs
- Memberships require at least three months
- After the minimum term, cancellation needs written notice 30 days before the next payment
- Starting prices do not establish the maintenance-dose cost
- Refund windows differ:24 hours for an initial program versus 72 hours for a membership
- Confirm telehealth eligibility separately from the physical clinic locations
What Options charges
Options Medical Weight Loss lists its semaglutide program starting at $199 a month and its tirzepatide program, which it calls TRZ, starting at $399 a month. Both prices include the medication. They're starting prices, so they apply at the lowest dose. Options doesn't publish what the programs cost at higher doses, so ask what you'll pay once you're on a maintenance dose before you sign the membership agreement.
Phentermine, an older prescription appetite suppressant, is offered as a separate, cheaper program. Options doesn't bill insurance directly. If your plan covers a prescription drug, it can often send the prescription to a local pharmacy that takes your insurance, and you pay Options directly for coaching, testing and support. HSA and FSA cards are accepted, and Options offers flexible payment options.
Considering Options Medical Weight Loss?
Check the plan total, billing period and cancellation terms before you enroll. A clinician decides whether treatment is appropriate.
Clinic visits or telehealth
Options lists 11 physical clinics: six in Illinois, three in Ohio, one in Arizona and one in Florida, and it also sees patients by telehealth. You start with a free consultation. Roscoe Nelson, MD, is its chief medical officer. Its programs were designed by board-certified obesity medicine specialists, and they combine medication with nutrition guidance, one-on-one coaching, regular check-ins and dose adjustments.
You book appointments through its OptiGuide portal or by calling your nearest clinic. Same-day cancellations have a cost: you lose a coaching session, or pay $20 for a medical appointment or $25 for a consultation.
Where the medication comes from
Options names its pharmacy as OptioRx in Columbus, Ohio. It says it works only with pharmacies certified by NABP or LegitScript and that its medication is tested for quality, sterility and correct dosage. After your prescription goes to the pharmacy, delivery usually takes two to five days.
The membership commitment
Read the membership terms carefully, because this isn't a month-to-month plan:
- There's a three-month minimum commitment.
- After that, you have to give written notice at least 30 days before your next scheduled payment to cancel.
- Refunds follow a 72-hour policy written into the membership agreement, so ask when that 72-hour window starts before you sign.
In practice, budget for at least three months at the starting price, and more if your dose goes up during that time.
The Index scorecard
Options Medical Weight Loss scored on our six Cost-Efficiency Index factors. See the methodology.
The bottom line
Options Medical Weight Loss combines clinic visits and telehealth with medication, nutrition guidance and coaching; its location list currently shows 11 clinics in four states.
Compare the total cost of other GLP-1 programs and alternatives to Options Medical Weight Loss before deciding. A clinician should help you choose the right treatment.
Other programs to compare with Options Medical Weight Loss
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WellorithmPartner
brand-name Semaglutide modeled $899/mo · brand-name Tirzepatide modeled $1,199/mo
Wellorithm sells brand Wegovy at $899 a month and Zepbound or Ozempic at $1,199, with compounded semaglutide and dissolving tablets offered but not priced until you start the quiz.
Gala HealthPartner
Tirzepatide modeled $179/mo
Every dose at one published price, with the whole price list visible before you hand over an email — but the only terms it sells on are a yearly subscription at $179 or a three-month plan at $199, so there is no monthly number here to compare with anyone else's.
Direct MedsPartner
Semaglutide modeled $249/mo · Tirzepatide modeled $299/mo
Direct Meds sells semaglutide and tirzepatide both as a sublingual and as an injection, every product priced in the open, from $249 a month on a plan that bills against a 90-day supply.
Compare with other providers
The providers whose Cost-Efficiency Index scores sit closest to Options Medical Weight Loss's. See the alternatives to Options Medical Weight Loss.
- MangoRx— MangoRx, a men's health brand, sells one GLP-1 product: Slim, a compounded semaglutide tablet that dissolves in the mouth, at $299 for a 30-day supply.61/100
- DudeMeds— DudeMeds sells compounded semaglutide at $179 a month and tirzepatide at $249, but only in prepaid multi-month "commit kits" billed $716 and $747 up front.61/100
- Docberry— Docberry sells compounded semaglutide only as prepaid bundles, $796 for four months or $2,028 for twelve, and tirzepatide at $1,745 for three months; there is no month-to-month plan.61/100
- Maves— Maves publishes compounded semaglutide at $249 monthly after a $189 first month and tirzepatide at $349 after a $249 first month, with clinician messaging and shipping included.60/100
- JumpstartMD— JumpstartMD combines 14 California clinics with online care, brand-name and compounded medication options, and a separate monthly membership.60/100
- AquaVita NextGen— AquaVita NextGen, a Lake Forest, CA medspa (23321 El Toro Rd Suite G) expanding into telehealth, sells compounded semaglutide ($215/mo) and tirzepatide ($320/mo) as flat one-month or discounted three-month packages.60/100
Pricing, states and verification reflect Options Medical Weight Loss's public disclosures at last review; the Cost-Efficiency Index is our editorial judgment per the methodology. Prices change — confirm on Options Medical Weight Loss's site. Not medical advice; see our disclosure.