- walked the public signup
- tracked the real cost
- read the fine print
MD Exam review
On the homepage this is a flat program: $225 a month, medicine included, coaching included. In the FAQ it is an insurance practice — it takes most major plans, your cost depends on your coverage, and there is a bit about faxing your details in. Both are live and nothing joins them up. The same page also gives two different Miami addresses and two different support email addresses.
- HSA / FSA-eligible
- Walked the public signup
- No insurance needed
MD Exam at a glance
- Semaglutide
- From $225/mo including medication, plus a $50 consultation
- Tirzepatide
- Not priced separately
- Coverage
- Not published
- Brand-name
- Compounded only
How I scored MD Exam
Every factor here comes from MD Exam's own pricing, its disclosures and the signup I walked, and the six add up to the 41/100 Mom-Tested Score on the same weighted six-factor method I use on every provider — never nudged by whether a provider pays us.
Scores low: pinning down the real ongoing number takes work.
Scores low: whether it reaches you is the open question.
Scores low on choice — the medication menu is narrower here.
Exit terms are the weak point: lock-in, notice periods, or a cancellation you have to chase.
Scores low here: getting started asks more of your week than most.
Support is the weakest part of this provider's score.
How I verified this review
- Last verified
- August 2026
- Confidence
- low
- Primary source
- mdexam.com
I read this on 18 August 2026. MD Exam LLC advertises a program "priced as low as $225 per month, which includes telemedicine visits, nutrition and exercise coaching, and medication", with a $50 consultation charged separately. That is all the pricing there is. Two things muddy it. The FAQ describes a different business — that it takes most major insurance plans, that what a prescription costs depends on your plan, and how to fax your insurance details in — and nothing says which one applies to you. And the same page carries two Miami addresses with two different support emails. I checked one claim rather than taking it: the FAQ says "the active ingredient, Semaglutide, has always been available", blaming any shortage on the brand-name pen. The FDA's own shortage database, queried the day I wrote this, lists no active semaglutide injection shortage but does list semaglutide tablets as being discontinued by their manufacturer. That characterization is theirs and nothing supports it; I am not claiming the opposite, only that it is unevidenced. No states and no pharmacy are published. It came back clean on the FDA's warning-letter list.
What to expect when you sign up
I walked MD Exam's public signup funnel (August 2026) — a first-hand look at the flow. I don't create accounts, enter medical info, or check out, so this is what any visitor sees, not a patient outcome.
- 1The signup call to action leaves mdexam.com for intake.mdexam.com, a separate host
- 2The intake responded HTTP 200 when checked on 2026-08-21
- 3Walked to the intake entry only. No personal information was submitted, so nothing past the entry screen is asserted here
What I noticed
- A monthly price is visible on the public homepage before any intake — you do not have to hand over information to see a number
- Intake is hosted on intake.mdexam.com, so the company you fill the form in with is not the domain you started on
Pricing
Prices re-verified
| Medication | Monthly | Plan |
|---|---|---|
| Compounded semaglutide | $225 | Program price, medication included"Our program is priced as low as $225 per month, which includes telemedicine visits, nutrition and exercise coaching, and medication." ⚠ A $50 consultation fee is charged separately, and the FAQ separately says the practice bills most major insurance — two models on one site. |
HSA and FSA usually work for this — worth checking your own plan. The prices here are what MD Exam's public disclosures showed at last review, and they change often; confirm the current number on MD Exam's own site.
What I like
- $225 a month with the medicine included would be at the affordable end of this page
- Nutrition and exercise coaching are inside the price rather than sold on top
- It deals with insurance at all, which almost nobody else here does
- The company is named and there is a toll-free number
The caveats
- ⛔ A flat cash program and an insurance practice are both described and nothing reconciles them
- ⛔ Two different Miami addresses and two different support emails on one page
- Its claim that the active ingredient "has always been available" is its own, and it is not what the FDA shortage record shows
- The $50 consultation fee sits outside the advertised monthly figure
- An answer prefix leaks into the copy — "A: Our program is priced…"
- No states listed and no pharmacy named
What I actually think of MD Exam
On the homepage this is a flat program: $225 a month, medicine included, coaching included. In the FAQ it is an insurance practice — it takes most major plans, your cost depends on your coverage, and there is a bit about faxing your details in. Both are live and nothing joins them up. The same page also gives two different Miami addresses and two different support email addresses. It runs about $225/month — pricier than most, so the extras have to earn it.
I look at MD Exam the way moms actually have to — not just the real monthly number, but nursing and pregnancy timing and canceling without a fight. That's the stuff a generic weight-loss review skips right over.
What MD Exam really costs
- Compounded semaglutide — Program price, medication included: $225/mo
For context, the typical ongoing price across my shortlist is around $179/month, so MD Exam sits at the pricey end.
Which meds MD Exam prescribes
MD Exam prescribes semaglutide (the active drug in Wegovy and Ozempic). These are compounded from a licensed pharmacy — that's why the price stays down — but compounded GLP-1s aren't FDA-approved finished products the way Wegovy and Zepbound are, and it's worth knowing that going in.
Who MD Exam is — and isn't — for
A good fit if…
- you want a no-nonsense semaglutide program and you'll confirm the details before you commit.
Look elsewhere if…
- you specifically want an FDA-approved brand pen with its own pregnancy and lactation labeling.
- you'd rather a prescriber actually talk through nursing and pregnancy timing with you — that's what my #1 pick, CoreAge Rx, is built to do.
Can you trust it?
I'll be honest: I couldn't verify much — MD Exam publishes little about how the program actually runs, so you're buying on price and trust in its partners. With any compounded GLP-1, the most useful thing you can do is confirm which licensed pharmacy fills it and what's actually in the formulation — I explain how I weigh oversight in the scoring method.
A standing caveat, because I'm a mom writing this and not your doctor: GLP-1 meds aren't established as safe during pregnancy or breastfeeding, and every label advises against it. Nothing here changes that — plan the timing with your own clinician.
So, would I use it?
MD Exam is a reasonable option — weigh it against the picks below on nursing and pregnancy timing and canceling without a fight. For most moms, CoreAge Rx is still the stronger all-round fit — and you can see them side by side in this head-to-head.
The bottom line for moms
Best for: A mom who will phone first and find out which of these two businesses she is actually signing up to.
If MD Exam isn't the one
Providers I have a referral relationship with, ordered by Mom-Tested Score — highest first. A fee never moves a score, but it does decide who shows up in this box, so it isn't everyone: my full ranking has every provider, paid or not.
- Visit CoreAge RxMom-Tested Score94/100ACoreAge RxMy #1 pick
The one I'd point a friend to first: I finished the intake in a single nap, the price on screen was the price I'd actually pay, and both semaglutide and tirzepatide were right there on one account.
- Visit Pallas HealthMom-Tested Score86/100B+
Pallas is one of the few places that will sell you either the cheap compounded route or the real brand-name pen without making you pick a provider first — compounded semaglutide works out to about $199 a month and tirzepatide about $299, while actual Zepbound, Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro sit alongside them at cash-pay prices from $1,069. The price genuinely doesn't climb as you titrate, Pallas says so plainly on its own site, and the clinician, dose adjustments, check-ins and messaging are all inside that one number with no membership fee stacked on top. Two clinicians are named and both check out in the federal NPI registry, the LegitScript badge it displays is a real one, and it publishes an actual refund policy — full refund if a clinician turns you down, and a $5 processing fee if you cancel a qualifying payment — which is more paperwork than most of this market bothers with. The two things to know before you commit: it bills every 12 weeks in $597 and $897 chunks rather than monthly, and it never names its compounding pharmacy.
- Visit Trimi HealthMom-Tested Score85/100B
The price-first pick: some of the lowest flat, all-inclusive pricing I found, in all 50 states — great if the monthly number is your whole decision and you read the annual-prepay fine print before you sign.
Keep comparing MD Exam
Head-to-head & alternatives
MD Exam, answered
- How much does MD Exam cost?
- As I last checked, MD Exam's pricing starts around $225/month (From $225/mo including medication, plus a $50 consultation semaglutide, Not priced separately tirzepatide). Confirm the current, all-in number on MD Exam's own site before you commit — these move.
- Is MD Exam okay to use while I'm breastfeeding?
- No — and that's true of every GLP-1, compounded or brand: none is established as safe in pregnancy or breastfeeding, and the labels say don't. MD Exam is no exception. Plan any GLP-1 for after weaning and talk the timing through with your own clinician. I'm a mom, not a doctor.
- Does MD Exam have both semaglutide and tirzepatide?
- MD Exam's tirzepatide access isn't consistently disclosed; it reads as mainly a semaglutide program right now. If you specifically want tirzepatide, confirm it's available first.
- Where does MD Exam land on your list?
- MD Exam scores 41/100 on the Mom-Tested Score (ranked #290), which weights the six things that actually matter when you're doing this around kids. My #1 pick, CoreAge Rx, leads the list — worth seeing how they stack up.
Pricing, states and verification reflect MD Exam's public disclosures at last review; the Mom-Tested Score is one mom's editorial judgment per the published method. This is background reading, not medical advice — GLP-1 medications are not established as safe in pregnancy or breastfeeding. See my medical disclaimer and how I'm funded.