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Measured Review: $119 a Month Means $1,428 Up Front
Measured advertises compounded semaglutide at $119 a month and prints the proof that it is not, right beside it: a struck-through $199 and a badge reading "Save $960!". Those reconcile one way — $199 is a month, $119 is a year paid as $1,428 today, and $960 is the difference. Tirzepatide runs the same play at $219 against $299. Before any of it matters, check the map: Measured serves 26 states.
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The money verdict
I would buy here only if I lived in one of the 26 states and could pay for a year at once, which is a narrow door. Inside it, the offer is sound: the membership is inside the price on compounded plans, one flat rate holds at every dose, a registered dietitian is included rather than upsold, and the prepay badge is arithmetically honest — $960 really is $2,388 minus $1,428. The six-month money-back guarantee is worth less than it sounds, because it returns membership fees and on a compounded plan the membership is not broken out.
Worth it if
- You live in one of the twenty-six states Measured names, which is the first thing to settle
- You can pay $1,428 on day one, because that is what the advertised rate actually costs
- You want one charge covering the care and the medication, at the same price at every dose
Look elsewhere if
- Your state isn’t on that list of twenty-six — half the country can’t buy here at any price
- You are counting on the six-month guarantee: it returns membership fees, which a compounded plan never itemizes
- You came for the branded drugs, where the $49 is a membership that renews at $99 with the drug billed separately
$199/mo
Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia, Wyoming
Monthly (12×/yr)
At a glance
$119/mo
Advertised
$199/mo
Walk-away
$2,388
Year at this price
The same Semaglutide price, three ways
The short bar is the number Measured leads with. It lasts one cycle.
Advertised
first cycle only
$119
Walk-away
every cycle after
$199
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Best for: You live in one of the twenty-six states Measured names, which is the first thing to settle Skip it if: Your state isn’t on that list of twenty-six — half the country can’t buy here at any price
What’s included
- Medication and membership in a single charge on the compounded plans — Measured states there are no separate charges
- One flat price at every dose, so titrating up doesn’t re-price the plan
- Free 2-day shipping when medication is prescribed
- Unlimited messaging with an obesity-trained clinician, plus access to a registered dietitian
- HSA and FSA eligible; branded plans instead run on a $99/mo membership with the drug paid separately
Pricing, per compound
Everything Measured sells, cheapest year first. “Advertised” is the price it leads with; “Walk-away” is what you pay if you stop after one cycle.
| Provider | Advertised | Walk-away | Year at this price |
|---|---|---|---|
Semaglutide — compounded $119 is the 12-month plan — $1,428 charged up front against a $2,388 list price, which is the "Save $960!" badge on Measured's own page. One month is $199. The rungs between are $417 for three months ($139/mo) and $774 for six ($129/mo). Medication and membership are one charge; nothing is billed separately. | $119.00/mo | $199.00/mo | $2,388.00 $199.00 × 12 months |
Tirzepatide — compounded Same structure: $219 is $2,628 for twelve months against a $3,588 list, and one month is $299. Three months is $717 ($239/mo), six is $1,374 ($229/mo). One flat price at every dose. | $219.00/mo | $299.00/mo | $3,588.00 $299.00 × 12 months |
The year at this dose — 12 payments, or 13 where a seller bills every four weeks. Several charge more as you move to a higher dose; where they publish that, the row says so.
Every figure above was read on trymeasured.com, one product at a time. Check the current price before you buy.
See Measured’s pricesHow this compares
On our compounded tirzepatide board, Measured is $299 and the cheapest we have priced is Collective — medication plus the required annual fee at $85.58.
See every compounded tirzepatide price we have checked →On our compounded semaglutide board, Measured is $199 and the cheapest we have priced is Collective — medication plus the required annual fee at $75.58.
See every compounded semaglutide price we have checked →
Pros and cons
Pros
- The six-month money-back guarantee refunds membership fees if you haven’t lost 5% of body weight.
- The prepay discounts are real and correctly badged: $960 off twelve months is exactly $2,388 minus $1,428.
- One charge, not two.
- One flat price at every dose, so a quote at 0.25 mg is still the quote at 2.4 mg.
- The one-month price is published, not hidden — the struck-through $199 sits beside the $119 headline.
- A registered dietitian is included rather than sold as an upsell, and shipping is free.
Cons
- The money-back guarantee returns membership fees only, and on a compounded plan the membership isn’t itemized.
- On branded drugs, "From $49/mo" is a membership with the medication paid separately — and it renews at $99.
- Measured serves 26 states.
- The $119 headline needs $1,428 on day one.
- Tirzepatide does the same: $219 advertised, $299 for a single month, $2,628 up front for the cheap rate.
- There’s no one-month microdose plan at all; the cheapest entry to that program is a $297 three-month block.
Where else Measured appears
Boards this company appears on
- The cheapest GLP-1 providers to actually stay on for a year
- The price transparency index: every company we have priced, scored on its own headline
- Every semaglutide seller we have priced, ranked by what a year really costs
- Every tirzepatide seller we have priced, ranked by what a year really costs
- Cheapest compounded Tirzepatide, every price we have checked
- Cheapest compounded Semaglutide, every price we have checked
Compare the cost of compounded semaglutide · Compare the cost of compounded tirzepatide
How we verified this
What we checked
- Every price read off trymeasured.com — 2 products, checked one at a time
- The billing cycle taken from the company's own terms, not assumed from the price
- States, inclusions and cancellation terms read on the company's own pages
- Screened against the FDA's live warning-letter index
What to double-check before you buy
- Prices may change. Confirm before you buy.
Key terms
Show definitions
- Walk-away price
- What one cycle costs at the ongoing rate with no commitment — what you actually pay if you stop after month one.
- Year at this price
- The walk-away price multiplied by however many times a year it's actually billed. It's the year at this dose only — several sellers charge more as you move up, and most don't publish the ladder.
- Compounded
- Made to order by a pharmacy from raw ingredients, rather than dispensed as an FDA-approved, mass-manufactured product.
Bottom line
Budget $199 a month for semaglutide and $299 for tirzepatide, or $1,428 and $2,628 up front for the advertised rates — the gap is 67% and 36%. On branded drugs the "From $49/mo" is a membership that renews at $99, with the medication billed separately. And there is no one-month microdose plan at all; the cheapest way in is a $297 three-month block.
Visit MeasuredFrequently asked questions
What does Measured actually cost?
One charge, and which charge depends on how far ahead you pay. Compounded semaglutide is $199 for a single month, $417 for three ($139/mo), $774 for six ($129/mo) or $1,428 for twelve ($119/mo). Compounded tirzepatide is $299, $717, $1,374 or $2,628 on the same rungs, working out at $299, $239, $229 and $219 a month. Every one of those includes the care membership — Measured's help center says the cash-pay programs are "inclusive of membership costs". All figures read on August 7, 2026 from Measured's own pages and the product catalog in its sign-up quiz.
Why is the advertised price $119 when a month costs $199?
Because $119 is a twelve-month plan divided by twelve, and Measured leaves the arithmetic on the page for anyone who checks. The semaglutide page shows "From $119/mo", a struck-through "$199", and a badge reading "Save $960!". The catalog behind the quiz confirms all three: the one-month SKU is $199 at no discount, and the twelve-month SKU lists at $2,388 and sells at $1,428. $2,388 minus $1,428 is $960. So the discount is genuine — it’s simply not a monthly price, and it costs $1,428 on the day you sign up.
What does a year on Measured come to?
Month to month, semaglutide is $2,388 and tirzepatide is $3,588. Prepaid for the year they’re $1,428 and $2,628 — savings of $960 on either. The middle rungs land where you would expect: six months of semaglutide at $774 twice is $1,548, three months at $417 four times is $1,668. The saving is real money and, unusually in this category, the badge is honest about its size. What it buys with it’s a year of commitment paid before your first injection.
Does Measured serve my state?
Only if you’re in one of twenty-six. Measured's own quiz answers this directly: "Measured is proud to serve patients in the following states: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, and Wisconsin." Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Delaware, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Mississippi, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, West Virginia and Wyoming aren’t on that list, and neither is Washington, D.C. Check this before you compare anything else.
What is the $49 price on the branded medications?
It’s the care membership, not the drug. Beside Wegovy, Ozempic, Zepbound, Mounjaro and the Wegovy pill, Measured prints "From $49/mo" and, in the same block, "Medication paid separately" — and for Ozempic and Mounjaro, "Insurance required". The catalog shows that membership at $99 with a first-month promotion code taking it to $49, so it’s both a medication-only figure and an introductory one. If your insurance covers the branded drug, $99 a month for prior-authorization support and clinician access may be excellent value. It’s not a price for a GLP-1.
Does the price change when my dose goes up?
No. Measured's plan card states "One flat price for every dose & no hidden fees", and the catalog backs it — there’s one SKU per compound per duration, with no dose variants anywhere in it. That matters more than it sounds: a provider that re-prices at 7.5 mg or 10 mg can turn an attractive starting quote into something quite different by month five, and this one can’t.
What is the six-month money-back guarantee worth?
Read what it refunds. Measured's own wording: "If you don't lose 5% of your body weight in 6 months, we will refund your membership fees." On a compounded plan the membership is bundled into a single price and not itemized anywhere a patient can see, so what proportion of $774 or $1,374 comes back isn’t something you can work out in advance. It’s a real commitment and it’s more than most competitors offer; it’s not a refund of what you paid.
What did the FDA warning letter say?
Two things, on February 20, 2026, addressed to Better Health Labs, Inc. — the company named in Measured's own site footer. FDA said the vials pictured on trymeasured.com carried the Measured name and so represented Measured as the compounder, which it’s not. And it quoted same-ingredient marketing copy, concluding that the claims "imply that your products have been FDA-approved or otherwise evaluated for safety and effectiveness when they have not." That wording is broader than the agency used in 2025, and it’s the useful one: the question isn’t only whether a site claims its compound is the same as Wegovy, but whether anything on it leaves you assuming a regulator checked. Nothing in the letter alleges a problem with the medication itself.
Sources
Every price above was checked against Measured’s own pricing page — never a third-party aggregator:
Show every source link
- Measured — official site
Where we read every figure on this page
- FDA warning letter
February 2026
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