Lavender Sky Health charges per consult rather than per month. Published rates are $65 for a new patient consult and $40 for a follow-up, with compounded GLP-1 plans starting at $95 per month and ordered as two-month supplies. The brand-name route costs $25 monthly plus whatever the pharmacy charges for the drug itself.
The consult fee is the only charge that always applies
Every patient pays for clinician time whether or not a prescription follows. The fee covers evaluation of the health history, a written treatment plan delivered to the patient portal, portal messaging with the care team, and patient education materials. Approval is not guaranteed, and the company states the fee stands regardless of outcome.
Cadence keeps the running cost low. A follow-up is required every six months on an active treatment plan and every twelve months on maintenance dosing, with refills available in between. For someone stable on a dose, that means the clinical overhead after year one can be a single $40 charge annually, which is a materially different structure from platforms billing a monthly access fee whether or not anything is prescribed.
That per-visit math reads very differently from the subscription pricing at Ro, Hims and Hers, or Henry Meds, where a flat monthly figure bundles access and often the drug. Cash-pay catalogs like the HealthRX GLP-1 medications page publish the drug price on its own, which is the format that lets a shopper rebuild the true annual cost one line at a time. The consult-fee model sits at the low-commitment end of that same spectrum.
Two medication routes produce two very different bills
A custom compounded plan folds the medication cost, ordering, shipping, and injection supplies into one price, along with support from the prescriber and support team through to the next required follow-up. Prices vary by molecule, by pharmacy, and by plan length, with the published entry point at $95 per month.
The standard plan works differently. For $25 per month the company transmits a prescription for an approved product such as Zepbound, Mounjaro, Wegovy, or Ozempic to a local pharmacy or to a manufacturer’s direct channel, and the patient buys the drug there at that seller’s price. The service fee buys prescription handling and ongoing clinician support, nothing more, so the total bill is dominated by the pharmacy’s number.
The difference between these routes is regulatory, not just financial. Approved products carry an FDA-reviewed label that fixes strength, storage, and administration. Compounded preparations are made by licensed pharmacies for individual patients and are not FDA-approved, and the agency does not review them for safety, effectiveness, or quality before sale.
| Cost line | Who bills it | What it covers | When it recurs |
|---|---|---|---|
| New patient consult, $65 | Lavender Sky Health | Evaluation and written plan | Once |
| Follow-up consult, $40 | Lavender Sky Health | Review and plan adjustment | Every 6 or 12 months |
| Compounded plan, from $95/month | Lavender Sky Health | Medication, shipping, supplies | Per plan cycle |
| Standard plan, $25/month | Lavender Sky Health | Prescription routing and support | Monthly |
| Brand medication | Pharmacy or manufacturer channel | The drug | Per fill |
| Lab draw | Lavender Sky Health, separately | Optional in-home testing | Only when ordered |
Supply length is the trap inside every monthly figure
Plan pricing is not organized around calendar months. Tier plans ship a two to two and a half month supply. The extended plans, named Foundation, Momentum, and Elevate, ship three to four months. Total milligrams per plan differ between partner pharmacies according to the vial sizes and concentrations each one stocks.
Any advertised monthly number is therefore division, not billing. Comparing two providers honestly means dividing the plan price by the milligrams delivered and by the days covered. Two plans with identical monthly figures can differ substantially on both denominators.
Cost also climbs with the dose. Titration schedules move patients upward over months, and the maintenance doses that produced the published trial results sit well above starting doses. Anyone budgeting from a starting-dose price is budgeting for the cheapest phase of treatment, and the maintenance evidence indicates that the medication is a long-running expense rather than a course with an end date. Cash-price transparency has become a competitive feature rather than a courtesy, and pages such as the tirzepatide provider comparison published by FormBlends exist because buyers now shop these programs line by line.
Labs are optional and priced separately
Bloodwork is not a prerequisite. The company states it does not require testing before starting medication, while suggesting A1C, thyroid, and cholesterol panels as a way to measure progress. In-home lab draws are sold as their own service rather than bundled into a plan.
That keeps the entry price down and shifts a judgment call onto the patient. Obesity pharmacotherapy guidance frames medication as part of longer-term monitored care, and a baseline metabolic panel is more useful before starting than reconstructed afterward. For someone with an existing primary care relationship, ordering the same tests there may cost nothing extra.
Shipping, additives, and the small lines
Shipping is included in compounded plan pricing, though the pharmacy performs it. Partner pharmacies are described as needing two to seven business days to process and ship, with delivery commonly four to ten business days from the order date and an extra day or two when payment lands outside business hours.
Formulation is worth asking about because it affects value. Some compounded preparations include added ingredients such as vitamin B12, glycine, or niacinamide. Those additions are marketed as supportive, and they mean the vial is not a like-for-like substitute for an approved single-ingredient product.
On payment mechanics, the company files no insurance claims and completes no prior authorizations, so reimbursement is the patient’s own project. HSA and FSA cards are accepted alongside major credit cards, and peer-to-peer payment apps are not. The portal also accepts prepayments in $100 increments toward future orders.
What the other treatments do to the bill
GLP-1 plans sit next to a wellness menu that includes sermorelin, NAD+, B vitamin and amino acid injections, glutathione, lipotropics, and aesthetic services. Each carries its own price and its own evidence base, and those two things are not correlated. Sermorelin, for instance, has a documented role in growth hormone deficiency contexts, which is a narrower use than general anti-aging marketing implies.
The practical budgeting point is that add-on injectables can quietly double a monthly total while contributing far less well-documented benefit than the GLP-1 itself. Pricing the core treatment first, then deciding on extras separately, avoids that.
Frequently asked questions
Is there a membership fee?
No. The company states it charges no membership or recurring subscription fee, and that patients are billed only for services they actively select. The $25 monthly figure attached to the brand-name route is a prescription service charge tied to that specific plan, not a platform membership.
What does $95 per month actually buy?
It is the published starting point for compounded GLP-1 plans, billed as a two-month supply and inclusive of medication, shipping, and supplies. Actual cost rises with dose, molecule, chosen pharmacy, and plan length, so the entry figure describes the floor rather than a typical bill.
Can insurance cover any of this?
Not directly through the provider, which files no claims and pursues no prior authorizations. Patients may self-submit for reimbursement, and coverage for compounded preparations is uncommon. Brand-name prescriptions routed to a retail pharmacy may be covered where a plan includes anti-obesity medication.
Are labs included in the price?
No. Testing is optional, priced separately, and available as an in-home draw. Patients who want baseline A1C, thyroid, and lipid values can also obtain them through an existing primary care relationship, often at lower net cost depending on their coverage.
How should this be compared with manufacturer self-pay pricing?
Convert everything to cost per milligram over a defined period, then add consult fees and shipping. Manufacturer channels supply the approved product with fixed labeled contents at a higher price, while compounded plans trade that regulatory certainty for a lower cash number.
