Head-to-head · computed 2026-08-11
Elevate Health vs Noom Med
Elevate Health: Elevate Health sells compounded tirzepatide at $449 a month on its monthly plan or $263 a month on a prepaid 12-week program, with free blood work included and brand-name Zepbound also on the menu; its compounded semaglutide pricing spans a promotional band our desk has not resolved to a rankable maintenance figure. Noom Med: Noom bundles its behavior program with medication access; compounded semaglutide lists at $199/month all-in.
Tirzepatide
| Elevate Health | Noom Med | |
|---|---|---|
| All-in maintenance | $449/mo | $299/mo |
| Best plan rate | $263/mo | $299/mo |
| 12-month total | $5,388 | $3,588 |
| Status | Reported · 2026-08-11 | Reported · 2026-08-11 |
The arithmetic
On the figures our desk holds, Noom Med's $299 a month undercuts Elevate Health's $449 by $150 a month at the 10 mg/wk maintenance basis — $1,800 across a year. Noom Med's figure is reported (captured 2026-08-11) and Elevate Health's is reported (captured 2026-08-11); a status below 'verified' means our independent checkout capture is still pending, so treat the gap as the best current evidence rather than settled fact.
Elevate Health's tirzepatide ladder runs $449 a month billed monthly, and $263 a month on a three-month plan. Noom Med's runs $299 a month billed monthly. On the twelve-month basis Noom Med's $3,588 beats Elevate Health's $5,388 by $1,800 — with the winner's figure resting on twelve months at the month-to-month rate with no commitment, a structural difference that matters if you might stop early.
Semaglutide
| Elevate Health | Noom Med | |
|---|---|---|
| All-in maintenance | not published | $249/mo |
| Best plan rate | — | $249/mo |
| 12-month total | — | $2,988 |
| Status | Reported · 2026-08-11 | Reported · 2026-08-11 |
The arithmetic
Elevate Health does not publish a rankable maintenance-dose figure for semaglutide, so no winner can honestly be declared — a start-only price tells you what month one costs, not what the program costs.
Where the structures genuinely differ
On dose economics, Noom Med is dose-flat — the price survives titration — while Elevate Health's pricing can move with the dose, a difference that compounds through a standard escalation schedule and matters most to buyers expecting to reach the higher maintenance doses. On verifiability, Noom Med names its dispensing pharmacy — which means the fifteen-minute license-and-records check is possible — while Elevate Health's pharmacy is not disclosed on record, the single structural fact this desk weighs heaviest after the FDA's 2026 letters cited exactly that practice. On exit terms, Noom Med's structure avoids prepaid lock-in while Elevate Health's better rates ride prepaid terms — cheaper per month, costlier to leave early; read the refund language before choosing the discount.
Structure, side by side
Elevate Health
- MembershipNone
- Dose policyNot stated on captured materials
- CommitmentMonthly, or 12-week prepaid program
- CancellationPer published terms; 12-week program is prepaid — confirm refund terms at checkout
- PharmacyPartner pharmacy (unnamed on captured materials); clinical network via MDIntegra
Noom Med
- MembershipNone
- Dose policyFlat at published rate
- CommitmentProgram-based
- CancellationPer plan terms
- PharmacyPartner pharmacies
What our desk is watching on each
Elevate Health: Captures are dated (tirzepatide plan structure from a September 2025 consumer walkthrough; injectable band $233–$263 from January 2026 materials) — re-capture flagged. Three structural notes: checkout precedes medical qualification in the published flow (BMI ≥30, or ≥27 with a condition, gates approval after payment); the dispensing pharmacy is unnamed on captured materials, which fails this desk's verification workflow until answered; and the platform sells peptide add-ons (NAD+, glutathione) alongside GLP-1s — read the verification masterclass's add-on cautions before bundling. Not on the FDA's September 2025 warning-letter list per directory review; Trustpilot rating carries a review-solicitation flag.
Noom Med: Basis correction on record: the $199 figure previously recorded reflects Noom's microdose tier, which caps at 0.6 mg and therefore fails this site's maintenance-dose comparison basis; the standard compounded tiers — $249/mo semaglutide, $299/mo GLP-1/GIP Plus (tirzepatide) — are the rankable figures. Microdose tiers ($179 semaglutide / $199 tirzepatide per Noom's July 27, 2026 pricing) exist for gentler entry. All plans bill quarterly, not monthly; the branded-medication track ($99/mo after a $149 first month, medication separate) is a different product. Compounded not available in all states per Noom's own materials.
Questions people ask
Is Elevate Health or Noom Med cheaper in 2026?
The tirzepatide and semaglutide verdict blocks above give the computed answer at the maintenance basis, with the verification status of each figure; the short version is that whichever program's all-in monthly number is lower on this page is cheaper on the evidence we hold today, and both rows carry capture dates so you can judge freshness.
What does Elevate Health vs Noom Med miss that checkout will show?
Taxes, state availability, current promotions, and any dose surcharge introduced after our capture date. Screenshot the order summary before paying — that capture, not any comparison page, is your contract.
Why do you compare at the maintenance dose instead of the starting dose?
Because starter pricing lasts one or two months and maintenance pricing lasts the rest of the year; comparing starts against maintenances is the single most common way GLP-1 comparisons mislead.
What do Elevate Health and Noom Med cost over a full year of tirzepatide?
On the plans our database holds, a year of tirzepatide runs $5,388 at Elevate Health and $3,588 at Noom Med — computed from each program's best published twelve-month route, with promotional figures labeled in the sections above and every number carrying its capture date.
Both records live in the normalized database; re-run the math yourself from the downloads. Full record pages: Elevate Health · Noom Med. Official sites: Elevate Health ↗ · Noom Med ↗. Nothing here is medical advice.