# Zera Health vs PlushCare: which GLP-1 seller is right for you? | This GLP

A monthly rate behind a first-month offer, against a two-step dose price.

Publisher: This GLP Editorial Team
Canonical: https://thisglp.com/compare/zera-health-vs-plushcare
Updated: 2026-09-18

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# Zera Health vs PlushCare

A monthly rate behind a first-month offer, against a two-step dose price.

By [This GLP Editorial Team](https://thisglp.com/about)

## Zera Health

Editorial

$169/mo

Zera Health charges $179 a month for compounded semaglutide and $255 for compounded tirzepatide, each billed monthly after a discounted first month. A separate microdose semaglutide line, described by the seller as low-dose, is priced below it, and a daily dissolving tablet is listed at $169. All fifty states are served.

For

-   The monthly rate is printed beside the offer
-   All fifty states served
-   Narrow step between the two molecules

Against

-   The lead figure is a first month only
-   Prices above the named vial strengths are not shown
-   The tablet's standing rate is not stated

**Pick it for:** Readers who want the lower rate past the starting dose

[Read the full review](https://thisglp.com/reviews/zera-health)

## PlushCare

Editorial

$149/mo

PlushCare advertises compounded semaglutide at $149 a month cash-pay, and states that the figure buys the 0.25 mg starting dose only; every dose from 0.5 mg to 2.4 mg costs more. Its compounded tirzepatide page now redirects to a Mounjaro page that quotes no compounded price. Insurance is accepted on a separate basis.

For

-   Says what the entry figure buys
-   Insurance accepted as a separate route
-   Prescription follows a clinician visit

Against

-   Maintenance doses cost $299 a month
-   No compounded tirzepatide price published

**Pick it for:** Readers who want the brand and a clinician visit in the loop

[Read the full review](https://thisglp.com/reviews/plushcare)

## Our verdict

Zera Health charges $179 a month for semaglutide after a discounted first month. PlushCare's $149 covers the starting dose only, and every dose above it costs more. Past the starting dose, Zera is the cheaper of the two.

## What actually separates them

Zera Health and PlushCare state different things about published price. Everything else they publish, they publish the same way.

Zera Health costs $20 more than PlushCare — 13% more for the same molecule. Whether that buys anything is what the rest of this page is for.

Over twelve months that is about $1,788 at PlushCare against $2,028 at Zera Health — a difference of $240.

|   | Zera Health | PlushCare |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Published price | $169/mo | $149/mo |

## Before you choose either

Ask both sellers what dose the monthly price buys before you compare the two figures. A price is only a price once you know what quantity it is attached to, and a seller that will not answer has told you something. Set both against [every published price we hold](https://thisglp.com/best) rather than against each other alone.

Our take is computed from a [published rubric](https://thisglp.com/methodology) that does not read commercial status, and [what is known about safety](https://thisglp.com/research) applies to both of them equally.

**Research, not medical advice.** This GLP is independent and educational. Nothing here is a substitute for individualized care from a licensed clinician, and reading it creates no doctor–patient relationship. Talk to your own provider before starting, stopping, or changing any medication, peptide, or therapy. See our [methodology](https://thisglp.com/methodology) and [terms](https://thisglp.com/terms).

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