Care Clinics

Medications offered

As listed on the provider’s own site. Whether a product is FDA-approved or compounded is the single most important distinction here — we explain why.

• Compounded semaglutideCompounded · not FDA-approved
• Compounded tirzepatideCompounded · not FDA-approved

What they publish

Care Clinics publishes 6 of 12 standard terms. Fields marked “not publicly disclosed” were not stated on the pages we captured, and we have not filled those gaps with assumptions. Compare disclosure across providers

Membership / programme fee

None — states no memberships and no hidden fees. A $40 deposit is required to book a consultation and is credited against the final price (as published)

Medication cost

Published as dose-and-duration packages. Compounded semaglutide from $259 for seven weeks and $299 for three months, with longer plans published at $499 across doses from 1mg for twenty weeks to 2.5mg for ten weeks. Compounded tirzepatide from $399 for three months, with extended plans at $599 and $699 by dose and duration, and six-month plans published at $999 (5mg weekly), $1,299 (7.5mg) and $1,599 (10mg). California pricing published separately and higher, from $329. Prices stated to include consultation, medication and shipping (as published)

Introductory offer

Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.

Insurance

States no insurance is needed.

HSA / FSA

Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.

Consultation process

Telehealth video consultation with a healthcare provider, booked through a portal that displays all dosing and pricing before the booking is finalised. States a consultation-only option is available at $125 if you want the prescription sent to your own pharmacy.

Eligibility

Clinical criteria such as a BMI threshold were not published on the pages we captured. Publishes state-specific availability notes, including for Arkansas and California.

Lab work

Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.

Pharmacy fulfilment

States compounded medication is dispensed by compounding pharmacies, and specifically that within California only a small number of sterile 503B facilities are permitted to compound semaglutide, that most out-of-state pharmacies cannot ship into California under Board of Pharmacy rules, and that this is why California prices are higher. The pharmacies are not named.

Shipping

States shipping is included in the package price, direct to home.

Support services

Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.

Cancellation

Cancellation terms were not published on the pages we captured.

Refunds

Refund terms were not published on the pages we captured.

What stands out

• Publishes a complete price grid across dose and duration rather than a 'from' figure. On the pages we captured you can look up almost any combination and see what it costs, which is close to unique in this directory.
• Explains its own California price premium by reference to Board of Pharmacy rules on out-of-state shipping and the limited number of 503B facilities permitted to compound semaglutide there. That is a real regulatory constraint, and explaining it rather than just charging more is unusually straightforward.
• Offers a $125 consultation-only route where the prescription goes to your own pharmacy, while stating clearly that it cannot then guarantee availability or price at that pharmacy.
• Requires a $40 booking deposit, credited against the final price.
• Extended plans let you order four to six months at your current dose, which the site frames as protection against shipping delays as well as a saving.
• The packages are fixed-dose and fixed-duration, so the plan you buy assumes a titration schedule decided before the consultation.
• No refund or cancellation terms are published anywhere we could find, which matters given the size of the prepayments.

Questions to ask before you pay

These are things we could not settle from published pages, or that we think are easy to misread. Get answers in writing.

• The packages commit you to a specific dose for a specific number of weeks. What happens if your provider changes the plan, or you cannot tolerate the dose you prepaid for?
• A six-month tirzepatide plan at $1,599 is a large prepayment with no published refund policy. What are the written terms?
• Which 503B or 503A pharmacy compounds your medication?
• What clinical criteria are used, given no BMI threshold is published?
• Is baseline lab work expected before starting?
• Compounded medication is not FDA-approved. Do you understand what that means for oversight and recourse?

Frequently asked