Push Health Review: Price, Pros & Cons

Push Health isn't a weight-loss clinic with its own drug prices. It's a software platform that connects you with independent, licensed doctors, nurse practitioners and physician assistants for prescriptions, refills and lab tests. Weight loss is one of about two dozen services, next to things like birth control, UTI treatment and blood pressure refills.

What you pay Push Health is a fee for the consultation, not for the medication. Push Health says its fees run from $0 to a flat fee depending on the service, and that the flat fee covers your provider's professional fee plus a processing fee for the platform. Each provider sets their own fee, and some waive it. The total is shown before you approve anything. No insurance or subscription is needed, and you can pay by card, PayPal or a health savings account.

If a provider prescribes, the prescription goes to the pharmacy of your choice or to a drugmaker's direct-to-patient program. You pay the pharmacy or the manufacturer for the drug itself, through your insurance or as cash. Push Health's GLP-1 listings cover brand-name drugs such as Wegovy, Zepbound, Ozempic and Mounjaro. Oral options include the Wegovy pill and Foundayo. Your provider can send the prescription to a pharmacy or manufacturer program of your choice.

So the real cost of a GLP-1 here is two numbers: the consultation fee and the pharmacy price for your drug and dose. Ask your pharmacy or the manufacturer program for the second figure before you request a prescription.

You fill out a short health intake covering your weight history, BMI, current medications and conditions such as diabetes, high blood pressure or sleep apnea. A provider reviews it and decides which drug, if any, fits. Push Health says same-day consultations are available, and no office visit is required.

The program follows the usual medical thresholds: a BMI of 30 or more, or 27 or more with a weight-related condition. Controlled weight-loss drugs such as phentermine, phendimetrazine and Qsymia can't be prescribed through Push Health. Refills are requested the same way, by message to your provider. Lab work can be ordered through Quest Diagnostics at a price shown before you pay.

Refunds are narrow. If you cancel a medication request before your provider writes the prescription, Push Health refunds all fees for that service. Once you approve the prescription your provider recommends, the fee can't be refunded. For labs, canceling before you're tested refunds the lab and platform fees, but not the provider's professional fee.

Because each provider practices independently, Push Health doesn't publish a single list of states or a medical director. Check the provider's state license and fee when you're matched, and confirm your insurance coverage or the cash price at your pharmacy before you approve the prescription.