Provider review
Kova review
Names the compound only in its compiled checkout code, never on the marketing site.
The homepage and FAQ stay at "GLP-1 medication" throughout; the compiled `/survey/app` bundle behind the intake quiz is the only place that actually names semaglutide or tirzepatide as a specific, purchasable product.
Transparency scorecard
2 of 4 disclosed openly
What Kova discloses about itself, read from its own pages — not estimated.
Pharmacy named & regulated
Not disclosed
Does not name a pharmacy or state a regulatory category anywhere on its own site.
State coverage published
Disclosed
Publishes which states it actually serves.
A real price is published
Disclosed
A real dollar figure is published on its own site, not estimated.
No hidden commitment trap
Not disclosed
The advertised price requires a prepay, auto-refill, or other commitment we found and named.
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On this page
What it actually costs
What they advertise
Kova's own homepage pricing grid: 1-month plan, $249 intro (first 4 weeks) then $449 "Renewal Every 4 weeks." 3-month plan, $149 intro then a single $987 charge "Renewal Every 12 weeks" (labeled "$329/4 weeks"). 6-month plan, $129 intro then a single $1,794 charge "Renewal Every 24 weeks" (labeled "$299/4 weeks").
What you actually pay, month to month
$449 every 4 weeks is the real no-commitment standing rate — the 1-month plan's own stated renewal charge. That's 13 charges a year, not 12 monthly ones, so the true annualized cost ($5,837) runs higher than a naive "$449 × 12" read would suggest.
The commitment trap
The 3-month and 6-month plans' "$329/4 weeks" and "$299/4 weeks" figures are not a recurring charge at all — they're the site's own per-4-week average of a single $987 (every 12 weeks) or $1,794 (every 24 weeks) lump sum. A reader who assumes either figure is a periodic bill amount will be surprised by the actual charge size.
Money you will meet later
- Lab work, if a provider orders it to guide a dosage change, is explicitly NOT included: the FAQ states plainly, "Lab work is not included in the program, and you'll have to pay separately for it if it's required."
- No mention anywhere on the site of injection supplies (needles, syringes, sharps container) being included or billed separately, and no shipping cost or delivery-time figure is published.
Checked live on Kova's own site at https://trykova.com/#pricing in August 2026. Prices change without notice — confirm before you buy. Every figure here was read off Kova's own public pages on the date shown, not from a third-party comparison table.
The bottom line
Kova is a real, live, operating nationwide telehealth platform at trykova.com (LifeTech Apps Inc, a Delaware corporation) — a WLR research lead flagged it as likely disqualified because its marketing copy never names a specific compound, and that finding holds up exactly: "semaglutide" and "tirzepatide" each appear on the homepage only twice, both in the same generic clinical-trial citation, and zero times in any of its three legal documents. But mining the compiled JS behind its `/survey/app` checkout flow finds real, user-facing product copy the marketing site never surfaces: a base "Program" tier whose paywall reads "May contain compounded semaglutide, if prescribed," and an upsell "Program Plus" tier that reads "Compounded tirzepatide" — each tied to its own set of product idents, not a marketing flourish. That's enough to independently confirm what it actually sells. Pricing is unusually transparently labeled for the shape of trap it is: the homepage shows both the intro price and the real renewal charge side by side for all three plans, but the 3-month and 6-month plans' "$329/4 weeks" and "$299/4 weeks" figures are a per-4-week average of a single $987 or $1,794 lump sum, not a recurring charge — the real no-commitment rate is the 1-month plan's $449 every 4 weeks. The genuine knock: its own FAQ contradicts itself on which pharmacy fills the prescription.
Kova appears on our tirzepatide provider ranking. Nothing on this page is a performance claim.
Who it is for, and who it is not
A good fit if
- You're comfortable digging past the marketing page yourself — the actual compound you'd be prescribed IS confirmable, it just isn't printed anywhere on the site a normal visitor would read.
- You want named individual clinicians, not a generic "clinical team" — Kova's FAQ names four by name and credential (Dr. Laurie Mercier, MD; Kimberli Hastings, NP; Theresa Vergara, NP; Craig Sorkin, NP).
- You read a pricing page carefully — Kova's own homepage shows the intro AND the real renewal charge together for every tier, not a hero number with the real one buried below it.
Look elsewhere if
- You want to know which specific compound you're being prescribed before you start a medical intake — neither the homepage, the FAQ, nor any legal document names one; that information only exists inside the compiled JS of a paywall screen reached after the quiz.
- You're pricing the 3-month or 6-month plan off its "$329/4 weeks" or "$299/4 weeks" label and expect that amount to hit your card every few weeks — the actual charge is a single $987 or $1,794 lump sum, once every 12 or 24 weeks.
- You want a single, consistent answer for which pharmacy fills your prescription — Kova's own FAQ gives two different, non-overlapping answers on the same page.
What is included
The cheapest headline number in this category is often the one with the least attached to it. Here is what Kova bundles in, and what it does not.
Clinician consult
Bundled
The FAQ states plainly, "All plans include clinician review, prescription eligibility assessment, medication fulfillment coordination, ongoing check-ins where applicable, and full access to the GLP-1 companion app" — and "You won't be charged unless a provider approves your treatment."
Bloodwork / labs
Not included
The FAQ states directly that if lab work is needed to guide a dosage change, "Lab work is not included in the program, and you'll have to pay separately for it if it's required."
Follow-ups and dose changes
"Ongoing check-ins where applicable" is bundled per the pricing…
FAQ, and a separate FAQ answer says a clinician "monitors your progress and can adjust your dosage as your needs evolve" — no specific cadence (weekly, monthly) is stated anywhere on the site.
Human support
No dedicated dietitian, nurse, or human coach
— the "Kova companion app" is software (medication reminders, injection-site notes, symptom logging, protein tracking), not a person. Four individual prescribing clinicians ARE named by name and credential in the FAQ, which several peers on this board do not do.
Injection supplies
Not addressed anywhere on the live site
— no mention of needles, syringes, alcohol swabs, or a sharps container being included or billed separately.
Shipping
Described only as "delivered to your door" in the FAQ and…
how-it-works copy — no shipping cost, carrier, or delivery-time figure is published anywhere on the site.
Who fills it, and who's watching
The pharmacy
Not resolvable to one answer. Kova's own FAQ, "What pharmacy does Kova work with?", answers: "Kova partners with Telegra Pharmacy Network across the United States. Telegra MD LLC operates a nationwide network of 503a and 503b compounding pharmacies" — hedging between both federal categories rather than committing to one. A SEPARATE FAQ question on the same page, "Who are your pharmacy providers?", answers instead: "Our Pharmacies are leaders in providing personalized medication solutions. E-RxHub... Absolute Pharmacy... Southend Pharmacy... Strive Pharmacy" — four specific pharmacies, none of them called Telegra, and Telegra is not mentioned in that answer at all.
Oversight
Bundled. The FAQ states plainly, "All plans include clinician review, prescription eligibility assessment, medication fulfillment coordination, ongoing check-ins where applicable, and full access to the GLP-1 companion app" — and "You won't be charged unless a provider approves your treatment." "Ongoing check-ins where applicable" is bundled per the pricing FAQ, and a separate FAQ answer says a clinician "monitors your progress and can adjust your dosage as your needs evolve" — no specific cadence (weekly, monthly) is stated anywhere on the site.
Compounded peptides are not FDA-approved products, and a 503A pharmacy compounds for a named patient while a 503B outsourcing facility manufactures in batches under CGMP. Neither is a quality guarantee on its own — a named facility is simply a fact you can check, and an unnamed “partner pharmacy network” is not.
Where you can get it
"All 50 US states," per the FAQ: "We provide care and support to patients in all 50 US states," hedged in the same sentence by "Availability of specific services may vary by state based on provider licensure and applicable regulations." No exclusion list is published in either direction anywhere on the site.
The honest cons
The part they would rather you skipped
Kova's own FAQ contradicts itself on which pharmacy actually fills your prescription. One answer, to "What pharmacy does Kova work with?", names a single hedged network: "Kova partners with Telegra Pharmacy Network across the United States. Telegra MD LLC operates a nationwide network of 503a and 503b compounding pharmacies" — 503A and 503B in the same breath, never resolved to one. A separate answer on the exact same FAQ page, to "Who are your pharmacy providers?", names four entirely different pharmacies instead — "E-RxHub... Absolute Pharmacy... Southend Pharmacy... Strive Pharmacy" — with no mention of Telegra anywhere in that answer. Two live, sourced answers to the same question on the same page, and they don't agree. Separately, and just as real: nowhere on the visible marketing site, FAQ, or any of its three legal documents (Terms, Privacy, HIPAA notice, Telehealth Consent) does Kova ever name a specific compound it dispenses — that information exists only inside the compiled JS of a post-quiz paywall screen, which is a genuinely harder place for a prospective patient to find than a Terms page.
- Its own FAQ contradicts itself on which pharmacy fills the prescription — see this review's knock.
- No specific compound is named anywhere on the visible site (marketing copy, FAQ, or any legal document) — only inside the compiled JS of a paywall screen reached after a full medical intake quiz.
- The 3-month and 6-month plans' "$329/4 weeks" and "$299/4 weeks" figures describe a per-4-week average, not an actual recurring charge — the real charge is a single $987 or $1,794 lump sum, once every 12 or 24 weeks.
- No mention anywhere on the site of injection supplies being included or billed separately, and no shipping cost or delivery-time figure is published.
None of this is unique to Kova — the whole category shares it.
How it compares
The providers we rank on our tirzepatide provider ranking — the most specific board Kova sits on — in the order that board ranks them.
- PLPlexusDxPriciest starting-price seller; the only one admitting it's not FDA-approved.
- Precision TelemedNames its actual compounding pharmacy directly on its own product pages.
- WHWelling HealthReal pricing, real entity — its own site can't agree on 503A vs. 503B.
- NuBloomFlat, checkable pricing — undercut by its own FAQ and an unfilled legal clause.
- EHEOS HealthNames five 503A pharmacies — but its own legal pages disagree on HIPAA.
- WillowA flat, unhedged price — but its own FAQ misleads on needle-free tirzepatide.
- StackMDReal dose-tier pricing — but its sermorelin page quotes a price nothing sells at.
- FOFoundStates a 503A category for its pharmacy — but the $99 floor needs a multi-month prepay.
13 more providers rank on our tirzepatide provider ranking — see the full ranking. Every provider we review →
Read this before you buy
A provider comparison is half the decision. The other half is whether the compound does anything for you at all — and whether it is allowed where you compete. Growth-hormone secretagogues are banned in tested sport, year-round, and a prescription does not change that.
Facts on this page reflect Kova's own public disclosures when we last checked them, in August 2026. Prices and terms change without notice — confirm on Kova's site before you buy. Provider names and logos on this page identify the company under review; their use does not imply endorsement, sponsorship or affiliation. This page is informational and not medical advice; compounded peptides are not FDA-approved, and growth-hormone secretagogues are banned in tested sport year-round. See our disclosure and editorial policy.