LifeMD vs Coby Health

Both sell tirzepatide. LifeMD costs $149 a month and Coby Health costs $239, a difference of $90 a month or about $1,080 a year. The other differences matter more than the money if this is your first course.

LifeMD is insurance coordination. Coby Health is multi-month value with supplies included. They are not aimed at the same person, and the cheaper one is not automatically the right answer — particularly if this is your first course and you expect a slow titration.

What this means for your titration. Both price the same way as your dose climbs, so the gap between them stays constant the whole way up the ladder.

Side by side

Prices verified 2026-09-18. "True monthly cost" is what you are billed in month two, once any introductory rate has lapsed and any membership has renewed.

The differences that affect treatment

4 of these affect how treatment actually goes. The rest are administrative.

What each programme publishes: LifeMD

• GLP-1 injection programme listed at $75 first month, then $149/month.

Where it wins: Genuine clinician oversight with a physician-led model. Watch for: If your insurer declines, the $149/month programme fee still applies and the medication is extra.

What each programme publishes: Coby Health

• Compounded tirzepatide listed at $239/month on the monthly plan, down from $299.
• States plainly on its own product pages that compounded medication is not FDA-reviewed or approved.

Where it wins: Injection supplies are included rather than something you source yourself. Watch for: The $179 figure is a multi-month rate. Month-to-month is $239.

Strengths of each

LifeMD.

• Genuine clinician oversight with a physician-led model.
• Insurance work is a core part of the service, not an afterthought.
• Annual plan meaningfully reduces the programme fee.

Coby Health.

• Injection supplies are included rather than something you source yourself.
• Monthly plan is genuinely cancel-anytime.
• Unusually clear on its own pages that the product is not FDA-approved.

Coby Health scores higher overall at 3.6 out of 5. The weights are published on how we rate, and so is the note about which of these is our paid featured partner.

Which suits you

If this is your first course, weight the two rows about dose pricing above everything else. A programme that keeps the price flat lets you stop climbing when your body says so, and that single freedom does more for whether you are still taking this in month three than $90 a month does.

The verdict

For most people starting out, LifeMD at $149 a month is the more defensible choice on arithmetic alone. Coby Health earns its premium only if you will actually use what it does differently. Read the full reviews before deciding: LifeMD and Coby Health.

How they sit against everyone else