Premium Health Review: Price, Pros & Cons

Premium Health sells GLP-1 treatment as an all-inclusive monthly membership. Compounded semaglutide is $275 a month and compounded tirzepatide is $445 a month. The membership covers your telehealth visits with a provider, the medication, injection supplies and priority shipping. There's no insurance needed, and none billed for this program.

That base price has a ceiling, though. If your provider moves you to a higher dose, you switch to a high-dose membership, which adds $100 a month for semaglutide and $150 a month for tirzepatide. Premium Health describes the dose limits for those add-ons differently in different places, so ask your provider the top dose your plan covers and what it will cost when you get there.

The membership also includes nutrition and fitness plans, unlimited access to your provider, a dedicated prescription coordinator and a members' community.

You start by filling out a short online form about your health history and goals. Premium Health's team then books your appointment, and the provider sees you by live two-way video on a HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform. It says the wait for that visit is usually one to two days. The clinicians are U.S.-licensed and trained in obesity medicine, but none are named.

The company behind the program, Premium Health Management, Inc., also runs mobile IV therapy, at-home testing and insurance-billed sick visits, so the weight-loss program is one part of a broader practice.

Premium Health names its pharmacy partners: Hallandale Pharmacy, Red Rock Pharmacy and Strive Pharmacy. Your prescription goes to one licensed in your state. The pharmacy usually takes two to three business days to process and ship when the medication is in stock.

Medication ships in an insulated box with ice that keeps it cold for up to 72 hours. Most patients get a 90-day supply at a time, though Premium Health says shipments can run every 30 to 90 days. Its compounded semaglutide comes with vitamin B12 or B6 added. Compounded semaglutide and tirzepatide are not FDA-approved.

There's no long-term contract. Programs run month to month, and you can cancel anytime. Its main weight-loss FAQ asks for 30 days' advance notice to cancel, so plan on paying for one more month after you decide to stop.

The cost of medication is not refundable, which matters more because medication usually ships three months at a time. Premium Health advertises a 30-day guarantee on its weight-loss program, but doesn't spell out the terms. Before you join, ask:

• What the 30-day guarantee covers, and whether it applies to medication already shipped.
• What happens to unused medication if you cancel partway through a 90-day supply.
• Whether your state is served.