Provider review
PeterMD review
"$149 to start" is the featured price; the real charge is quarterly, not monthly.
PeterMD's own 60mg tirzepatide plan card states "Get Started for $149. Then $249 per month • billed quarterly" — the $249 figure is real, but it's charged as one ~$747 payment every three months, not a $249 monthly line item.
Transparency scorecard
2 of 4 disclosed openly
What PeterMD 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
PeterMD's own 60mg tirzepatide plan card states, repeated across the page: "Get Started for $149" as the featured figure.
What you actually pay, month to month
The same plan card discloses the real ongoing rate directly beside the featured figure: "Then $249 per month • billed quarterly" — a recurring ~$747 charge every three months, not a $249 monthly line item.
The commitment trap
The featured "$149" is a one-time reduced first payment, not the recurring rate. The real ongoing charge, $249/month, is itself billed as a single quarterly payment (~$747 every 3 months) rather than monthly, despite the "per month" framing.
Money you will meet later
- PeterMD's own checkout offers a $301 HCG add-on ("Last Chance To Add HCG For Only $301 Today!") during the tirzepatide purchase flow, rising to $412 if added later.
Checked live on PeterMD's own site at https://getpetermd.com/tirzepatide/ in August 2026. Prices change without notice — confirm before you buy. Every figure here was read off PeterMD's own public pages on the date shown, not from a third-party comparison table.
The bottom line
PeterMD (getpetermd.com) is a real, live telehealth platform selling compounded tirzepatide, with a genuine two-state exclusion list and two pharmacies named directly in its own Terms & Conditions. The gap is the billing cadence: "$249 per month" reads like a monthly charge, but its own plan card discloses "billed quarterly" on the same line — a real commitment mechanism dressed in monthly-sounding language.
PeterMD 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 want a specific two-state exclusion list (AL, ID) rather than a vague "some states" hedge.
- You're comfortable with a quarterly billing cadence in exchange for a lower effective monthly rate than a pure month-to-month plan.
- You want two named pharmacies in the Terms & Conditions rather than an unnamed "licensed pharmacy" claim.
Look elsewhere if
- You want a true month-to-month charge — PeterMD's own plan bills $747 at once every three months, not $249 monthly.
- You want a specific 503A/503B category stated for the named pharmacy — PeterMD names two companies but never a regulatory class for either.
- You want a checkout free of unrelated upsells — PeterMD's own flow offers a $301 HCG add-on during the tirzepatide purchase path.
What is included
The cheapest headline number in this category is often the one with the least attached to it. Here is what PeterMD bundles in, and what it does not.
Clinician consult
Included
— an online consultation is required before a prescription is issued, per its own site.
Bloodwork / labs
Not stated on the pages checked.
Follow-ups and dose changes
Not itemized beyond the quarterly billing cadence on the pages…
checked.
Human support
No dietitian, nurse, or structured coaching program is named…
anywhere on the site.
Injection supplies
Not itemized beyond the medication itself on the pages checked.
Shipping
Not itemized on the pages checked.
Who fills it, and who's watching
The pharmacy
Unknown. Its own Terms & Conditions name two pharmacies directly — "Absolute Pharmacy, 16011 N Nebraska Ave #103, Lutz, FL 33549" and "Partell Pharmacy, 5835 S. East Ave, Las Vegas, NV" — but neither is tied to a 503A/503B category anywhere on the site.
Oversight
Included — an online consultation is required before a prescription is issued, per its own site. Not itemized beyond the quarterly billing cadence on the pages checked.
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
A real, specific exclusion list: its own tirzepatide page states, "Not available in these states: AL, ID."
The honest cons
The part they would rather you skipped
PeterMD's own "$249 per month" tirzepatide price is billed quarterly, not monthly — the plan card discloses this on the same line ("billed quarterly"), but a reader skimming the featured "$149 to start" figure could easily miss that the real recurring charge lands as a single ~$747 payment every three months rather than a monthly line item.
- The real recurring charge is billed quarterly (~$747 every 3 months), not monthly, despite the "per month" framing.
- No 503A/503B regulatory category is stated for either named pharmacy.
- The checkout flow surfaces an unrelated $301 HCG upsell during the tirzepatide purchase path.
None of this is unique to PeterMD — the whole category shares it.
How it compares
The providers we rank on our tirzepatide provider ranking — the most specific board PeterMD sits on — in the order that board ranks them.
- CBCare Bare RxNames both compounds directly — but two of its four pharmacies carry FDA letters.
- BMBreeze MedsNames the specific compound in its own nav menu — pricing is quiz-gated.
- TRTrimiNames two 503A pharmacies directly, undercut by an annual-prepay headline.
- OAOakA flat, no-subscription price — but no pharmacy is named anywhere on the site.
- Strut HealthAn FDA warning letter over labeling, plus an auto-refill price on every product.
- GHGala HealthAdvertises the same $179 promo price for two different drugs.
- RXRxPepsDirectNo subscription — a per-visit fee, but it can't refund the medication charge.
- GOGobyMedsConsistent "Starting at" pricing — undercut by a promo banner that expired months ago.
69 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 PeterMD's own public disclosures when we last checked them, in August 2026. Prices and terms change without notice — confirm on PeterMD'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.