Circle Medical vs Yucca Health

Compare pricing, features, and medications to find the best GLP-1 provider for your weight loss journey

These two prices are not directly comparable

  • Circle Medical: the $35 figure is a per-visit consultation fee, not a month of treatment - the medication is billed separately.

Circle Medical vs Yucca Health: Overview

Choosing between Circle Medical and Yucca Health for GLP-1 weight loss medication? Both are highly-rated providers, but they differ in pricing, medication options, and service features.

Circle Medical offers both semaglutide and tirzepatide at $35/month with a rating of 8.7/10. Yucca Health also provides both semaglutide and tirzepatide at $146/month with a 8/10 rating.

The price difference of $111/month is significant - Circle Medical is the more budget-friendly option, while Yucca Health positions itself as a premium service.

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Our recommended brand

After reviewing all 148 providers on this platform, we've identified CoreAge Rx as offering the most transparent pricing model. At just $99/month — the same price every month, every dose — there are no surprise charges or hidden fees. Combined with exceptional service quality, personalized support, and access to both semaglutide and tirzepatide, it represents the best value without compromising on care.

At a glance

Price Difference
$111/mo
Rating Difference
0.7
Winner
Circle Medical
Best For
Budget

Circle Medical

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Rating
8.7/10Better
Monthly Price
$35Cheaper
Medications
semaglutidetirzepatideoral semaglutide

Pros

  • It bills your insurance instead of asking you to forget insurance exists. Circle Medical states it is in-network with most commercial plans
  • Publishes a real out-of-pocket figure rather than a marketing one: patients with accepted insurance paid an average of $35 per appointment over the previous six months
  • FDA-approved medication only - Wegovy, Zepbound and non-GLP-1 options such as Contrave when appropriate. No compounded product
  • No membership and no hidden fees, which is rare among insurance-accepting telehealth services
  • This is a full primary-care practice, so weight management sits inside ongoing medical care rather than being a standalone drug subscription
  • Clear, conventional eligibility criteria published up front: BMI 27+ with a weight-related condition such as high blood pressure, diabetes or sleep apnea, or BMI 30+ without one
  • A mobile app with regular provider check-ins
  • Honest about supply and coverage: the site warns these treatments have significant stock issues and are not always covered
  • Insurance verification is built into the booking flow, so you find out where you stand before the appointment

Cons

  • Your cost is whatever your plan says it is. $35 is an average, not a price - deductibles and exclusions can leave you paying far more
  • The medication itself is a separate cost from the visit, and coverage for weight-loss drugs is the single most commonly denied benefit in this category
  • You must live in the state you are treated in and have your primary pharmacy in that same state, which rules out anyone splitting time between states
  • The full list of available states is not published - you have to start booking an appointment to see it
  • You may be booked with any available provider (MD, DO, PA-C or NP) rather than choosing one
  • If your insurance denies weight-loss coverage, there is no cash-pay compounded fallback here
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Yucca Health

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Rating
8/10
Monthly Price
$146
Medications
semaglutidetirzepatide

Pros

  • The FAQ publishes actual prices rather than a teaser: semaglutide $146/month and tirzepatide $258/month, with six-month plans at $750 total for semaglutide ($125/mo) and $1,350 for tirzepatide ($225/mo), checked July 27, 2026
  • A lifetime price lock is offered under code YUCCA4LIFE at $146/mo, which if honoured protects against the mid-treatment increases common in this category
  • Trustpilot rating of 4.6 across 1,197 reviews, closely matching the figure shown on site
  • The compounded, not-FDA-approved status is spelled out in full, including the point that these drugs do not undergo FDA review for manufacturing quality
  • The whole site is available in Spanish, which almost no other provider in this category offers
  • Licensed providers in all 50 states, US-licensed pharmacies and free expedited shipping
  • Refund policy and shipping policy are both published as separate documents
  • NAD+ and sermorelin are available if you want more than weight care, without being bundled into the GLP-1 price

Cons

  • A developer's note is rendering inside the live page. Between the product cards the text reads: 'the SSR pass triggers an "Invalid hook call" because the React renderer dispatcher is null in the Cloudflare Workers SSR pipeline'. An engineering comment left in production is not reassuring on a site handling prescriptions
  • Secondary product pricing contradicts itself: NAD+ is shown as 'Starting at $158' in one block and 'As low as $215' in another, and sermorelin as both '$158' and '$199'
  • 'Pricing is shared after intake once eligibility is confirmed' sits directly above a FAQ answer that then states all the prices, so the site cannot decide whether pricing is gated
  • Social-proof counters disagree with each other - one product card claims '1000+ Patients enrolled in last 7 days' while others on the same page say '100+'
  • Describing compounded products as having 'the same active pharmaceutical ingredients as brand-name drugs' is the claim type the FDA cited in a February 2026 warning letter to a competitor, even though Yucca does disclaim FDA approval immediately afterwards
  • The 'for life' price lock has no published terms explaining what would void it
  • No published phone number or support hours
  • No BBB profile or complaint record to check against the Trustpilot score
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Feature-by-feature comparison

FeatureCircle MedicalYucca Health
Monthly Price$35$146
Rating8.7/108/10
Medicationssemaglutide, tirzepatide, oral semaglutidesemaglutide, tirzepatide
Insurance AcceptedYesNo
Support HoursNot publishedNot published
Live ChatNoNo
Free ShippingNoYes
Shipping SpeedPrescriptions go to your own pharmacy rather than shipping from the providerFree expedited shipping claimed
Mobile AppAvailableNo
Dedicated CoachNot includedNot included
Follow-up FrequencyRegular provider check-ins to monitor progressNot published
Money-back GuaranteeNone publishedA refund policy is published as a separate document; no blanket money-back guarantee is advertised
Cancellation PolicyAppointment-based care - there is no subscription to cancelPublished separately; the lifetime price lock has no stated conditions

Which should you choose?

Choose Circle Medical if you:

  • Want to save $111/month with a more affordable option
  • Prefer a higher-rated service (8.7/10 vs 8/10)
  • Want more medication options to choose from
  • Need insurance coverage for your treatment
  • Value: it bills your insurance instead of asking you to forget insurance exists. circle medical states it is in-network with most commercial plans

Choose Yucca Health if you:

  • Value: the faq publishes actual prices rather than a teaser: semaglutide $146/month and tirzepatide $258/month, with six-month plans at $750 total for semaglutide ($125/mo) and $1,350 for tirzepatide ($225/mo), checked july 27, 2026

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Yucca Health

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Our recommendation

Circle Medical comes out ahead with a higher rating of 8.7/10. It also provides multiple medication options including both semaglutide and tirzepatide.
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