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Mount Sinai Virtual Primary Care

Mount Sinai Health System

Mount Sinai offers virtual primary care through an academic health system, with weight management handled as part of ordinary medical care and billed through insurance rather than as a subscription product.

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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.

  • Prescription weight management medicationType not stated

What they publish

Mount Sinai Virtual Primary Care publishes 2 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
No subscription — billed as ordinary medical care through insurance
Medication cost
Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.
Introductory offer
Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.
Insurance
Publishes standard insurance information and No Surprises Act rights and protections.
HSA / FSA
Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.
Consultation process
Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.
Eligibility
Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.
Lab work
Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.
Pharmacy fulfilment
Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.
Shipping
Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.
Support services
Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.
Cancellation
Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.
Refunds
Not publicly disclosed on the pages we captured.

What stands out

  • An academic health system rather than a weight loss company — the clinical governance is of a different kind entirely.
  • Publishes No Surprises Act rights, which is a patient-protection disclosure no direct-to-consumer provider in this directory carries.
  • Weight management is handled inside primary care rather than as a product.

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.

  • Check that your insurance is accepted and what your copay will be.
  • Confirm GLP-1 prescribing is available through the virtual service.

May suit

People who want weight management from an academic medical centre inside normal primary care.

Limitations

  • Geographically oriented to the New York region.
  • No published weight-specific pricing.

Sources

Captured . Pages change — check the current version before relying on anything here.

Worth comparing against

Brand-nameInsurance support

NYU Langone Weight Management

NYU Langone Health

Academic medical centre programme combining medication, meal replacement and supervision

Membership
Not published
Medication
Not published
Publishes3/12 terms
Insurance support

Knownwell

Knownwell

Weight-inclusive primary care with in-person and virtual visits, billed to insurance

Membership
Not published
Medication
Not published
Publishes4/12 terms
Insurance support

Circle Medical

Circle Medical

Per-visit primary care pricing, with the average insured out-of-pocket cost published

Membership
No membership fee
Medication
Billed separately
Publishes3/12 terms