Hims & Hers vs LifeMD (2026): prices, structure, verdict
On tirzepatide, only LifeMD↗ has a rankable figure: $597 a month all-in; Hims & Hers↗ routes tirzepatide through brand channels without a single compounded cash price — its cost depends on coverage or the manufacturer programs (Zepbound vials $299–$449; Wegovy $349).
Updated 2026-08-10 · figures captured 2026-08-09 · how we verify
On semaglutide, only LifeMD has a rankable figure: $348 a month all-in; Hims & Hers routes semaglutide through brand channels without a single compounded cash price — its cost depends on coverage or the manufacturer programs (Zepbound vials $299–$449; Wegovy $349).
Hims & Hers
- Tirzepatide all-in
- brand channel
- Semaglutide all-in
- brand channel
- 12-mo tirzepatide (best path)
- —
- Membership
- none
- Shipping
- included
- Commitment
- plan recurs
- Cancellation
- plan recurs until cancelled
- Pharmacy
- ✔ brand fulfillment; compounded program closed to new patients
- States
- 50 states
- Insurance
- no
- Evidence
- no public price · 2026-08-05
LifeMD
- Tirzepatide all-in
- $597/mo · flat
- Semaglutide all-in
- $348/mo · flat
- 12-mo tirzepatide (best path)
- $7,164
- Membership
- $149/mo (inside figures)
- Shipping
- included
- Commitment
- program fee recurs monthly
- Cancellation
- program fee recurs until cancelled
- Pharmacy
- not named
- States
- 50 states
- Insurance
- yes
- Evidence
- third-party reported · 2026-08-05
The two records, condensed
Hims & Hers: the record, condensed
On tirzepatide, Hims & Hers is a brand channel rather than a priced product: it prescribes the FDA-approved medication, and what you pay depends on coverage or the manufacturer cash programs (Zepbound (LillyDirect↗) at $299–$449).
Hims & Hers routes semaglutide through brand product — no single compounded cash figure exists to rank. The reference prices live one layer down: Wegovy (NovoCare↗), $199–$349 a month cash, or whatever your insurance turns those numbers into.
Operationally at Hims & Hers: shipping included; commitment plan recurs; cancellation plan recurs until cancelled; pharmacy named (brand fulfillment; compounded program closed to new patients); states: 50 states; evidence no public price, captured 2026-08-05. The full record with source and archive links: the Hims & Hers page · visit Hims & Hers ↗
LifeMD: the record, condensed
On tirzepatide, the number that matters at LifeMD is $597 a month all-in — the figure at the 10 mg maintenance basis this whole site ranks on. Because pricing is flat across the ladder (2.5 → 5 → 7.5 → 10 mg (12.5 and 15 mg available)), a dose increase at LifeMD is a clinical event and not a billing one. Whatever your prescriber decides, the invoice does not move, which makes this one of the few programs whose headline figure you can actually plan a year around.
Inside that $597 sits a mandatory $149-a-month membership. We fold it in automatically — the medication-only figure the marketing may lead with is $448, and it is not a price anyone can actually pay, because the membership cannot be declined.
Context for that figure: it ranks #17 of 17 in the verified tirzepatide index — $382/month above the floor (NexLife↗, $215) — and sits $148 over the brand benchmark (Zepbound (LillyDirect), $449 at maintenance). Annualized, a monthly-billed year here runs $7,164.
On semaglutide, the number that matters at LifeMD is $348 a month all-in — the figure at the 2.4 mg maintenance basis this whole site ranks on. It is a flat structure: 0.25 → 0.5 → 1.0 → 1.7 → 2.4 mg all bill identically. In a market where most low advertised prices quietly belong to the starter dose, a flat figure is the difference between a quote and a teaser.
A required $149/month membership is part of the deal, and part of the figure above: $199 of medication plus $149 of platform equals the $348 that leaves your account. Judge the membership by what it includes, but compare on the total.
To place the number: #20 of 20 verified programs, with the floor $215/month below at Oak Longevity ($133); the approved-product yardstick (Wegovy (NovoCare)) sits at $349, so the compounded case here is worth $1 a month. A year at this figure: $4,176 monthly-billed.
Operationally at LifeMD: shipping included; commitment program fee recurs monthly; cancellation program fee recurs until cancelled; pharmacy not publicly named — ask in writing before paying; states: 50 states; evidence third-party reported, captured 2026-08-05. The full record with source and archive links: the LifeMD page · visit LifeMD ↗
Everything besides the price
Coverage: both publish 50-state footprints, so geography does not break the tie.
Pharmacy transparency splits them: Hims & Hers names its network (brand fulfillment; compounded program closed to new patients); LifeMD does not, which shifts the burden of verification onto your intake questions.
Exit terms: Hims & Hers — plan recurs; plan recurs until cancelled. LifeMD — program fee recurs monthly; program fee recurs until cancelled.
Insurance: only LifeMD does coverage work — decisive if there is any chance your plan covers a brand GLP-1, because a covered prescription beats both cash paths on this page.
Evidence: Hims & Hers no public price (captured 2026-08-05); LifeMD third-party reported (2026-08-05).
A rule that has held across this index: disclosure predicts disclosure. Whichever of these two publishes more — pharmacies, states, exit terms — is usually the one whose invoice matches its ad.
Switching between Hims & Hers and LifeMD
Prescriptions do not transfer like phone numbers: moving in either direction means completing the destination’s intake and having its prescriber write a new patient-specific prescription. The mechanics that prevent a bad month: confirm the destination serves your state and quotes your current dose in writing before cancelling anything; time the first new shipment to overlap the last old one rather than gap it; cancel the origin per its published terms (Hims & Hers: plan recurs until cancelled; LifeMD: program fee recurs until cancelled) and screenshot the confirmation; and never leave a prepaid balance stranded — which is the standing argument for prepaying only after a program has already earned a few monthly cycles.
Which one, for whom
Cheapest tirzepatide month-to-month: LifeMD ($597).
Cheapest 12-month path: LifeMD at $7,164 (monthly billing).
Cheapest semaglutide: LifeMD ($348).
If insurance might cover you: LifeMD — the only one of the two doing coverage work, and a covered brand prescription beats both cash paths.
Simplest billing: Hims & Hers — no membership; LifeMD's $149/mo membership recurs until cancelled.
Pharmacy transparency: Hims & Hers names its fulfillment (brand fulfillment; compounded program closed to new patients); LifeMD does not.
Where a like-for-like price does not exist, the comparison becomes a disclosure contest: the program that answers the pharmacy, states, and maintenance-price questions plainly is the one whose other claims deserve weight.
Verdicts are computed from the records above — recompute them from the dataset. Full profiles: Hims & Hers · LifeMD.
Frequently asked
Which is cheaper, Hims & Hers or LifeMD?
On tirzepatide, only LifeMD has a rankable figure: $597 a month all-in ; Hims & Hers routes tirzepatide through brand channels without a single compounded cash price — its cost depends on coverage or the manufacturer programs (Zepbound vials $299–$449; Wegovy $349). On semaglutide, only LifeMD has a rankable figure: $348 a month all-in ; Hims & Hers routes semaglutide through brand channels without a single compounded cash price — its cost depends on coverage or the manufacturer programs (Zepbound vials $299–$449; Wegovy $349).
Is there a membership fee at Hims & Hers or LifeMD?
Hims & Hers: none. LifeMD: $149/month, included in the figures here.
Where do these numbers come from?
From each provider's own published pages, captured 2026-08-05 (Hims & Hers) and 2026-08-05 (LifeMD), normalized to the all-in maintenance basis and archived. Full records: the provider pages and the public dataset.
Is Hims & Hers or LifeMD dose-flat?
Hims & Hers: no flat structure verified — get the maintenance-dose price in writing. LifeMD: yes — flat across doses. Flat pricing turns the advertised number into a ceiling; tiered pricing makes it a floor.
Can I check both Hims & Hers and LifeMD against their sources?
Yes — that is the design. Each record carries a capture date (2026-08-05 / 2026-08-05), a source link, and an archive link in the database; the figures on this page regenerate from those records, so any discrepancy you find is reportable and fixable sitewide in one pass.
What states do Hims & Hers and LifeMD serve?
Hims & Hers: 50 states. LifeMD: 50 states. Telehealth availability rides on clinician licensure and pharmacy permits, so for anything short of an explicit 50-state claim the enrollment flow is the final word; the state-by-state index adds the known exceptions.
Is shipping included at Hims & Hers and LifeMD?
Hims & Hers: included. LifeMD: included. Cold-chain delivery is a real cost; programs that fold it into the all-in figure remove a checkout surprise, and any separate shipping line belongs in your comparison math before the prices above are treated as equivalent.
Which is more transparent, Hims & Hers or LifeMD?
On the checkable axes: pharmacy named — Hims & Hers yes (brand fulfillment; compounded program closed to new patients), LifeMD no; state list — Hims & Hers published, LifeMD published; cancellation terms — Hims & Hers published, LifeMD published; evidence — no public price vs third-party reported. Disclosure predicts disclosure in this market, and the axis where one of these two goes quiet is usually where your intake questions should get loud.